Natural causes of language: Frames, biases, and cultural transmission

Natural Causes of Language: Frames, Biases, and Cultural Transmission

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  Enfield, N J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Max Planck Institut   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.17169/langsci.b48.77     Document Type: Book

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