Language and music: Sound, structure, and meaning

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 483-492

  Slevc, L Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84862255440     PISSN: 19395078     EISSN: 19395086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1186     Document Type: Review

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