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Journal of Pidgin and Creole LanguagesVol. 10:2 (1995) ► pp.374–380
Book review
. American dialect research. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1993. xv, 460 pp. Cloth, U.S.. $89 Paper, U.S.. $29
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