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Daniel L. Everett, Language: the cultural tool. New York: Pantheon Books. Pp. 351. ISBN 978-0-307-37853-8

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Daniel L. Everett, Language: the cultural tool. New York: Pantheon Books. Pp. 351. ISBN 978-0-307-37853-8

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

CHRISTINA BEHME
CHRISTINA BEHME*
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Mount Saint Vincent University, CanadaE-mail: christinabehme@gmail.com
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Language and Cognition , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , December 2016 , pp. 629 - 635
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