John Holm †

List of John Benjamins publications in which John Holm † is involved.

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Atlantic Meets Pacific: A global view of pidginization and creolization

Edited by Francis Byrne and John Holm †

Selected papers from the Society for Pidgin and Creole linguistics. read more

[Creole Language Library, 11] 1993. ix, 465 pp.

Focus on the Caribbean

Edited by Manfred Görlach † and John Holm †

This collection represents an important contribution not only to creole linguistics but also to Caribbean studies and English dialectology. It contains eleven essays on the special development and present-day functions of English and Creole in the Caribbean, ranging from Central America to Guyana.… read more

[Varieties of English Around the World, G8] 1986. viii, 209 pp.

Central American English

Edited by John Holm †

This volume is about the Anglophone creoles to be found on the Caribbean coast of Central America (Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama), and its offshore islands (Providencia, San Andrés and the Caymans) . The study of these Anglophone varieties is comparatively recent and based on… read more

[Varieties of English Around the World, T2] 1983. vi, 184 pp.

Holm, John † 2014 An 18th-century novel from the Miskito Coast: What was creolized? English World-Wide 35:1, pp. 52–67 | Article

William Williams (1727–1791) wrote a novel entitled Mr. Penrose: The Journal of Penrose, Seaman about an English sailor marooned on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, partly based on the author’s own experience. Internal linguistic evidence confirms that the castaway’s contact was with the Rama and… read more

Holm, John † 2012 Partial restructuring: Dutch on the Cape and Portuguese in Brazil Roots of Afrikaans: Selected writings of Hans den Besten, Wouden, Ton van der (ed.), pp. 399–418 | Article

Holm, John † 2011 Review of Rougé (2004): Dictionnaire étymologique des créoles portugais d’Afrique, avec une préface d’Alain Kihm Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 26:2, pp. 405–407 | Review

Holm, John † and Incanha Intumbo 2009 Quantifying superstrate and substrate influence Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 24:2, pp. 218–274 | Article

To quantify the degree to which the structure of superstrate and substrate languages influence that of a creole, this paper compares the nearly 100 grammatical features of Guiné-Bissau Creole Portuguese surveyed in Baptista, Mello, & Suzuki (2007) with the corresponding structures in Balanta (one… read more

Holm, John † 2006 Review of Deumert & Vandenbussche (2003): Germanic standardizations: Past to present Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 21:1, pp. 191–194 | Review

Holm, John † 2000 The Creole verb: A Comparative Study of Stativity and Time Reference Language Change and Language Contact in Pidgins and Creoles, McWhorter, John H. (ed.), pp. 133–162 | Article

Holm, John † 2000 Semi-creolization: Problems in the development of theory Degrees of Restructuring in Creole Languages, Neumann-Holzschuh, Ingrid and Edgar W. Schneider (eds.), pp. 19–40 | Article

Holm, John † 1999 Copula Patterns in Atlantic and Non-Atlantic Creoles Creole Genesis, Attitudes and Discourse: Studies celebrating Charlene J. Sato, Rickford, John R. and Suzanne Romaine (eds.), pp. 97–120 | Article

Holm, John † 1997 Passive-like constructions in English-based and other creoles Englishes around the World: Studies in honour of Manfred Görlach, Schneider, Edgar W. (ed.), pp. 71–86 | Article

Byrne, Francis and John Holm † 1993 Introduction: Perspectives on the Atlantic and Pacific…and Beyond Atlantic Meets Pacific: A global view of pidginization and creolization, Byrne, Francis and John Holm † (eds.), pp. 1–24 | Article

Holm, John † 1993 Review of Cassidy & Hall (1991): Dictionary of American regional English Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 8:2, pp. 263–269 | Review

Holm, John † and Christopher Kepiou 1993 Tok Pisin I Kamap Pisin Gen? Is Tok Pisin Repidginizing? Atlantic Meets Pacific: A global view of pidginization and creolization, Byrne, Francis and John Holm † (eds.), pp. 341–354 | Article

Holm, John † 1992 Review of Lalla & D’Costa (1990): Language in Exile: Three Hundred Years of Jamaican Creole English World-Wide 13:1, pp. 134–138 | Review

Holm, John † 1991 The Atlantic Creoles and the Language of the Ex-Slave Recordings The Emergence of Black English: Text and commentary, Bailey, Guy, Natalie Maynor and Patricia Cukor-Avila (eds.), pp. 231–248 | Article

Holm, John † 1991 Review of Crowley (1990): An Illustrated Bislama-English and English-Bislama Dictionary English World-Wide 12:1, pp. 138–142 | Review

Holm, John † 1990 Review of Keesing (1988): Melanesian Pidgin and the Oceanic substrate Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 5:1, pp. 147–152 | Review

Holm, John † 1989 Review of Rickford (1987): Dimensions of a Creole Continuum: History, Texts and Linguistic Analysis of Guyanese Creole English World-Wide 10:1, pp. 149–154 | Review

Görlach, Manfred † and John Holm † 1986 Introduction Focus on the Caribbean, Görlach, Manfred † and John Holm † (eds.), pp. vii–ix | Miscellaneous

Holm, John † 1986 Review of Stolz (1986): Gibt es das kreolische Sprachwandelmodell? Vergleichende Grammatik des Negerholländischen Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 1:2, pp. 245–249 | Review

Holm, John † 1986 The spread of English in the Caribbean area Focus on the Caribbean, Görlach, Manfred † and John Holm † (eds.), pp. 1–22 | Article

Holm, John † 1986 Substrate Diffusion Substrata versus Universals in Creole Genesis: Papers from the Amsterdam Creole Workshop, April 1985, Muysken, Pieter and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 259–278 | Article

Holm, John † 1983 Nicaragua’s Miskito Coast Creole English Central American English, Holm, John † (ed.), pp. 95–130 | Article

Holm, John † 1983 Introduction Central American English, Holm, John † (ed.), pp. 7–28 | Article

Holm, John † 1982 Review of Bickerton (1981): Roots of Language English World-Wide 3:1, pp. 112–115 | Review

Holm, John † 1981 Review of Alleyne & Hancock (1980): Comparative Afro-American: An Historical-Comparative Study of English-Based Afro-American Dialects of the New World English World-Wide 2:1, pp. 121–122 | Review

Holm, John † 1980 African Features in White Bahamian English English World-Wide 1:1, pp. 45–65 | Article

Holm, John † and Alison Watt Shilling 1980 Accountability and verification in regional lexicography English World-Wide 1:2, pp. 229–235 | Miscellaneous