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Diana R. Seklaoui. Change and Compensation: Parallel Weakening of [s] in Italian, French and Spanish. New York: Peter Lang. 1989. Pp. xvi + 258. US$40.30 (hardcover).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

Marc Picard*
Affiliation:
Concordia University

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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1990

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