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Let's get down to the “wetware” and look at evolutionarily motivated mechanisms

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Commentary onPinkerSteven and BloomPaul (1990) Natural language and natural selection. BBS 13:707–784.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Harvey M. Sussman
Harvey M. Sussman
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Department of Linguistics and Speech Communication, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 Electronic mail: sussman@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , March 1994, pp. 182 - 183
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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