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The growth of language: Universal Grammar, experience, and principles of computation
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- Yang, C., Crain, S., Berwick, R. C., Chomsky, N., & Bolhuis, J. J.
- Venue
- Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-10
- Volume
- 81
- Issue
- Pt B
- Pages
- 103-119
- ISSN
- 0149-7634 (ISSN-L)
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- W2570655866
- Cited by
- 242
- References
- 16
- FWCI
- 42.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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