Naming patterns and inductive inference: The case of birds

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 189-216

  Tarlowski, Andrzej ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

folkbiology; induction; Naming

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958152854     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853711X568743     Document Type: Review

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