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Article published In: Linguistics in the Netherlands 2019
Edited by Janine Berns and Elena Tribushinina
[Linguistics in the Netherlands 36] 2019
► pp. 13–19

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Part I: Invited papers on the occasion of the 50th Dutch Annual Linguistics Day

The final frontier

Non-human animals on the linguistic research agenda

 | Meertens Instituut (KNAW) | Maastricht University
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Published online: 5 November 2019
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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The final frontier: “Language is what makes us human”
  • 3.Cognition – body fluidities
  • 4.Conclusion: A research programme
  • Notes
  • References
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