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In:New Perspectives on the Study of Ser and Estar
Edited by Isabel Pérez-Jiménez, Manuel Leonetti and Silvia Gumiel-Molina
[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 5] 2015
► pp. 1–20

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Ser and estar

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 | Universidad de Alcalá
 | ILLA-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
 | Universidad de Alcalá
Published online: 28 October 2015
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