Still a bridge too far? Biolinguistic questions for grounding language on brains

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 207-224

  Piattelli Palmarini, Massimo ^a   Uriagereka, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Fibonacci; Language; Structure; Syntax

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249126841     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2008.07.002     Document Type: Review

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