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Review published In:
Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol.
27:2
(2012) ► pp.
389
–
393
◄
previous
Book review
Jeff
Siegel
.
The Emergence of pidgin and creole languages
Jeff
Siegel
.
Oxford:
Oxford University Press
,
2008
.
336 pp.
Hardback
.
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.
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.
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Reviewed by
John McWhorter
|
Columbia University
Published online: 13 August 2012
https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.27.2.08mcw
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