1. The visual information-processing system as an evolutionaryprecursor of human language

Givón, T.

doi:10.1075/tsl.53.03giv

In:The Evolution of Language out of Pre-language
Edited by T. Givón and Bertram F. Malle
[Typological Studies in Language 53] 2002
► pp. 3–50

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1. The visual information-processing system as an evolutionaryprecursor of human language

T. Givón

Published online: 18 December 2002

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.53.03giv

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