Formal rules, cognitive representations and learning in language and other cultural systems

Language Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 424-435

  Kronenfeld, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chomsky, A.N.; Grammar; Kinship terminologies; Lounsbury, F.G.

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646448418     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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