How much of language, if any, came about in the same sort of way as the brooding chamber in snails?

Language and Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-243

  Botha, Rudolf P ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Expectation; Language faculty; Language origin; Number faculty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035607721     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5309(01)00002-7     Document Type: Article

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