The sociolinguistic history of the Peranakans: What it tells us about 'creolization'

Ansaldo, Umberto; Lim, Lisa; Mufwene, Salikoko S.

doi:10.1075/tsl.73.11ans

In:Deconstructing Creole
Edited by Umberto Ansaldo, Stephen Matthews and Lisa Lim
[Typological Studies in Language 73] 2007
► pp. 203–226

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The sociolinguistic history of the Peranakans: What it tells us about 'creolization'

Umberto Ansaldo

Lisa Lim

Salikoko S. Mufwene

Published online: 22 June 2007

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.73.11ans

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