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Original Articles

Analysing coherence of oral discourse among Cantonese speakers in Mainland China with traumatic brain injury and cerebrovascular accident

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Pages 37-47 | Received 22 Apr 2018, Accepted 06 Feb 2019, Published online: 21 Mar 2019

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