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strong empirical correlates, and the issues they bring to the surface are important. This does not change the fact that many will find themselves unconvinced by at least some of Sperber and Wilson's arguments. But as is sometimes true of people one meets, this book has many virtues and its blemishes serve only to make it more interesting. REFERENCES Bloom, L. (1983). Discussion: Of continuity and discontinuity, and the magic of language development. In R. M. Golinkoff (ed.), The transition from prelinguistic to linguistic communication.