Neuropragmatic Speech-Language Deficits Specific To Speech Act Type Following Left-Hemispheric Lesion
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Psychology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1664-1078
DOI: 10.3389/conf.fpsyg.2016.68.00037