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Roca, I., Felíu, E. (2003). Morphology in truncation: the role of the Spanish desinence. In: Booij, G., van Marle, J. (eds) Yearbook of Morphology 2002. Yearbook of Morphology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48223-1_7

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