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Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 11:1 (1996) ► pp.139–145
Book review

Carol Lord. Historical change in serial verb constructions
Carol Lord. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1993. x, 273 pp. Cloth. $71.00 Paper. $24.95

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Published online: 1 January 1996
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