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		<title>Monkeys have grammar.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boom-boom-krak-oo &#8211; Campbell&#8217;s monkeys combine just six &#8220;words&#8221; into rich vocabulary. Many animals have calls that are suggestive of a rudimentary language. Of course, calls are rather crude signifying systems &#8211; &#8220;signs&#8221; in the commonplace distinction, meaning that they depend on the thing they refer to being immediately present, as opposed to a symbol, a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=woodthrush.net&amp;blog=9411402&amp;post=160&amp;subd=woodthrush&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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