Marion Okawa Sonomura. Idiomaticity in the basic writing of American English: Formulas and idioms in the writing of multilingual and creole-speaking community college students in Hawaii [Studies in Ethnolinguistics, 2]. New York: Peter Lang, 1996. vii, 158 pp. Hardback. $42.95

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Published online: 6 August 1999

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Marion Okawa Sonomura. Idiomaticity in the basic writing of American English: Formulas and idioms in the writing of multilingual and creole-speaking community college students in Hawaii [Studies in Ethnolinguistics, 2]. New York: Peter Lang, 1996. vii, 158 pp. Hardback. $42.95

Marion Okawa Sonomura. Idiomaticity in the basic writing of American English: Formulas and idioms in the writing of multilingual and creole-speaking community college students in Hawaii [Studies in Ethnolinguistics, 2]. New York: Peter Lang, 1996. vii, 158 pp. Hardback. $42.95