Verb and sentence processing in Norwegian aphasic speakers compared to Dutch and English aphasic speakers:

Marianne Lind1, Inger Moen, Hanne Gram Simonsen

  • 1Bredtvet Resource Centre, Oslo, Norway. marianne.lind@statped.no

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