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TitleOff target?
AuthorsBaker, P.
JournalJournal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Journal citation5 (1), pp. 107-119
ISSN0920-9034
Year1990
Publication dates
Published1990

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Obituary. Chris Corne 1942–1999
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Towards obtaining better data on the languages of London's schoolchildren
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The languages of London's schoolchildren
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The languages of Hillingdon's schoolchildren
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The languages of Camden's schoolchildren
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Constructing new pronominal systems from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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Introducing the Languages of London Project
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Theories of creolization and the degree and nature of restructuring
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Seperating the wheat from the chaff
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The texts of Samuel Augustus Mathews with annotations
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Evidence from old texts on the origin and diffusion of Kittitian and other Atlantic English Creoles
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Directionality in pidginization and creolization
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Deleloping ways of writing vernaculars: problems and solutions in a historical perspective
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Book review: Hubert Devonish (ed.) Working papers in linguistics, 1. (UWILing). iv, 77pp. Mona (Jamaica): Department of Language and Linguistics, University of the West Indies. 1995. US$5.
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English-derived contact languages in the Pacific in the 19th century (excluding Australia)
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The origins and diffusion of Pidgin English in the Pacific
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The development and diffusion of pronouns in Pacific Pidgin English
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English-derived contact languages in the Pacific in the 20th century (excluding Australia)
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The potential for the development of Arabic-based and other contact languages along the maritime trade routes between the Middle East and China, from the start of the Christian era
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Some development interferences from the historical studies of pidgins and creoles
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Productive fellow
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Australian and Melanesian Pidgin English and the fellows in between
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Buddy Quow, St Kitts and St Barts
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Motivation in creole genesis
Baker, P. 1995. Motivation in creole genesis. in: Baker, P. (ed.) From contact to Creole and beyond London, UK University of Westminster Press.

Book review: Multilingualism and nation building (Gerda Mansour)
Baker, P. 1995. Book review: Multilingualism and nation building (Gerda Mansour). Anthropological Linguistics. 37 (4), pp. 594-596.

Creativity in Creole genesis
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Book review: Language in indenture: a sociolinguistic history of Bhojpuri-Hindi in South Africa, by Rajend Mesthrie
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Contribution a l'histoire du futur en Créole Mauricien
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Australian influence on Melanesian Pidgin English
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Assessing the African contribution to French-based Creoles
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Pondicherry. Ce n'est plus la France, ce n'est pas encore l'Inde
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On the copula in Mauritian Creole, past and present
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From business to Pidgin
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Writing the wronged
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Causes and effects
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Review of John R. Rickford, Dinensions of a Creole continuum. Stanford: University Press, 1987
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Pacific reorientations
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A provisional assessment of huˆ mow thun yån fan wa, a 19th century Pidgin English phrasebook written entirely in Chinese characters
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Writing systems and the vernacularization of literacy in Mauritius
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Recognizing Mauritian Bhojpuri
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Diksyoner kreol morisyen: Dictionary of Mauritian Creole
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Histoire sociale et creolisation a la reunion et a Maurice
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The historical developments in Chinese Pidgin English and the nature of the relationships between the various Pidgin Englishes of the Pacific region
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International guide to African studies research. 2nd fully rev. and expanded ed.
Baker, P. 1987. International guide to African studies research. 2nd fully rev. and expanded ed. London, UK Published for the International African Institute [by] Zell.

Combien y a-t-il eu de genèses créoles à base lexicale française?
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Book review: Ian F. Hancock (ed.): Diversity and development in English-related Creoles. viii, 168 pp. Ann Arbor: Karoma Publishers Inc., 1985
Baker, P. 1987. Book review: Ian F. Hancock (ed.): Diversity and development in English-related Creoles. viii, 168 pp. Ann Arbor: Karoma Publishers Inc., 1985. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 50 (1), pp. 209-211.

Universals, substrata and the Indian Ocean creoles
Baker, P. and Corne, C. 1986. Universals, substrata and the Indian Ocean creoles. in: Muysken, P. and Smith, N. (ed.) Substrata versus universals in Creole genesis : papers from the Amsterdam Creole Workshop, April 1985 Amsterdam, Netherlands John Benjamins. pp. 163-183

Mauritian Creole
Baker, P. 1986. Mauritian Creole. in: Le Page, R.B. (ed.) Abstract of the proceedings of the Workshop of the International Group for the Study of Language Standarization and the Vernacularization of Literacy York Department of Language, University of York. pp. 86-88

Mauitian Bhojpuri: an Indo-Aryan language spoken in a predominantly creolophone society
Baker, P. 1986. Mauitian Bhojpuri: an Indo-Aryan language spoken in a predominantly creolophone society. Papers in Pidgin and Creole Linguistics. 4, pp. 215-238.

The significance of agglutinated French articles in the creole languages of the Indian Ocean and elsewhere
Baker, P. 1984. The significance of agglutinated French articles in the creole languages of the Indian Ocean and elsewhere. York Papers in Linguistics. 11, pp. 19-29.

Agglutinated French articles in Creole French: their evolutionary significance
Baker, P. 1984. Agglutinated French articles in Creole French: their evolutionary significance. Te Reo. 27, pp. 89-129.

Book review: Review of Peter Stein, Connaissance et emploi des langues a l'Ile Maurice
Baker, P. 1984. Book review: Review of Peter Stein, Connaissance et emploi des langues a l'Ile Maurice. Language in Society. 13 (3), pp. 390-396. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404500010617

Isle de France creole: affinities and origins
Baker, P. and Corne, C. 1982. Isle de France creole: affinities and origins. Ann Arbor, Mich Karoma.

The contribution of non-Francophone immigrants to the lixicon of Mauritian Creole
Baker, P. 1982. The contribution of non-Francophone immigrants to the lixicon of Mauritian Creole. PhD thesis University of London School of Oriental and African Studies

Book review: Clifford N Fyle and Eldred D Jones, A Krio - English Dictionary, Oxford: OUP, 1980
Baker, P. 1981. Book review: Clifford N Fyle and Eldred D Jones, A Krio - English Dictionary, Oxford: OUP, 1980. Africa. 51, pp. 803-804.

Provisional survey of major languages and language use in the independent states of sub-Saharan Africa / Inventaire provisoire des langues principales et de l'utilisation des langues dans les états indépendants de l'Afrique au sud du Sahara
Baker, P. 1980. Provisional survey of major languages and language use in the independent states of sub-Saharan Africa / Inventaire provisoire des langues principales et de l'utilisation des langues dans les états indépendants de l'Afrique au sud du Sahara. London International African Institute for UNESCO.

Book review: Sirarpi Ohannessian, Charles A. Ferguson and Edgar C. Polomé (eds), Language surveys in developing nations. Papers and reports on sociolinguistic surveys. Arlington, Virginia: Center for Applied Linguistics, 1975. Pp. vi +226.
Baker, P. 1978. Book review: Sirarpi Ohannessian, Charles A. Ferguson and Edgar C. Polomé (eds), Language surveys in developing nations. Papers and reports on sociolinguistic surveys. Arlington, Virginia: Center for Applied Linguistics, 1975. Pp. vi +226. Language in Society. 7 (1), pp. 142-144. https://doi.org/10.1017/S004740450000542X

A supplementary bibliography of french-based creoles within the framework of a bibliography of pidgin and creole languages
Baker, P. and Stein, P. 1976. A supplementary bibliography of french-based creoles within the framework of a bibliography of pidgin and creole languages. Journal of Creole Studies. 1, pp. 237-280.

Quartier Militaire survey: the relationship between social work education and national social development
Baker, P. 1974. Quartier Militaire survey: the relationship between social work education and national social development. Addis Ababa University of Haile Selassie II.

Lelvaz lapeh / L'élevage lapin
Baker, P. 1973. Lelvaz lapeh / L'élevage lapin. Moka Mauritius College of the Air.

Book review: Chris Corne: Essai de grammaire du Creole Mauricien. (Te Reo Monographs.) 50pp. Auckland: Linguistic Society of New Zealand, 1970. NZ$1.20
Baker, P. 1973. Book review: Chris Corne: Essai de grammaire du Creole Mauricien. (Te Reo Monographs.) 50pp. Auckland: Linguistic Society of New Zealand, 1970. NZ$1.20. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 36 (2), pp. 505-506.

Kreol: a description of Mauritian Creole
Baker, P. 1972. Kreol: a description of Mauritian Creole. London C. Hurst.

The language situation in Mauritius with special reference to Mauritian Creole
Baker, P. 1969. The language situation in Mauritius with special reference to Mauritian Creole. African Language. Review. 8, pp. 73-97.

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