Mervyn C. Alleyne. Studies in Saramaccan language structure
[Caribbean Culture Studies, 2]. Amsterdam: Instituut voor Algemene Taalwetenschap, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1987. Mona, Jamaica: Folklore Studies Project, University of the West Indies, 1987. viii + 112 pp. Paperback.

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Francis Byrne | Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio

Published online: 1 January 1990

https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.5.1.12byr

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