A typology of contact languages

Thomason, Sarah G.

doi:10.1075/cll.19.06tho

In:The Structure and Status of Pidgins and Creoles: Including selected papers from meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole linguistics
Edited by Arthur K. Spears and Donald Winford
[Creole Language Library 19] 1997
► pp. 71–90

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A typology of contact languages

Sarah G. Thomason

Published online: 6 October 1997

https://doi.org/10.1075/cll.19.06tho

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