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Review published In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 24:1 (2009) ► pp.159–167

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Michael Aceto & Jeffrey P. Williams. Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2003. 320 pp. Hardback. $144.00 Euro 120.00 To order, please visit. http://www.benjamins.com

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Published online: 24 March 2009
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