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Research Articles

The Effects of Word Frequency, Age of Acquisition, Animacy, and Grammatical Class on Picture Naming by Volunteers and People with Aphasia

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Pages 544-576 | Received 16 Jan 2023, Accepted 15 May 2023, Published online: 24 May 2023

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