The Origins of Meaning
Oxford University Press (2007)
| Abstract | In this, the first of two ground-breaking volumes on the nature of language in the light of the way it evolved, James Hurford looks at how the world first came ... | |||||||||
| Keywords | Semantics History Communication Evolution | |||||||||
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| Call number | P325.H79 2007 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 9780199207855 0199207852 | |||||||||
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