John H. McWhorter

John H. McWhorter

is author/editor of the following title:

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Language Change and Language Contact in Pidgins and Creoles
Edited by John H. McWhorter
[Creole Language Library, 21]  2000.  viii, 503 pp.

is editor/board member of the following journal:

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Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages (JPCL)

is author of the following articles:

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McWhorter, John H.. 2019. “The radically isolating languages of Flores”. Journal of Historical Linguistics 9:2, 177–207
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McWhorter, John H.. 2019. “Review of Bakker, Peter & Yaron Matras, Edited by (2013) Contact languages: A comprehensive guide”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 34:1, 171–177
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McWhorter, John H.. 2018. “Review of Lefebvre, Claire (2015) Functional categories in three Atlantic creoles: Saramaccan, Haitian and Papiamentu”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 33:1, 212–215
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McWhorter, John H.. 2016. “Is radical analyticity normal”. In Cyclical Change Continued, 49–92
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McWhorter, John H.. 2013. “External influences on English: From its beginnings to the Renaissance”. Diachronica 30:4, 593–598
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McWhorter, John H.. 2014. “A response to Mufwene”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 29:1, 172–176
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McWhorter, John H.. 2013. “Language Turned Off?”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 28:1, 131–136
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McWhorter, John H.. 2013. “Why noncompositional derivation isn’t boring”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 28:1, 167–179
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McWhorter, John H.. 2013. “It’s not over”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 28:2, 409–423
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McWhorter, John H.. 2013. “The handbook of pidgin and creole studies. Edited by Silvia Kouwenberg & John Victor Singler”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 28:2, 441–445
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McWhorter, John H.. 2012. “Case closed?”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 27:1, 171–182
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McWhorter, John H.. 2012. “The Nature of Argument”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 27:2, 377–387
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McWhorter, John H.. 2012. “The Emergence of pidgin and creole languages. By Jeff Siegel”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 27:2, 389–393
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McWhorter, John H.. 2011. “Tying up loose ends”. Diachronica 28:1, 82
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McWhorter, John H.. 1995. “Sisters Under the Skin”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 10:2, 289–333
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McWhorter, John H.. 2008. “Pacific pidgins and creoles: Origins, growth and development. Edited by Darrell T. Tryon and Jean-Michel Charpentier”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 23:2, 345–350
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McWhorter, John H.. 2008. “Deconstructing Creole”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 23:2, 289–306
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McWhorter, John H.. 2008. “Hither and thither in Saramaccan Creole”. Studies in Language 32:1, 163–195
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McWhorter, John H.. 2008. “Reply to Lefebvre”. Studies in Language 32:1, 207–209
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McWhorter, John H.. 2008. “Why does a language undress? Strange cases in Indonesia”. In Language Complexity: Typology, contact, change, 167–190
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McWhorter, John H.. 2006. “Creole transplantation”. In History, Society and Variation: In honor of Albert Valdman, 103–133
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McWhorter, John H.. 2006. “What the creolist learns from Cantonese and Kabardian”. Diachronica 23:1, 143–184
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McWhorter, John H.. 2005. “Review of Issues in the study of pidgin and creole languages”. In Creole Language in Creole Literatures, 211–218
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McWhorter, John H.. 2005. “Norval Smith and Tonjes Veenstra (eds). 2001. Creolization and Contact”. Studies in Language 29:3, 729–734
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McWhorter, John H.. 2005. “Werner Abraham and C. jac Conradie. 2001. Präteritumschwund und Diskursgrammatik. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 148.”. Studies in Language 29:3, 734–738
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McWhorter, John H.. 2004. “Saramaccan and Haitian as young grammars”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 19:1, 77
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McWhorter, John H.. 2002. “What happened to English?”. Diachronica 19:2, 217–272
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McWhorter, John H.. 2002. “The rest of the story”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 17:1, 1–48
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McWhorter, John H.. 2002. “Book notice: “Historical Linguistics 1999: Selected Papers from the 14th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Vancouver, 9–13 August 1999” by Laurel Brinton”. Studies in Language 26:3, 735–736
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McWhorter, John H.. 2000. “Defining “creole” as a synchronic term”. In Degrees of Restructuring in Creole Languages, 85
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McWhorter, John H.. 2000. “Review article:Strange bedfellows”. Diachronica 17:2, 389–432
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McWhorter, John H.. 2000. “Review of “América negra: Panorámica actual de los estudios lingüísticos sobre variedades hispanas, portuguesas y criollas” by Matthias Perl and Armin Schwegler (eds.)”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 15:2, 355–359
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McWhorter, John H.. 1999. “Skeletons in the Closet”. In Creole Genesis, Attitudes and Discourse: Studies celebrating Charlene J. Sato, 121
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McWhorter, John H.. 1999. “Towards a social science of language. Papers in honor of William Labov. Volume I. Variation and change in language and society. Edited by Gregory Guy, Crawford Feagin, John Baugh, and Deborah Schiffrin”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 14:1, 143–147
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McWhorter, John H.. 1999. “John McWhorter in response to Derek Bickerton”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 14:1, 215–216
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McWhorter, John H.. 1998. “The Heart of the Issue”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 13:1, 208–210
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McWhorter, John H.. 1997. “Lost in transmission”. In The Structure and Status of Pidgins and Creoles: Including selected papers from meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole linguistics, 241
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McWhorter, John H.. 1997. “It Happened at Cormantin”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 12:1, 59
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McWhorter, John H.. 1996. “Pidgins and creoles: An introduction. Edited by Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, and Norval Smith”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 11:1, 145–151
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McWhorter, John H.. 1996. “John H. McWhorter”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 11:1, 180–183
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McWhorter, John H.. 1996. “The Diachrony of Predicate Negation in Saramaccan Creole”. Studies in Language 20:2, 275–301
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McWhorter, John H.. 1994. “Rejoinder to Derek Bickerton”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 9:1, 79–93
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McWhorter, John H.. 1993. “When verbs collide: Papers from the 1990 Ohio State Mini-Conference on Serial Verbs. Edited by Brian D. Joseph and Arnold M. Zwicky”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 8:2, 310–314
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McWhorter, John H.. 1992. “NI and the Copula System in Swahili”. Diachronica 9:1, 15–46
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McWhorter, John H.. 1992. “Substratal Influence in Saramaccan Serial Verb Constructions”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 7:1, 1–53