Do humans really learn AnBn artificial grammars from exemplars?

Cognitive Science

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1021-1036

  Hochmann, Jean Rémy ^a   Azadpour, Mahan ^a   Mehler, Jacques ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial grammar; Center embedded; Evolution; Language; Nonadjacent dependencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 49949114577     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03640210801897849     Document Type: Article

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