What do we mean by fluency?

System

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 535-544

  Chambers, Francine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031537222     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(97)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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