Editorial introduction to the special issue of Lingua on Evans & Levinson s The myth of language universalsfy

Lingua

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2651-2656

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EID: 77957562014     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2010.04.012     Document Type: Editorial

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