Language as a social institution: Why phonemes and words do not live in the brain

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 304-326

  Port, Robert F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78249285334     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407413.2010.517122     Document Type: Article

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