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This work explores one of the central theoretical problems in linguistics: learnability. Written by four researchers in linguistics, psychology, computer science, and cognitive science, it sheds light on the problems of learnability and language, and their implications for key theoretical linguistic...

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Main Authors: Chater, Nick (Author), Clark, Alexander (Alexander Simon) (Author), Goldsmith, John A., 1951- (Author), Perfors, Amy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Language acquisition.
Psycholinguistics.
Cognitive psychology.
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Summary:This work explores one of the central theoretical problems in linguistics: learnability. Written by four researchers in linguistics, psychology, computer science, and cognitive science, it sheds light on the problems of learnability and language, and their implications for key theoretical linguistics and the study of language acquisition.
Physical Description:257 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) and index.
ISBN:9780198734260
0198734263