Linguistic self-correction in the absence of feedback: A new approach to the logical problem of language acquisition

Cognitive Science

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 927-960

  Ramscar, Michael ^a   Yarlett, Daniel ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Language acquisition; Morphological inflection; Semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 37449015614     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03640210701703576     Document Type: Article

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