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The focusing hypothesis: The theory of left hemisphere laterailsed language re-examined. Wray Alison. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1992. Pp. xiv + 207.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

John L. Locke
Affiliation:
MGH Institute of Health Professions and Harvard Medical School

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