Language origin from an emergentist perspective

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 691-716

  Ke, Jinyun ^a   Holland, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33845225109     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/aml033     Document Type: Article

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