Commentary published In:
Epistemological issue with keynote article “The role of language processing in language acquisition” by Colin Phillips and Lara Ehrenhofer[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 5:4] 2015
► pp. 487–493
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 5:4] 2015
► pp. 487–493
Commentary
Incorporating learning into theories of parsing
Evan Kidd | The Australian National University, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language
Article outline
- Language processing and language acquisition
- Processing effects as learning effects
- Concluding remarks
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