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Article published In: Oral Versions of Personal Experience: Three decades of narrative analysis
[Journal of Narrative and Life History 7:1-4] 1997
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The Role of Narrative in the Study of Language and Aging

 | Philadelphia Geriatric Center
Published online: 4 August 2015
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