0300103395.Yale.University.Press.Doctor.Dolittles.Delusion.Animals.and.the.Uniqueness.of.Human.Language.Aug.2004.pdf

DoctorDolittle’s

Delusion

DoctorDolittle’s

Delusion

Animals

and the Uniqueness

of Human Language

StephenR.Anderson

With illustrations by Amanda Patrick

Yale University Press / New Haven & London

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DoctorDolittle’sdelusion:animalsandtheuniquenessofhumanlanguage.

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1.Animalcommunication. 2.Languageandlanguages. I.Title.

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