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Vol. 10:1 (1989) ► pp. 149–154
Book review

John R. Rickford. Dimensions of a Creole Continuum: History, Texts and Linguistic Analysis of Guyanese Creole
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1987. xix + 340 pp. $42.50 hb.

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Published online: 01 January 1989
https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.10.1.17hol
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