What is a language made out of?

Lingua

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 29-55

  Gleitman, Lila ^a   Gleitman, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0003161637     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3841(93)00036-8     Document Type: Article

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