| The structure of tone Z Bao Oxford University Press, 1999 | 296 | 1999 |
| On the nature of tone Z Bao Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990 | 262 | 1990 |
| The aspectual system of Singapore English and the systemic substratist explanation B Zhiming Journal of Linguistics 41 (2), 237-267, 2005 | 244 | 2005 |
| The grammar of Singapore English Z Bao, A Pakir, I Talib, L Wee | 163 | 1998 |
| Fanqie languages and reduplication Z Bao Linguistic Inquiry 21 (3), 317-350, 1990 | 139 | 1990 |
| Already in Singapore English B Zhiming World Englishes 14 (2), 181-188, 1995 | 137 | 1995 |
| The passive in Singapore English Z Bao, L Wee World Englishes 18 (1), 1-11, 1999 | 118 | 1999 |
| The sounds of Singapore English Z Bao English in new cultural contexts: Reflections from Singapore, 152-174, 1998 | 101 | 1998 |
| Diglossia and register variation in Singapore English B Zhiming, H Huaqing World Englishes 25 (1), 105-114, 2006 | 97 | 2006 |
| The origins of empty categories in Singapore English B Zhiming Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 16 (2), 275-319, 2001 | 95 | 2001 |
| The making of vernacular Singapore English: System, transfer, and filter Z Bao Cambridge University Press, 2015 | 81 | 2015 |
| One in Singapore English B Zhiming Studies in Language. International Journal sponsored by the Foundation …, 2009 | 71 | 2009 |
| Language and world view in ancient China B Zhiming Philosophy East and West 40 (2), 195-219, 1990 | 58 | 1990 |
| A usage-based approach to substratum transfer: The case of four unproductive features in Singapore English Z Bao Language, 792-820, 2010 | 54 | 2010 |
| Social stigma and grammatical autonomy in nonnative varieties of English B Zhiming Language in Society 32 (1), 23-46, 2003 | 53 | 2003 |
| Systemic transfer, topic prominence, and the bare conditional in Singapore English B Zhiming, LH Min Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 20 (2), 269-291, 2005 | 51 | 2005 |
| The syllable in Chinese Z Bao Journal of Chinese Linguistics 24 (2), 312-354, 1996 | 45 | 1996 |
| Must in Singapore English Z Bao Lingua 120 (7), 1727-1737, 2010 | 42 | 2010 |
| Until in Singapore English Z Bao, L Wee World Englishes 17 (1), 31-41, 1998 | 41 | 1998 |
| Bazaar Malay topics B Zhiming, KK Aye Journal of Pidgin and Creole languages 25 (1), 155-171, 2010 | 32 | 2010 |
