Linguistic explanation and 'psychological reality'

Croatian Journal of Philosophy

Volumn 9, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 3-20

  Slezak, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competence; Generative grammar; Linguistic explanation; Psychological reality; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649569164     PISSN: 13331108     EISSN: 18476139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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