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Debra Ziegeler, Converging grammars: Constructions in Singapore English (Language Contact and Bilingualism 11). Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2015. Pp. xiv + 294. ISBN 9781614514091 (hardback).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 August 2017

Thomas Hoffmann
Thomas Hoffmann*
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Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Universitätsallee 1, 85072 Eichstätt, Germanythomas.hoffmann@ku.de
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English Language & Linguistics , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , March 2019 , pp. 215 - 221
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