The origin of the copulas (d/n)a and de in the Eastern Maroon Creole

Diachronica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-133

  Migge, Bettina ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84937381764     PISSN: 01764225     EISSN: 15699714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/dia.19.1.04mig     Document Type: Article

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