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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2019

John Russell Rickford
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Stanford University, California
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  • Introduction
  • John Russell Rickford, Stanford University, California
  • Foreword by Gillian Sankoff
  • Book: Variation, Versatility and Change in Sociolinguistics and Creole Studies
  • Online publication: 22 January 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316091142.002
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  • Introduction
  • John Russell Rickford, Stanford University, California
  • Foreword by Gillian Sankoff
  • Book: Variation, Versatility and Change in Sociolinguistics and Creole Studies
  • Online publication: 22 January 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316091142.002
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  • Introduction
  • John Russell Rickford, Stanford University, California
  • Foreword by Gillian Sankoff
  • Book: Variation, Versatility and Change in Sociolinguistics and Creole Studies
  • Online publication: 22 January 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316091142.002
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