Dany Adone. The acquisition of creole languages: How children surpass their input
Dany Adone. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 248 pp. Hardback. $99.00 To order, visit. http://www.cambridge.org/

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Stephen Matthews | University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Published online: 10 May 2016

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