Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Supplemental Material: The Evolution of Verbal Behavior. Quote 10

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Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Supplemental Material: The Evolution of Verbal Behavior. Quote 10

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One learns to gesture through movement duplication but to speak through product duplication, which is more precise. (p. 491)

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