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Chomsky's evidence against Chomsky's theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Geoffrey Sampson
Geoffrey Sampson
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , March 1980 , pp. 34 - 35
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