Exemplar-learning and schematization in a usage-based account of syntactic acquisition

Linguistic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-290

  Abbot Smith, Kirsten ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

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EID: 33750841062     PISSN: 01676318     EISSN: 16133676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/TLR.2006.011     Document Type: Review

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