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Metaphor Variation in Englishes around the World
Edited by Marcus Callies and Alexander Onysko
[Cognitive Linguistic Studies 4:1] 2017
► pp. 164–169
Book review

R. C. Berwick and N. Chomsky: Why Only Us: Language and Evolution

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| Stockholm University, Sweden
| Stockholm University, Sweden
Article outline
  • Final thoughts
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
Published online: 16 October 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/cogls.4.1.09tir
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