Language and the frontiers of the human: Aymara animal-oriented interjections and the mediation of mind

American Ethnologist

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 313-324

  Smith, Benjamin ^a  

^a Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Chicago   (United States)

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EID: 84860682200     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2012.01366.x     Document Type: Article

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