Book review
. Simplicity and Typological Effects in the Emergence of New Englishes: The Noun Phrase in Singaporean and Kenyan
English . [Topics in English Linguistics 97]. Boston, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2017. xix + 341 pp. EUR 99.95 ISBN 9783110516593
Reviewed by
Rahel Oppliger | University of Zurich
Published online: 21 April 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.00067.bru
https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.00067.bru
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