Why Peirce matters: the symbol in Deacon's Symbolic Species

Language Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-108

  de Villiers, Tanya ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Deacon T.; Evolution; Peirce C.S.; Reference; Symbol

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845188608     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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