Input matters: The processor as a statistician*

Wulff, Stefanie

doi:10.1075/lab.3.3.16wul

Commentary published In: Epistemological issue with keynote article “The illusion of language acquisition” by William O’Grady
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 3:3] 2013
► pp. 362–366

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Commentary

Input matters

The processor as a statistician

Stefanie Wulff | University of Florida

Published online: 16 September 2013

https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.3.3.16wul

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