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Functions of Language
Vol. 10:2 (2003) ► pp.235–244
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Chris Knight, Michael Studdert-Kennedy & James R. Hurford (eds.). The evolutionary emergence of language: Social function and the origins of linguistic form
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xi + 426 pp. ISBN 0-521-78696-7(paperback) 0-521-78157-4(hardcover))

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Published online: 12 May 2004
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