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The Middle English Creolization Hypothesis: Persistence, Implications, and Language Ideology

By: David O’Neil  
Open Access
|Jul 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/stap-2019-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2082-5102 | Journal ISSN: 0081-6272
Language: English
Page range: 113 - 132
Published on: Jul 30, 2020
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
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