Beyond developmental compatibility a note on generative linguistics and the developmentalist challenge

Teorema

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 29-44

  González, Guillermo Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biolinguistics; Development; Generative linguistics; Language acquisition; Minimalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887299517     PISSN: 02101602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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