Mark Sebba. The syntax of serial verbs: An investigation into serialisation in Sranan and other languages
Mark Sebba. [Creole Language Library, 2]. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1987. xiv + 227 pp. Hardbound. US$32.00/ Hfl. 80

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Francis Byrne | Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, OH

Published online: 1 January 1988

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