Experimental semiotics: A new approach for studying the emergence and the evolution of human communication

Interaction Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Galantucci, Bruno ^a   Garrod, Simon ^b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77949286441     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.11.1.01gal     Document Type: Review

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