Transfer constraints and substrate influence in melanesian pidgin

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-44

  Siegel, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central eastern oceanic languages; Melanesian pidgin; Second language acquisition; Substrate; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989390541     PISSN: 09209034     EISSN: 15699870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jpcl.14.1.02sie     Document Type: Article

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