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Dessalles, J-L. (2008) Spontaneous Narrative Behaviour in Homo Sapiens: How Does It Benefit Speakers? In A. D. M. Smith and K. Smith and R. Ferrer-i-Cancho, editors, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Evolution of Language, pages 91--98. World Scientific.

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