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Issues in the evolution of the human language faculty

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Steven Pinker  and
Paul Bloom
Steven Pinker
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Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
Paul Bloom
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Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , December 1990 , pp. 765 - 784
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