Towards a Grammar of Proto South African English

Mesthrie, Rajend; West, Paula

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Towards a Grammar of Proto South African English

Rajend Mesthrie | Department of Linguistics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa

Paula West | Department of Linguistics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa

Published online: 1 January 1995

https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.16.1.05mes

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