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32 Current Studies in Spanish Linguistics Ray Harris-Northall Current Studies in Spanish linguistics Ray Harris-Northall University of Wisconsin-Madison Abad, Francisco. 2002. Problemas en historia de la lengua española (1250-1713). In Saralegui Platero and Casado Velarde 2002:21-39. Abad Merino, Mercedes. 2000. Las hablas murcianas en la obra de José Muñoz Garrigós. Revista de investigación lingüística 3:2.9-30. Abad Merino, Mercedes. 2002. La influencia murciana en el léxico del regadío veratense (s. XVI). In Martínez González 2002a:215-222. Abad Nebot, Francisco. 2000. El diccionario como género literario. In Carbonero Cano, Casado Velarde, and Gómez Manzano 2000:45-57. Acero Durántez, Isabel. 2003. La lexicografía plurilingüe del español. In Medina Guerra 2003a:175-204. Acín Villa, Esperanza. 2000a. Por cierto, a propósito y otros digresivos. In Carbonero Cano, Casado Velarde, and Gómez Manzano 2000:59-72. Acín Villa, Esperanza. 2000b. El marcador discursivo por lo demás. RILCE. 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