Word Error Analysis in Aphasia: Introducing the Greek Aphasia Error Corpus (GRAEC).
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SUBMITTER: Kasselimis D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7417660 | biostudies-literature | 2020
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Word Error Analysis in Aphasia: Introducing the Greek Aphasia Error Corpus (GRAEC).
Kasselimis Dimitrios D Varkanitsa Maria M Angelopoulou Georgia G Evdokimidis Ioannis I Goutsos Dionysis D Potagas Constantin C
Frontiers in psychology 20200804
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