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Epicurus and his predecessors on the origin of language∗. / Verlinsky, Alexander.

Language and Learning: Philosophy of Language in the Hellenistic Age Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium Hellenisticum. Cambridge University Press, 2005. p. 56-100.

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Verlinsky, A 2005, Epicurus and his predecessors on the origin of language∗. in Language and Learning: Philosophy of Language in the Hellenistic Age Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium Hellenisticum. Cambridge University Press, pp. 56-100. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511482526.005

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Verlinsky, A. (2005). Epicurus and his predecessors on the origin of language∗. In Language and Learning: Philosophy of Language in the Hellenistic Age Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium Hellenisticum (pp. 56-100). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511482526.005

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Verlinsky A. Epicurus and his predecessors on the origin of language∗. In Language and Learning: Philosophy of Language in the Hellenistic Age Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium Hellenisticum. Cambridge University Press. 2005. p. 56-100 https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511482526.005

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Verlinsky, Alexander. / Epicurus and his predecessors on the origin of language∗. Language and Learning: Philosophy of Language in the Hellenistic Age Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium Hellenisticum. Cambridge University Press, 2005. pp. 56-100

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