| The syntax of Cape Verdean creole: The sotavento varieties M Baptista John Benjamins Publishing, 2002 | 280 | 2002 |
| On the syntax and semantics of DP in Cape Verdean Creole M Baptista Noun phrases in Creole languages, 61-106, 2007 | 59 | 2007 |
| The morpho-syntax of nominal and verbal categories in Capeverdean Creole M Baptista Harvard University, 1997 | 49 | 1997 |
| Noun phrases in creole languages: a multi-faceted approach M Baptista, J Guéron John Benjamins Publishing, 2007 | 47 | 2007 |
| Can crosslinguistically variant grammars be formally identical? Third factor underspecification and the possible elimination of parameters of UG M Obata, S Epstein, M Baptista Lingua 156, 1-16, 2015 | 34 | 2015 |
| New directions in pidgin and creole studies M Baptista Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 34, 33-42, 2005 | 32 | 2005 |
| Competition, selection, and the role of congruence in Creole genesis and development M Baptista Language 96 (1), 160-199, 2020 | 31 | 2020 |
| Parallel trajectories of genetic and linguistic admixture in a genetically admixed creole population P Verdu, EM Jewett, TJ Pemberton, NA Rosenberg, M Baptista Current Biology 27 (16), 2529-2535. e3, 2017 | 26 | 2017 |
| On the nature of pro-drop in Capeverdean Creole M Baptista Harvard Working Papers in Linguistics 5, 3-17, 1995 | 26 | 1995 |
| Kabuverdianu or Cape Verdean and Kryol, Or Guinea-Bissao (Creole Portugues) M Baptista, H Mello, M Suzuki | 25 | 2012 |
| When substrates meet superstrate: The case of Cape Verdean Creole M Baptista Cabo Verde: Origens da sua sociedade e do seu crioulo, 91-116, 2006 | 24 | 2006 |
| Inflectional plural marking in pidgins and creoles: A comparative study M Baptista Phonology and morphology of creole languages, 315-332, 2003 | 24 | 2003 |
| On the nature of the morpheme e in Capeverdean Creole: to be or not to be? M Baptista Lenguas criollas de base lexical española y portuguesa, 26-47, 1999 | 24 | 1999 |
| Cape Verdean in education M Baptista, I Brito, S Bangura Creoles in Education, 2012 | 23 | 2012 |
| Cape Verdean, or Kabuverdianu, and Guinea-Bissau, or Kriyol (Creole Portuguese) M Baptista, H Mello, M Suzuki Comparative creole syntax, 53-82, 2007 | 23 | 2007 |
| Continuum and variation in Creoles: Out of many voices, one language M Baptista Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 30 (2), 225-264, 2015 | 19 | 2015 |
| Verb movement in four creole languages: A comparative analysis M Baptista CREOLE LANGUAGE LIBRARY 21, 1-34, 2000 | 18 | 2000 |
| The Syntax of Cape Verdean Creole M Baptista The Syntax of Cape Verdean Creole, 1-316, 2003 | 17 | 2003 |
| Reduplication in Cape Verdean Creole M Baptista na, 2003 | 17 | 2003 |
| Testing the role of convergence in language acquisition, with implications for creole genesis M Baptista, SA Gelman, E Beck international Journal of Bilingualism 20 (3), 269-296, 2016 | 16 | 2016 |
