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Abstract
Este trabajo presenta los resultados de la investigación llevada a cabo entre la población hablante de inglés criollo de Puerto Limón, Costa Rica. La comunidad criolla de Limón está en el proceso de cambiar su criollo de base inglesa por el español, lengua nacional y oficial.
This paper presents the findings of research carried out among the creole-speaking population in Port Limon, Costa Rica. The Limon Creole community is in the process of shifting from speaking an English-based creole to speaking the national and official language, Spanish.
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