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Finding our tongues : mothers, infants and the origins of language / Dean Falk

by Dean Falk

This work explores the theory that the origins of human language, music, and art can be traced to the early communication between mothers and infants.

Accession 11707 ISBN 9780465002191 Publisher Basic Books
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