Relevance: Communication and Cognition
โ Scribed by Dan Sperber, Deirdre Wilson
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 331
- Edition
- 2
- Category
- Library
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