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Language: Tok Pisin

Adult education

• TAMOSAN, D., author. 1975. "Bikpela manmeri i kisim skul (Adult education)."

Anthropology

• CONRAD, Robert J., author. 1990. "Problems in translating from Tok Pisin to Mufian."
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1990. "Cross-cultural advertising: Tok Pisin and English in Papua New Guinea."
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 2012. "Em i no dai nating": Observations on Sorcery in Papua New Guinea.
• LITTERAL, Robert L., author. 1990. "Tok Pisin: The language of modernization."
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1975. "Appreciating the possibilities of Tok Pisin: Evangelism and the use of Tok Pisin idioms."
• PINIAU, S., author. 1975. "The Pidgin language and publications in Papua New Guinea."

Bilingual education

• BICKERTON, Derek, author. 1975. "University-level courses in Pidgin & Creole."
• LITTERAL, Robert L., author. 1975. "A proposal for the use of Pidgin in Papua New Guinea’s education system."

Communication

• PINIAU, S., author. 1975. "The Pidgin language and publications in Papua New Guinea."

Comparative and historical studies

• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1993. Review of: Language, education and development: urban and rural Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea, by Suzanne Romaine.
• REESINK, Gerard P., author. 1992. "The Melanesian content in Tok Pisin, by Rick J. Goulden. Pacific Linguistics B-104 [review]."
• ROOSMAN, Raden S., author. 1975. "The Malay element in Melanesian Pidgin."

Creole languages

• BICKERTON, Derek, author. 1975. "University-level courses in Pidgin & Creole."
• FREYBERG, Paul G., author. 1975. "Bai yumi mekim wanem bilong helpim Tok Pisin?."
• SIMONS, Linda, author. 1977. Differences between the pidgins of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Cross-cultural communication

• CONRAD, Robert J., author. 1990. "Problems in translating from Tok Pisin to Mufian."
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1990. "Cross-cultural advertising: Tok Pisin and English in Papua New Guinea."
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1975. "Appreciating the possibilities of Tok Pisin: Evangelism and the use of Tok Pisin idioms."

Culture change

• LITTERAL, Robert L., author. 1990. "Tok Pisin: The language of modernization."

Dictionaries and vocabularies

• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1992. Traim tasol: Vocabulary testing in Tok Pisin.
• LLOYD, J. A., compiler. 1992. A Baruya-Tok Pisin-English dictionary.

Discourse analysis

• PIKE, Evelyn G., author. 1997. "The grammatical structure of a New Guinea Pidgin procedural discourse."

Discourse structure

• PIKE, Evelyn G., author. 1997. "The grammatical structure of a New Guinea Pidgin procedural discourse."

Education

• MALONE, Susan E., editor. 1987. Developing tokples education programmes in Papua New Guinea.

Form classes

• MÜHLHÄUSLER, Peter, author. 1994. "The identification of the word classes in Tok Pisin."

Functional literacy

• ADLER, Richard, author. 1975. "Olsem wanem Tok Pisin i ken helpim ol manmeri long Papua Niugini?."

Grammatical descriptions

• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1998. Review of: Towards a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: An experiment in corpus linguistics, by John W. M. Verhaar.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J.; THOMAS, Steven Kambi, authors. 2006. Some Tok Pisin idioms. Available online
• PIKE, Evelyn G., author. 1997. "The grammatical structure of a New Guinea Pidgin procedural discourse."

Idioms

• FRANKLIN, Karl J.; THOMAS, Steven Kambi, authors. 2006. Some Tok Pisin idioms. Available online
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1975. "Appreciating the possibilities of Tok Pisin: Evangelism and the use of Tok Pisin idioms."
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1978. "On the origin of body image idioms in Tok Pisin."

Language change

• HEALEY, L. R., author. 1975. "When is a word not a Pidgin word?."

Language distribution

• JERNUDD, Björn H., author. 1982. Subjective varieties of Pidgin in Papua New Guinea.

Language learning

• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1974. Review of: Conversational New Guinea Pidgin, by T. E. Dutton and Untangled New Guinea Pidgin: a course of study, by Wesley Sadler.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1987. Review of: A new course in Tok Pisin (New Guinea Pidgin), by Tom Dutton in collaboration with Dicks Thomas.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1992. Traim tasol: Vocabulary testing in Tok Pisin.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J.; LITTERAL, Robert L., authors. 1990. An introductory programmed course in Tok Pisin; with accompanying tape by Stephen Thomas.
• LITTERAL, Robert L., author. 1969. A programmed course in New Guinea Pidgin (with accompanying tapes).

Language policy

• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1986. "SIL and Tok Pisin."
• LITTERAL, Robert L., author. 1975. "A proposal for the use of Pidgin in Papua New Guinea’s education system."
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., editor. 1975. Tok Pisin i go we?: Proceedings of a conference held at the University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, P.N.G., 18-21 September 1973.
• STAALSEN, Philip; STRANGE, David, authors. 1975. "Pidgin as a medium for training translators."

Language textbooks

• LITTERAL, Robert L., author. 1969. A programmed course in New Guinea Pidgin (with accompanying tapes).

Language texts

• FRANKLIN, Karl J.; SCORZA, David P., authors. 1989. An advanced course in Tok Pisin.

Language use

• ADLER, Richard, author. 1975. "Olsem wanem Tok Pisin i ken helpim ol manmeri long Papua Niugini?."
• BICKERTON, Derek, author. 1975. "Can English and Pidgin be kept apart?."
• FREYBERG, Paul G., author. 1975. "Bai yumi mekim wanem bilong helpim Tok Pisin?."
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., editor. 1975. Tok Pisin i go we?: Proceedings of a conference held at the University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, P.N.G., 18-21 September 1973.
• MEAD, Margaret, author. 1975. "On the crucial importance of Neo-Melanesian, also called Pidgin English."
• MIHALIC, F., author. 1975. "Standardisation in Pidgin."
• NOEL, John C., author. 1975. "Legitimacy of Pidgin in the development of Papua New Guinea toward nationhood."
• PINIAU, S., author. 1975. "Tok Pisin—Wanpela tok i nap long karimapim yumi olgeta."
• PINIAU, S., author. 1975. "Use of Pidgin for community development."
• SANKOFF, Gillian, author. 1975. "Wanpela lain manmeri ibin kisim Tok Pisin ikamap olosem tok ples bilong ol: Yumi ken bihainim gutpela Tok Pisin bilong ol."
• TAMOSAN, D., author. 1975. "Bikpela manmeri i kisim skul (Adult education)."
• WURM, Stephen A., author. 1975. "The question of language standardisation and Pidgin."

Languages in contact

• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1990. "On the translation of official notices into Tok Pisin."
• JENKINS, Rebecca Sue, author. 2000. Language contact and composite structures in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
• JENKINS, Rebecca Sue, author. 2005. Language Contact and Composite Structures in New Ireland.
• REESINK, Gerard P., author. 1990. "Mother tongue and Tok Pisin."
• ROOSMAN, Raden S., author. 1975. "The Malay element in Melanesian Pidgin."

Lexicography

• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1998. Lexicography considerations for Tok Pisin. Available online

Lexicons

• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1992. Traim tasol: Vocabulary testing in Tok Pisin.
• LLOYD, J. A., compiler. 1992. A Baruya-Tok Pisin-English dictionary.

Linguistics

• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1980. "The particles ‘i’ and ‘na’ in Tok Pisin."
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1992. Traim tasol: Vocabulary testing in Tok Pisin.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1993. Review of: Language, education and development: urban and rural Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea, by Suzanne Romaine.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1998. Lexicography considerations for Tok Pisin. Available online
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1998. Review of: Towards a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: An experiment in corpus linguistics, by John W. M. Verhaar.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 2010. "Ukarumpa and Jerusalem : A tale of two cities?." Available online
• FRANKLIN, Karl J.; SCORZA, David P., authors. 1989. An advanced course in Tok Pisin.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J.; THOMAS, Steven Kambi, authors. 2006. Some Tok Pisin idioms. Available online
• HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 1962. "Transformations in Neomelanesian."
• LLOYD, J. A., compiler. 1992. A Baruya-Tok Pisin-English dictionary.
• LYNCH, John, author. 2010. "Unmarked transitive verbs in Melanesian Pidgin." Available online
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1975. "Appreciating the possibilities of Tok Pisin: Evangelism and the use of Tok Pisin idioms."
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1978. "On the origin of body image idioms in Tok Pisin."
• MÜHLHÄUSLER, Peter, author. 1975. "Reduplication and repetition in New Guinea Pidgin."
• MÜHLHÄUSLER, Peter, author. 1994. "The identification of the word classes in Tok Pisin."
• PAWLEY, Andrew, author. 1975. "On epenthetic vowels in New Guinea Pidgin."
• PIKE, Evelyn G., author. 1997. "The grammatical structure of a New Guinea Pidgin procedural discourse."
• REESINK, Gerard P., author. 1992. "The Melanesian content in Tok Pisin, by Rick J. Goulden. Pacific Linguistics B-104 [review]."
• ROOSMAN, Raden S., author. 1975. "The Malay element in Melanesian Pidgin."
• SANKOFF, Gillian, author. 1975. "Sampela-nupela lo ikamap long Tok Pisin."

Literacy

• ADLER, Richard, author. 1975. "Olsem wanem Tok Pisin i ken helpim ol manmeri long Papua Niugini?."
• BICKERTON, Derek, author. 1975. "University-level courses in Pidgin & Creole."
• CATES, Ann R.; CATES, Larry E., authors. 1975. "Authors for Papua New Guinea."
• KERUWA, Rambai, author; TERREY, Robyn; WATERS, Glenys, editors. 2010. Reflections on teaching, learning and literacy in Papua New Guinea. Available online
• LITTERAL, Robert L., author. 1975. "A proposal for the use of Pidgin in Papua New Guinea’s education system."
• MALONE, Susan E., editor. 1987. Developing tokples education programmes in Papua New Guinea.
• NAGAI, Yasuko, author. 2006. "Collaborative efforts for the futures of detainees." Available online
• PAWLEY, Andrew, author. 1975. "On epenthetic vowels in New Guinea Pidgin."
• PENCE, Alan R., author. 1975. "Benefits of a unified Pidgin orthography for Papua New Guinea."
• STRINGER, Mary D., author. 1995. Literacy acquisition and diffusion among preliterate adults: Effects of two methods of instruction in non-industrialised communities in Papua New Guinea.
• STRINGER, Mary D., author. 2006. Literacy acquisition and diffusion among preliterate adults: effects of two methods of instruction in non-industrialised communities in Papua New Guinea. Available online
• TAMOSAN, D., author. 1975. "Bikpela manmeri i kisim skul (Adult education)."

Literacy materials

• STRINGER, Mary D., author. 2006. Literacy acquisition and diffusion among preliterate adults: effects of two methods of instruction in non-industrialised communities in Papua New Guinea. Available online

Literacy methods

• NAGAI, Yasuko, author. 2006. "Collaborative efforts for the futures of detainees." Available online
• STRINGER, Mary D., author. 1995. Literacy acquisition and diffusion among preliterate adults: Effects of two methods of instruction in non-industrialised communities in Papua New Guinea.
• STRINGER, Mary D., author. 2006. Literacy acquisition and diffusion among preliterate adults: effects of two methods of instruction in non-industrialised communities in Papua New Guinea. Available online

Literacy programs

• CATES, Ann R.; CATES, Larry E., authors. 1975. "Authors for Papua New Guinea."

Malaria

• Piring em i kisim sik malaria. 1972.

Mother tongue language workers

• STAALSEN, Philip; STRANGE, David, authors. 1975. "Pidgin as a medium for training translators."

Orthography

• PAWLEY, Andrew, author. 1975. "On epenthetic vowels in New Guinea Pidgin."
• PENCE, Alan R., author. 1975. "Benefits of a unified Pidgin orthography for Papua New Guinea."

Particles

• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1980. "The particles ‘i’ and ‘na’ in Tok Pisin."

Prereading

• Getting ready to read (Pre-reader). 1975.
• Mekim redi long rit na rait. 1979.

Readers

• Manki i pas long tais. 1971.
• Pasin bilong salim pas. 1972.
• Sampela kantri klostu long yumi. 1973.
• Sampela lain pipel bilong Papua Nu Gini. 1973.
• Stori bilong kaikai: Ol diwai na kaikai samting i kamap olsem wanem. 1972.

Reduplication

• MÜHLHÄUSLER, Peter, author. 1975. "Reduplication and repetition in New Guinea Pidgin."

Reviews

• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1974. Review of: Conversational New Guinea Pidgin, by T. E. Dutton and Untangled New Guinea Pidgin: a course of study, by Wesley Sadler.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1987. Review of: A new course in Tok Pisin (New Guinea Pidgin), by Tom Dutton in collaboration with Dicks Thomas.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1993. Review of: Language, education and development: urban and rural Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea, by Suzanne Romaine.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1998. Review of: Towards a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: An experiment in corpus linguistics, by John W. M. Verhaar.

Riddles

• Wanem nem bilong mi? Pasin bilong sampela animal. 1974.

Semantic description

• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 2010. "Ukarumpa and Jerusalem : A tale of two cities?." Available online

Semantics

• FRANKLIN, Karl J.; THOMAS, Steven Kambi, authors. 2006. Some Tok Pisin idioms. Available online
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1978. "On the origin of body image idioms in Tok Pisin."

Sociolinguistics

• ADLER, Richard, author. 1975. "Olsem wanem Tok Pisin i ken helpim ol manmeri long Papua Niugini?."
• BICKERTON, Derek, author. 1975. "Can English and Pidgin be kept apart?."
• BICKERTON, Derek, author. 1975. "University-level courses in Pidgin & Creole."
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1986. "SIL and Tok Pisin."
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1990. "On the translation of official notices into Tok Pisin."
• FREYBERG, Paul G., author. 1975. "Bai yumi mekim wanem bilong helpim Tok Pisin?."
• HEALEY, L. R., author. 1975. "When is a word not a Pidgin word?."
• JENKINS, Rebecca Sue, author. 2000. Language contact and composite structures in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
• JENKINS, Rebecca Sue, author. 2005. Language Contact and Composite Structures in New Ireland.
• JERNUDD, Björn H., author. 1982. Subjective varieties of Pidgin in Papua New Guinea.
• LITTERAL, Robert L., author. 1975. "A proposal for the use of Pidgin in Papua New Guinea’s education system."
• LITTERAL, Robert L., author. 1990. "Tok Pisin: The language of modernization."
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., editor. 1975. Tok Pisin i go we?: Proceedings of a conference held at the University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, P.N.G., 18-21 September 1973.
• MEAD, Margaret, author. 1975. "On the crucial importance of Neo-Melanesian, also called Pidgin English."
• MIHALIC, F., author. 1975. "Standardisation in Pidgin."
• NOEL, John C., author. 1975. "Legitimacy of Pidgin in the development of Papua New Guinea toward nationhood."
• PARIS, Hannah, author. 2012. "Sociolinguistic effects of church languages in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea."
• PINIAU, S., author. 1975. "Tok Pisin—Wanpela tok i nap long karimapim yumi olgeta."
• PINIAU, S., author. 1975. "Use of Pidgin for community development."
• REESINK, Gerard P., author. 1990. "Mother tongue and Tok Pisin."
• ROOSMAN, Raden S., author. 1975. "The Malay element in Melanesian Pidgin."
• SANKOFF, Gillian, author. 1975. "Wanpela lain manmeri ibin kisim Tok Pisin ikamap olosem tok ples bilong ol: Yumi ken bihainim gutpela Tok Pisin bilong ol."
• SIMONS, Linda, author. 1977. Differences between the pidgins of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
• STAALSEN, Philip; STRANGE, David, authors. 1975. "Pidgin as a medium for training translators."
• TAMOSAN, D., author. 1975. "Bikpela manmeri i kisim skul (Adult education)."
• WURM, Stephen A., author. 1975. "The question of language standardisation and Pidgin."

Spelling

• Onobasulu Mimisililu Digiseneli = Onobasulu Picture Dictionary . 2010.

Syntax

• SANKOFF, Gillian, author. 1975. "Sampela-nupela lo ikamap long Tok Pisin."

Training

• STAALSEN, Philip; STRANGE, David, authors. 1975. "Pidgin as a medium for training translators."

Transformational grammar

• HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 1962. "Transformations in Neomelanesian."

Translation

• CONRAD, Robert J., author. 1990. "Problems in translating from Tok Pisin to Mufian."
• DAVIS, Donald R., author. 1974. Shall we translate word for word?.
• STAALSEN, Philip; STRANGE, David, authors. 1975. "Pidgin as a medium for training translators."

Verbs

• LYNCH, John, author. 2010. "Unmarked transitive verbs in Melanesian Pidgin." Available online

Vocabulary

• Onobasulu Mimisililu Digiseneli = Onobasulu Picture Dictionary . 2010.

Vowels

• PAWLEY, Andrew, author. 1975. "On epenthetic vowels in New Guinea Pidgin."

Workbooks

• Mekim redi long rit na rait. 1979.

List of Tok Pisin works available online

Ethnologue entry
ISO 639 identifier: [tpi]