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Language : the cultural tool / Daniel L. Everett

This study proposes that language is a culturally developed tool rather than an innate biological trait. Drawing on linguistic research from Amazonian communities, it examines how social experience and environment shape the diverse structures of human communication.
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Anthropology English language/Germanic languages/Indo-European languages Grammar, Comparative and general/Philology Human evolution/Evolution (Biology)/Biology/Life sciences/Science Language and languages/Communication/Sociology/Social sciences/Civilisation Linguistics Pirahá Indians/Indians of South America -- Brazil Primatology/Mammalogy/Zoology/Biology/Life sciences/Science Signs and symbols/Visual communication/Communication/Sociology/Social sciences/Civilisation Social sciences -- Philosophy
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