Review published In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 30:2 (2015) ► pp.385–388
Book review
. The syntax and semantics of a determiner system: A case study of Mauritian Creole. Diana Guillemin. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2011. . [Creole Language Library, 38]. 328 pp. Hardcover. $158.00 Euro 105.00 To order, visit. http://benjamins.com/
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