Varilingualism: The competence underlying codemixing in trinidad and tobago

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-22

  Youssef, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

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EID: 84989400362     PISSN: 09209034     EISSN: 15699870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jpcl.11.1.02you     Document Type: Article

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