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Creole languages

Index of SIL publications on Creole languages listed by country.

See only SIL publications on Creole languages available online or for purchase from SIL International Publications.

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General works

• BEIMERS, Gerry, author. 2006. Review of: Defining creole, by John H. McWhorter.  
• CAHILL, Michael, author. 2005. Review of: Talking rhythm stressing tone: the role of prominence in Anglo-West African creole languages, by Hubert Devonish.
• DECKER, Kendall D., author. 1998. Bible translation as a survey tool.
• DECKER, Kendall D., author. 2004. Review of: Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean, Michael Aceto and Jeffrey P. Williams, editors.  
• EVANS, John, author. 2001. Review of: Creole genesis, attitudes and discourse, John R. Rickford and Suzanne Romaine, editors.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1981. Review of: The genesis of language, by Kenneth C. Hill.
• GRAHAM, Steve, author. 1999. A brief review of pidgins and creoles.
• GRIMES, Barbara F., author. 1989. Special considerations for creole surveys.
• HALL, Robert A., author. 1975. "Relexification and regrammaticalisation."
• HOLBROOK, David J., author. 2003. Review of: Pidgins and creoles: an introduction, by Ishtla Singh.  
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1993. "Identifying africanisms in new world languages: how specific can we get?."

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Cameroon

• BOUTWELL, Katrina, author. 2001. An assessment of the creolization of Cameroon Pidgin English.

Ethiopia

• UNSETH, Peter, author. 1987. Review of: Acts of identity: Creole-based approaches to language and ethnicity, by Robert B. Le Page and Andrée Tabouret-Keller.

Mauritius

• BICKERTON, Derek, author. 1990. Instead of the cult of personality.

Nigeria

• MARCHESE, Lynell; SHNUKAL, Anna, authors. 1983. "Creolization of Nigerian Pidgin English: a progress report."

Americas

Belize

• DECKER, Kendall D., author. 1996. "Orthography development for Belize creole."

Brazil

• ANONBY, Stan, author. 2007. "A report on the creoles of Amapá."  

Colombia

• DECKER, Kendall D.; KEENER, Andy, authors. 2001. "A report on the English-based creole of San Andres and Providence islands, Colombia."  

Grenada

• HOLBROOK, David J., author. 2005. "Grenada and Carriacou English-lexifier creole(s): one language or two?."

Guadeloupe

• DECKER, Kendall D., author. 2004. "Moribund English: the case of Gustavia English, St. Barthélmy."

Haiti

• HUTTAR, George L., author. 2000. Review of: Creole Genesis and the acquisition of grammar: the case of Haitian creole, by Claire LeFebvre.

Nicaragua

• DECKER, Kendall D.; KEENER, Andy, authors. 2001. "A report on the English-lexifier creole of Nicaragua, also known as Mískito Coast Creole, with special reference to Bluefields and the Corn Islands."  

Panama

• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1990. Review of: The speech of the Negros Congos of Panama, by John M. Lipski.

Saint Lucia

• FRANK, David B., author. 2004. "TMA and the St. Lucian Creole verb phrase."

Suriname

• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1974. Serial verbs in Suriname Creoles.
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1981. "SIL work in English-based creoles."
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1982. A Creole-Amerindian pidgin of Suriname.
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1986. "Kikongo, Saramaccan, and Ndjuka."
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1986. Fifth Biennial Conference of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, August 29-September 1, 1984.
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1986. Review of: Diversity and development in English-related creoles, Ian F. Hancock, editor.
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1988. Notes on Kwinti, a creole of Central Suriname.
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1989. "The Portuguese contribution to the Ndjuka lexicon."
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1990. Review of: The speech of the Negros Congos of Panama, by John M. Lipski.
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1991. "Ndjuka organization of experience: African or universal?."
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1994. Lexical borrowing, creolization and basic vocabulary.  
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1995. Review of: Sentential complementation in Sranan: on the formation of an English-based creole language, by Ingo Plag.
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 2003. "Scales of basicness in semantic domains and their application to creolization."
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 2010. "Successive African and European contributions to Suriname Creole lexicons."  
• HUTTAR, George L.; KOANTING, Evert D., authors. 1993. "Are Ndjuká comparative markers verbs?."
• WILNER, John, author. 1984. "A sketch of Sranan Tongo."

United States

• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1983. "On the study of Creole lexicons."

Asia

Indonesia

• GRIMES, Barbara Dix; JACOB, June, authors. 2006. "Developing a role for Kupang Malay: the contemporary politics of an eastern Indonesian creole."  

Philippines

• BARRIOS, Aireen L., author. 2006. "Austronesian elements in Philippine Creole Spanish."  
• MOE, Ronald, author. 1984. Review of: The social context of creolization, Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors.
• STEINKRÜGER, Patrick O., author. 2006. "The puzzling case of Chabacano: creolization, substrate, mixing and secondary contact."  
• STEINKRÜGER, Patrick O., author. 2008. "The puzzling case of Chabacano: creolization, substrate, mixing and secondary contact."

Pacific

Australia

• HARRIS, John; SANDEFUR, John R., authors. 1983. "Creole languages and the use of Kriol in Northern Territory schools."
• HARRIS, John; SANDEFUR, John R., authors. 1984. "The Creole language debate and the use of creoles in Australian schools."
• HARRIS, John; SANDEFUR, John R., authors. 1985. "Kriol and multilingualism."
• HARRIS, John; SANDEFUR, John R., authors. 1986. "Variation in Australian Kriol."
• SANDEFUR, John R., author. 1976. Review of: Pidgins and creoles, by Loreto Todd.
• SANDEFUR, John R., author. 1979. An Australian creole in the Northern Territory: a description of Ngukurr-Bamyili dialects (Part 1).
• SANDEFUR, John R., author. 1980. Language survey: Looking for Kriol in Queensland.
• SANDEFUR, John R., author. 1981. "Kriol: An Aboriginal language."
• SANDEFUR, John R., author. 1981. "Kriol: Language with a history."
• SANDEFUR, John R., author. 1981. "The stepchild who became Cinderella: Pidgin English comes into its own."
• SANDEFUR, John R., author. 1982. "Kriol and the question of decreolization."
• SANDEFUR, John R., author. 1982. "When will Kriol die out?."
• SANDEFUR, John R., author. 1985. "Aspects of the socio-political history of Ngukurr (Roper River) and its effects on language change."
• SANDEFUR, John R., author. 1985. "Dynamics of an Australian creole system."
• SANDEFUR, John R., author. 1985. "English-based languages and dialects currently spoken by Aboriginal people: Suggestions towards a consensus on terminology."
• SANDEFUR, John R., author. 1985. "Kriol Kantri - the first of its kind."
• SANDEFUR, John R., author. 1986. "Mission life, mission education, and the rise of creole language."
• SANDEFUR, John R., author. 1990. "Kriol and Torres Strait Creole: Where do they meet?."
• SANDEFUR, John R.; SANDEFUR, Joy L., authors. 1980. "Pidgin and Creole in the Kimberleys, Western Australia."
• SANDEFUR, John R.; SHARPE, Margaret C., authors. 1977. "A brief description of Roper Creole."

Papua New Guinea

• BICKERTON, Derek, author. 1975. "University-level courses in Pidgin & Creole."
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1979. "Some comparisons between Chinese Pidgin English and Melanesian Pidgin English."
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1984. Review of: On the origin and formation of creoles: a miscellany of articles, by Dirk C. Hesseling, T. L. Markey and Paul T. Roberge.
• FREYBERG, Paul G., author. 1975. "Bai yumi mekim wanem bilong helpim Tok Pisin?."
• SCORZA, David P., author. 1981. Review of: The ethnography of variation: selected writings on pidgins and creoles, Hugh Schuchardt and T. L. Markey, editors.
• SIMONS, Linda, author. 1977. Differences between the pidgins of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Solomon Islands

• LEE, Ernest W., author. 1980. "Pride and prejudice: The status of Solomon Islands Pijin."
• LEE, Ernest W., author. 1998. "Unexpected shared features in Melanesian Pidgins/Creoles: Is broken a Melanesian Pidgin/Creole?."
• SIMONS, Linda, author. 1977. Differences between the pidgins of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Vanuatu

• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1992. Review of: Beach-la-Mar to Bislama: The emergence of a national language in Vanuatu, by Terry Crowley.