Innateness, universal grammar, and emergentism

Lingua

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 620-631

  O'Grady, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergentism; Frequency; Innateness; Processor

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149098168     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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