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An Introduction to General Anthropology Marvin Harris. LANGUAGE AND HUMAN NATURE 116 The assertion has repeatedly been made that language competence is a distinctive component of ... LANGUAGE HUMAN NATURE The Uniqueness of Human Language.
An Introduction to General Anthropology Marvin Harris. LANGUAGE AND HUMAN NATURE 116 The assertion has repeatedly been made that language competence is a distinctive component of ... LANGUAGE HUMAN NATURE The Uniqueness of Human Language.
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... language behavior is displaced : we talk routinely about people , places , and things seen , heard , or felt in the ... human language is referred to as having the capacity to convey " abstract information . " Some of the greatest ...
... language behavior is displaced : we talk routinely about people , places , and things seen , heard , or felt in the ... human language is referred to as having the capacity to convey " abstract information . " Some of the greatest ...
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... human language is arbitrary . Human language code elements lack any physically regular relationship to the events and properties that they signify . That is , there is no inherent physical reason why " water " designates water . Many ...
... human language is arbitrary . Human language code elements lack any physically regular relationship to the events and properties that they signify . That is , there is no inherent physical reason why " water " designates water . Many ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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