On the misuse of the notion of ‘abduction’ in linguistics

Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 469-485

  Deutscher, Guy ^a  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84971306343     PISSN: 00222267     EISSN: 14697742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002222670200169X     Document Type: Article

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