Sciences of complexity and language origins: An alternative to natural selection

Journal of Literary Semantics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-17

  Longa, Víctor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

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EID: 0038670221     PISSN: 03417638     EISSN: 16133838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jlse.30.1.1     Document Type: Review

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