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Review published In:
Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol.
31:1
(2016) ► pp.
229
–
232
Book review
Dany
Adone
.
The acquisition of creole languages: How children surpass their input
.
Dany
Adone
.
Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press
,
2012
.
248 pp.
Hardback
.
$99.00
To order, visit
.
http://www.cambridge.org/
Reviewed by
Stephen Matthews
|
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Published online: 10 May 2016
https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.31.1.12mat
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