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A Complete Real-World Theory of Language Should Explain How Iconicity Remains a Stable Property of Linguistic Systems

By: Marcus Perlman and  Greg Woodin  
Open Access
|Aug 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.166 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 11, 2021
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Accepted on: May 12, 2021
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Published on: Aug 23, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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