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Children always go beyond the input: The Maximise Minimal Means perspective

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From the journal Theoretical Linguistics

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Hans-Martin Gärtner for some very valuable comments on the initial draft of this commentary. Usual disclaimer apply.

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