Creolization is a social, not a structural, process

Mufwene, Salikoko S.

doi:10.1075/cll.22.06muf

In:Degrees of Restructuring in Creole Languages
Edited by Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh and Edgar W. Schneider
[Creole Language Library 22] 2000
► pp. 65–84

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Creolization is a social, not a structural, process

Salikoko S. Mufwene

Published online: 12 February 2001

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