A statistical referential theory of content: Using information theory to account for misrepresentation

Mind and Language

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 311-334

  Usher, Marius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035373946     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0017.00172     Document Type: Article

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