From potential to realization: An episode in the origin of language

Linguistics

Volumn 38, Issue 369, 2000, Pages 989-1004

  Comrie, Bernard ^a  

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EID: 0040440849     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ling.2000.019     Document Type: Article

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