John Christopher Corne (5 July 1942 – 17 May 1999)[1] was a linguist from New Zealand and a specialist in creole languages.[2] He was educated at Whangarei Boys' High School from 1956 to 1960.[3] Corne completed a doctoral degree at the University of Auckland in 1970, with a thesis on the pronunciation of Tahitian French.[4]

Publications

  • 1970. Essai de grammaire du créole mauricien, Auckland : Linguistic Society of New Zealand.
  • 1977. Seychelles Creole grammar: elements for Indian Ocean Proto-Creole reconstruction, Tübingen: Verlag Narr.
  • 1982 (with Philip Baker), Isle de France Creole: Affinities and Origins, Ann Arbor: Karoma.
  • 1988. "Mauritian Creole Reflexives", Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, Volume 3, Number 1, 1988, pp. 69–94
  • 1999. From French to Creole, Battlebridge Publications (Westminster Creolistics).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Intramaps standard − cemeteries". Thames Coromandel District Council. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Philip Baker, "Chris Corne 1942-1999", Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages Volume 15, Number 1, 2000 , pp. 155-158.
  3. ↑ "untitled" (PDF). Whangarei Boys' High School Old Boys' Association. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Corne, John (1970). La Prononciation du Français Tahitien (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/811.
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