Reconsidering recursion in syntactic theory

Lingua

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1784-1800

  Tomalin, Marcus ^a  

^a DOWNING COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biolinguistics; Minimalism; Recursion; Syntax

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447646716     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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