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Gift of the Gab

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Berg, S., Taylor, A.S., Harper, R. (2005). Gift of the Gab. In: Harper, R., Palen, L., Taylor, A. (eds) The Inside Text. The Kluwer International Series on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3060-6_15

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