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Review published In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 3:1 (1988) ► pp.146–152

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Mark Sebba. The syntax of serial verbs: An investigation into serialisation in Sranan and other languages. Mark Sebba. [Creole Language Library, 2]. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1987. xiv + 227 pp. Hardbound. US$32.00/ Hfl. 80

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Published online: 1 January 1988
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