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Diachronica
Vol. 8:2 (1991) ► pp. 277–284
Book review

John M. Lipski. The Language of the Islenos: Vestigial Spanish in Louisiana
John M. Lipski. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1990. x, 148 pp.

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Published online: 01 January 1991
https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.8.2.11cam
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