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West African Pidgin: World language against the grain

March 2026

West African Pidgin: World language against the grain

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Word-prosody systems of the Creole languages of the Gulf of Guinea

Creole languages result from extreme linguitic contact between languages with distinct prosodic systems and often do not fit neatly into prototypical linguistic categories.

Ana Lívia Agostinho Ana Lívia Agostinho

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Exploring Genealogical Blends: The Surinamese Creole Cluster and the Virgin Island Dutch Creole Cluster

van Sluijs, Robbert, Margot van den Berg, and Pieter Muysken. 2016. Exploring Genealogical Blends: The Surinamese Creole Cluster and the Vir...

Pieter Muysken Pieter Muysken
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