The Hypothesis Testing Approach to the Assessment of Language

Handbook of the Neuroscience of Language

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 13-22

  Nickels, Lyndsey ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 79952389254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045352-1.00002-1     Document Type: Chapter

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