Language: the perspective from organismal biology

@article{Margoliash2009LanguageTP,
  title={Language: the perspective from organismal biology},
  author={Daniel J. Margoliash and Howard C. Nusbaum},
  journal={Trends in Cognitive Sciences},
  year={2009},
  volume={13},
  pages={505-510}
}
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