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Language and Dialogue
Vol. 5:3 (2015) ► pp.471–484
Book review

Vyvyan Evans. The Language Myth: Why language is not an instinct..
Cambridge University Press, 2014. 314 pp. ISBN 9781107043961 / 7619753 / 9781316121412(e-book)

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Published online: 17 December 2015
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