Review published in:
Studies in Language
Vol. 31:2 (2007) ► pp. 485–497
Book review

John A. Hawkins. Efficiency and Complexity in Grammars
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. xvii+303 pp. ISBN 0-19-925268-8

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| Stockholm University
Published online: 06 April 2007
https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.31.2.13dah
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