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Pinker S., Language learnability and language development. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1984. Pp. xi + 435.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Martin D. S. Braine
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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Science, New York University, 6 Washington Place, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10003, USA.

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