Linguistic differences and language design

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 349-353

  Baker, Mark C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FORMAL LANGUAGES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

UNRELATED LANGUAGES;

LINGUISTICS;

COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PARAMETER; REVIEW;

EID: 0042090572     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00157-8     Document Type: Article

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