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In:On Spoken French: An Ashby Reader
William J. Ashby
[Studies in Language Companion Series 226] 2023
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Variable liaison in the Spoken French of Tours: A real-time analysis

Conference paper presented at Association for French Language Studies. L’Université de Tours. Tours, France. September 25, 2003

 | University of California, Santa Barbara
 | University of Louisville
Published online: 2 March 2023
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