The Abstraction Engine: Extracting patterns in language, mind and brain

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The Abstraction Engine : Extracting patterns in language, mind and brain. / Fortescue, Michael David.

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017. 192 p.

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Harvard

Fortescue, MD 2017, The Abstraction Engine: Extracting patterns in language, mind and brain. John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam.

APA

Fortescue, M. D. (2017). The Abstraction Engine: Extracting patterns in language, mind and brain. John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Vancouver

Fortescue MD. The Abstraction Engine: Extracting patterns in language, mind and brain. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017. 192 p.

Author

Fortescue, Michael David. / The Abstraction Engine : Extracting patterns in language, mind and brain. Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017. 192 p.

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