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| 2002 | - | Natural Language from Artificial Life - Kirby | :: | 67 |
| 2001 | - | The Origins of Vowel Systems - de~Boer | :: | 40 |
| 2000 | - | Self-organization in vowel systems - de~Boer | :: | 29 |
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| 2002 | - | Phonemic coding might be a result of sensory-motor coupling dynamics - Oudeyer | :: | 13 |
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