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Review published In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 31:1 (2016) ► pp.217–222

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Nicholas Faraclas. Agency in the emergence of creole languages. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2012. xiii, 246 pp. Cloth, e-Book. $158.00 To order electronically, visit. http://benjamins.com/catalog/cll.45

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Published online: 10 May 2016
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