Challenging the syllabic model of 'syntax-as-it-is'

Lingua

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 689-709

  Tallerman, Maggie ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Language evolution; Syntax phonology parallelisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644474771     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2004.08.015     Document Type: Article

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