The Nature of Argument: Is the Creole Exceptionalism Hypothesis Dead?

McWhorter, John

doi:10.1075/jpcl.27.2.07mcw

Article published In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 27:2 (2012) ► pp.377–387

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The Nature of Argument

Is the Creole Exceptionalism Hypothesis Dead?

John McWhorter | Columbia University

Published online: 13 August 2012

https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.27.2.07mcw

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