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On misunderstandings and misrepresentations: A reply to Rao et al.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

Richard Sproat
Richard Sproat*
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Google, Inc.
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Google, Inc., 76 9th Avenue, New York, NY 10011, [rws@google.com]
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Language , Volume 91 , Issue 4 , December 2015, pp. e206 - e208
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