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Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 37:1 (2022) ► pp.189–203
Guest Column

Empiricism or imperialism

The science of Creole Exceptionalism

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Article outline
  • Introduction
  • Do Creoles constitute a separate typological class?
  • Are Creoles simpler than non-Creoles?
  • Concluding remarks
  • References
Published online: 23 March 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.00092.mea
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