Parallels and nonparallels between language and music

Music Perception

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-204

  Jackendoff, Ray ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pitch; Prolongational structure; Recursion; Rhythm; Syntax

Indexed keywords

EID: 59549088177     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2009.26.3.195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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