What does it mean to claim that something is 'innate'? Response to Clark, Harris, Lightfoot and Samuels

Mind and Language

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 588-597

  Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^a   Plunkett, Kim ^b   Johnson, Mark H ^b   Elman, Jeff L ^b   Bates, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037775215     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0017.00095     Document Type: Article

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