Evolution of speech and its acquisition

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-292

  De Boer, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Language evolution; Phonemic structure; Phonetics; Phonology

Indexed keywords

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 29344459428     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: 17412633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105971230501300405     Document Type: Article

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