Saramaccan and Haitian as young grammars: The pitfalls of syntactocentrism in Creole genesis research

McWhorter, John

doi:10.1075/jpcl.19.1.04mcw

Article published In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 19:1 (2004) ► pp.77–137

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Saramaccan and Haitian as young grammars

The pitfalls of syntactocentrism in Creole genesis research

John McWhorter

Published online: 19 May 2004

https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.19.1.04mcw

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