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Review of “The word on the street. Fact and fable about American English” by John McWhorter
Author(s): Michael Aceto
Source: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, Volume 16, Issue 1, Jan 2001, p. 166 - 174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.16.1.11ace

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