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Formal Grammars and the Natural Language User: A Review

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General review of relations between formal grammar theory, natural linguistics and psycholinguistics.

Psychologisch Laboratorium Katholieke Universiteit Nijemegen

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Levelt, W.J.M. (1976). Formal Grammars and the Natural Language User: A Review. In: Marzollo, A. (eds) Topics in Artificial Intelligence. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 256. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4358-2_5

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