The emergence of linguistic form in time

Connection Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 191-211

  MacWhinney, Brian ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergence; Ontogeny; Phylogeny; Resonance; Syntax; Word learning

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCE; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; SYNTAX; WORD LEARNING;

BIOLOGY; RESONANCE;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 27744585300     PISSN: 09540091     EISSN: 13600494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540090500177687     Document Type: Review

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