Regine Eckardt, Gerhard Jager & Tonjes Veenstra. Variation, selection, development: Probing the evolutionary model of language change
Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2008. 438 pp. Hardcover. € 98.00 U.S. $137.00 To order electronically, visit. http://www.degruyter.de/

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Derek Bickerton | University of Hawaii

Published online: 1 March 2012

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