Evolutionary explanations of indicatives and imperatives

Erkenntnis

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-436

  Huttegger, Simon M ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

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EID: 34247275757     PISSN: 01650106     EISSN: 15728420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10670-006-9022-1     Document Type: Article

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