Communicative competence and the architecture of the mind/brain

Brain and Language

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 419-441

  Tirassa, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; HEMISPHERE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; REVIEW; THEORY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032788216     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1999.2121     Document Type: Article

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