Understanding stimulus poverty arguments

Linguistic Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 105-145

  Fodor, Janet Dean ^a   Crowther, Carrie ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84989307493     PISSN: 01676318     EISSN: 16133676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/tlir.19.1-2.105     Document Type: Article

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