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Linguistic Simplicity and Complexity: Why Do Languages Undress? - Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB] John H. McWhorter 1st edition
Linguistic Simplicity and Complexity: Why Do Languages Undress? - Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB]
John H. McWhorter
In John McWhorter’s Defining Creole anthology of 2005, his collected articles conveyed the following theme: His hypothesis that creole languages are definable not just in the sociohistorical sense, but in the grammatical sense.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 16, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9781934078372 |
| Publishers | De Gruyter |
| Pages | 342 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 230 × 230 mm · 636 g |
| Language | English |
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