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Recursion across domains. Ed. by Luiz Amaral, Marcus Maia, Andrew Nevins, and Tom Roeper. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp. 404. ISBN 9781108418065. $125 (Hb).

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Recursion across domains. Ed. by Luiz Amaral, Marcus Maia, Andrew Nevins, and Tom Roeper. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp. 404. ISBN 9781108418065. $125 (Hb).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

Daniel L. Everett  and
Edward Gibson
Daniel L. Everett*
Affiliation:
Bentley University
Edward Gibson*
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
*
danleverett43@gmail.com
egibson@mit.edu
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Language , Volume 95 , Issue 4 , December 2019 , pp. 777 - 790
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