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Haunted by the specter of creole genesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Derek Bickerton
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822

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Continuing Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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