What the creolist learns from Cantonese and Kabardian

Diachronica

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-184

  McWhorter, John H ^a,b  

^a Manhattan Institute for Policy Research   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 33746056060     PISSN: 01764225     EISSN: 15699714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/dia.23.1.08mcw     Document Type: Review

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