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Arbitrariness, Iconicity, and Systematicity in Language

Dingemanse, Mark, Blasi, Damián E., Lupyan, Gary, Christiansen, Morten H., Monaghan, Padraic·2015·Trends in Cognitive Sciences
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Dingemanse, M., Blasi, D. E., Lupyan, G., Christiansen, M. H., & Monaghan, P.
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences
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Elsevier BV
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2015-10
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19
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10
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603-615
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1364-6613
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10.1016/j.tics.2015.07.013
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Dingemanse, M., Blasi, D. E., Lupyan, G., Christiansen, M. H., & Monaghan, P. (2015). Arbitrariness, Iconicity, and Systematicity in Language. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2015.07.013