The contribution of relexification, grammaticalisation, and reanalysis to creole genesis and development

Studies in Language

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-311

  Lefebvre, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1075/sl.33.2.03lef     Document Type: Article

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