Some questions from a creole genesis perspective: The development of American Englishes

Mufwene, Salikoko S.

doi:10.1075/veaw.g16.13muf

In:Focus on the USA
Edited by Edgar W. Schneider
[Varieties of English Around the World G16] 1996
► pp. 231–264

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The development of American Englishes

Some questions from a creole genesis perspective

Salikoko S. Mufwene

Published online: 29 February 1996

https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g16.13muf

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