Language Disorders and Language Evolution: Constraints on Hypotheses

Biological Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 269-274

  Benítez Burraco, Antonio ^a   Boeckx, Cedric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atavisms; Canalization; Language disorders; Language evolution; Language faculty

Indexed keywords

EID: 85133887022     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13752-013-0148-5     Document Type: Article

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