Chris Corne Explained

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.https://books.google.com/books?id=i4VkAAAAMAAJ
• 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 http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/jbp/jpcl/1988/00000003/00000001/art00002?crawler=true
• 1999. From French to Creole, Battlebridge Publications (Westminster Creolistics).

See also

• Mauritian Creole

Notes and References

1. Web site: Intramaps standard − cemeteries . Thames Coromandel District Council . 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. Web site: untitled . Whangarei Boys' High School Old Boys' Association . 18 May 2014.
4. Corne . John . 1970 . Doctoral thesis . La Prononciation du Français Tahitien . ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland . 2292/811.