Biology and mechanisms related to the dawn of language

Homo Symbolicus: The Dawn of Language, Imagination and Spirituality

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 163-183

  Ellis, George F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.1075/z.168.09ell     Document Type: Chapter

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