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Review published In: Language and Dialogue
Vol. 6:3 (2016) ► pp.464–469

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William A. Kretzschmar. Language and Complex Systems. Cambridge University Press, 2015. 242 pp. ISBN 978-110-710-04-59

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Published online: 8 December 2016
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