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A PARAGRAPH in the Research Items in NATURE of December 5, entitled ” Origins of Speech and the Orang-Utan”, refers to Dr. Cornelius J. Connolly's important studies of the brains of various primates. The note stated that it is believed by neurologists that the associative process, with the power of making articulate sounds, constitute the essential elements in human speech, and that the association between sound and objects makes symbolism possible.
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E. B. Tylor, ” Primitive Culture”, vol. 1, chap. v.
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PAGET, R. Gesture Language. Nature 139, 198 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139198a0
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