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Usage‐Based Language: Investigating the Latent Structures That Underpin Acquisition

dc.contributor.authorEllis, Nick C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorO'Donnell, Matthew Brooken_US
dc.contributor.authorRömer, Uteen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-05T18:18:10Z
dc.date.available2014-05-01T14:28:14Zen_US
dc.date.issued2013-03en_US
dc.identifier.citationEllis, Nick C.; O'Donnell, Matthew Brook; Römer, Ute (2013). "Usageâ Based Language: Investigating the Latent Structures That Underpin Acquisition." Language Learning 63. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/96768>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0023-8333en_US
dc.identifier.issn1467-9922en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/96768
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Incen_US
dc.subject.otherComplex Systemsen_US
dc.subject.otherEmergentismen_US
dc.subject.otherLearning Theoryen_US
dc.subject.otherUsage‐Based Acquisitionen_US
dc.subject.otherZipfian Distributionen_US
dc.subject.otherCorpus Linguisticsen_US
dc.titleUsage‐Based Language: Investigating the Latent Structures That Underpin Acquisitionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelLinguisticsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherGeorgia State Universityen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1467-9922.2012.00736.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceLanguage Learningen_US
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