How recursive is language? A Bayesian exploration

Recursion and Human Language

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 159-175

  Perfors, Amy ^a   Tenenbaum, Josh ^b   Gibson, Edward ^b   Regier, Terry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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