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Original Russian Text © A. Wierzbicka, 2011, published in Problemy Peredachi Informatsii, 2011, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 84–103.

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Wierzbicka, A. Common language of all people: The innate language of thought. Probl Inf Transm 47, 378–397 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032946011040065

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