Complex adaptive systems and the origins of adaptive structure: What experiments can tell us

Language Learning

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 187-205

  Cornish, Hannah ^a   Tamariz, Monica ^a   Kirby, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 73149097904     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2009.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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