Phonology: An emergent consequence of memory constraints and sensory input

Reading and Writing

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 41-59

  Lacerda, Francisco ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emergent phonology; Language acquisition; Self organizing processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142007185     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1021794005885     Document Type: Conference Paper

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