Plural Marking Patterns in Nigerian Pidgin English

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-129

  Tagliamonte, Sali ^a   Poplack, Shana ^b   Eze, Ejike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 84989390537     PISSN: 09209034     EISSN: 15699870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jpcl.12.1.04tag     Document Type: Article

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