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

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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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Published online: 6 April 2007
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