Thomas Brunner. Simplicity and Typological Effects in the Emergence of New Englishes: The Noun Phrase in Singaporean and Kenyan English [Topics in English Linguistics 97]. Boston, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2017. xix + 341 pp. EUR 99.95. ISBN 9783110516593

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Rahel Oppliger | University of Zurich

Published online: 21 April 2021

https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.00067.bru

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Thomas Brunner. Simplicity and Typological Effects in the Emergence of New Englishes: The Noun Phrase in Singaporean and Kenyan English [Topics in English Linguistics 97]. Boston, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2017. xix + 341 pp. EUR 99.95. ISBN 9783110516593

Thomas Brunner. Simplicity and Typological Effects in the Emergence of New Englishes: The Noun Phrase in Singaporean and Kenyan English [Topics in English Linguistics 97]. Boston, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2017. xix + 341 pp. EUR 99.95. ISBN 9783110516593