A script-based AAC system for transactional interaction

Natural Language Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-71

  Dye, Richard ^a   Alm, Norman ^a   Arnott, John L ^a   Harper, Gillian ^a   Morrison, Arthur I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84937179367     PISSN: 13513249     EISSN: 14698110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1351324998001867     Document Type: Article

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