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Transfer and the Substrate Hypothesis in Creolistics

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Salikoko S. Mufwene
Salikoko S. Mufwene
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University of Georgia
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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , March 1990 , pp. 1 - 23
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