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Creole languages

Index of SIL publications on Creole languages listed by country.

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General works

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

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Cameroon

• Boutwell, Katrina. 2001. "An assessment of the creolization of Cameroon Pidgin English."

Ethiopia

• Unseth, Peter. 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. 1990. "Instead of the cult of personality."

Nigeria

• Shnukal, Anna and Lynell Marchese. 1983. "Creolization of Nigerian Pidgin English: a progress report."

Americas

Belize

• Decker, Ken. 1996. "Orthography development for Belize creole."

Brazil

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

Colombia

• Decker, Ken and Andy Keener. 2001. "A report on the English-based creole of San Andres and Providence islands, Colombia."  

Grenada

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

Guadeloupe

• Decker, Ken. 2004. "Moribund English: the case of Gustavia English, St. Barthélmy."

Haiti

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

Nicaragua

• Decker, Ken and Andy Keener. 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. 1990. Review of: The speech of the Negros Congos of Panama, by John M. Lipski.

Saint Lucia

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

Suriname

• Huttar, George and Evert Koanting. 1993. "Are Ndjuká comparative markers verbs?."
• Huttar, George L. 1974. "Serial verbs in Suriname Creoles."
• Huttar, George L. 1981. "SIL work in English-based creoles."
• Huttar, George L. 1982. A Creole-Amerindian pidgin of Suriname.
• Huttar, George L. 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. 1986. "Kikongo, Saramaccan, and Ndjuka."
• Huttar, George L. 1986. Review of: Diversity and development in English-related creoles, Ian F. Hancock, editor.
• Huttar, George L. 1988. Notes on Kwinti, a creole of Central Suriname.
• Huttar, George L. 1989. "The Portuguese contribution to the Ndjuka lexicon."
• Huttar, George L. 1990. Review of: The speech of the Negros Congos of Panama, by John M. Lipski.
• Huttar, George L. 1991. "Ndjuka organization of experience: African or universal?."
• Huttar, George L. 1994. "Lexical borrowing, creolization and basic vocabulary."  
• Huttar, George L. 1995. Review of: Sentential complementation in Sranan: on the formation of an English-based creole language, by Ingo Plag.
• Huttar, George L. 2003. "Scales of basicness in semantic domains and their application to creolization."
• Wilner, John. 1984. "A sketch of Sranan Tongo."

United States

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

Asia

Indonesia

• Jacob, June and Barbara Dix Grimes. 2006. "Developing a role for Kupang Malay: the contemporary politics of an eastern Indonesian creole."  

Philippines

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

Pacific

Australia

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

Papua New Guinea

• Bickerton, Derek. 1975. "University-level courses in Pidgin & Creole."
• Franklin, Karl J. 1979. "Some comparisons between Chinese Pidgin English and Melanesian Pidgin English."
• Franklin, Karl J. 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. 1975. "Bai yumi mekim wanem bilong helpim Tok Pisin?."
• Scorza, David P. 1981. Review of: The ethnography of variation: selected writings on pidgins and creoles, Hugh Schuchardt and T. L. Markey, editors.
• Simons, Linda. 1977. Differences between the pidgins of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Solomon Islands

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

Vanuatu

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