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1、LanguageintheLightofEvolution1TheOriginsofMeaning‘TheLion-TailedMonkey’fromGeorgeShaw,‘MuseumLeverianum,con-tainingselectspecimensfromtheMuseumofthelateSirAshtonLever’.(SpecialCollections,EdinburghUniversityLibrary)TheOriginsofMeaningJAMESR.HURFORD13GreatClarendonStreet,Oxfordox26dpOxfo
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7、Ltd.,King’sLynn,NorfolkISBN978–0–19–920785–513579108642ContentsAcknowledgementsviiPrefaceixPARTIMEANINGBEFORECOMMUNICATION1.Let’sAgreeonTerms31.1.Definingsemanticswithevolutioninmind31.2.Healthwarningabout‘concepts’91.3.Ascalefromno-brainerstocognitiveconcepts162.AnimalsApproach
