The role of typology in language creation: A descriptive take

Aboh, Enoch Oladé; Ansaldo, Umberto

doi:10.1075/tsl.73.05abo

In:Deconstructing Creole
Edited by Umberto Ansaldo, Stephen Matthews and Lisa Lim
[Typological Studies in Language 73] 2007
► pp. 39–66

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The role of typology in language creation: A descriptive take

Enoch Oladé Aboh

Umberto Ansaldo

Published online: 22 June 2007

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.73.05abo

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