Linguistic Rhythm and the Acquisition of Language

Structures and beyond: the Cartography of Syntactic Structures: Volume 3

Volumn 3, Issue , 2023, Pages 213-222

  Mehler, Jacques ^a   Nespor, Marina ^a  

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Author keywords

corresponds; endowment; hypothesis; organisms; parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054882560     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780195171976.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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