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Research Article

Final lengthening in Parkinsonian French Speech: Effects of position in phrase on the duration of CV syllables and speech segments

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Pages 781-793 | Received 21 Apr 2009, Accepted 25 Jun 2009, Published online: 05 Nov 2009

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