Case closed?: Testing the feature pool hypothesis

McWhorter, John

doi:10.1075/jpcl.27.1.07mcw

Article published In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 27:1 (2012) ► pp.171–182

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Case closed?

Testing the feature pool hypothesis

John McWhorter | Columbia University

Published online: 1 March 2012

https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.27.1.07mcw

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