The evolutionary dynamics of grammar acquisition

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-59

  Komarova, Natalia L ^a,b   Niyogi, Partha ^c   Nowak, Martin A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035819773     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2000.2240     Document Type: Article

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