Essential properties of language, or, why language is not a code

Language Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 650-671

  Kravchenko, Alexander V ^a  

^a BAIKAL STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Communication; Intentionality; Language; Reciprocal causality; Representation; Sign

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547917222     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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