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The emergence of productive morphology in creole languages: the case of Haitian Creole

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Lefebvre, C. (2003). The emergence of productive morphology in creole languages: the case of Haitian Creole. In: Booij, G., van Marle, J. (eds) Yearbook of Morphology 2002. Yearbook of Morphology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48223-1_3

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