Verbs, nouns, and simulated language games

Italian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 99-114

  Parisi, Domenico ^a   Cangelosi, Angelo ^b   Falcetta, Ilaria ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 84858816305     PISSN: 11202726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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