Language: A Biological Model

Language: A Biological Model

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-240

  Millikan, Ruth Garrett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Categories; Conceptual analysis; Convention; Illocutionary force; Language; Language acquisition; Linguistic rules; Meaning; Pragmatics; Semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547313925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199284768.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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