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Review published In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 24:2 (2009) ► pp.388–392

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George Lang. Making Wawa: The genesis of Chinook Jargon. George Lang. [First Nations Languages]. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2008. xiv, 198 pp. To order electronically, visit. http://www.ubcpress.ca/

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Published online: 21 August 2009
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