SIL Publications by Category
Discourse

Analyzing Discourse: A Manual of Basic Concepts by Robert Dooley and Stephen Levinsohn, 2001, 172 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-115-2, $20.95

An introduction to discourse analysis for linguistic field workers which is practical, addressing issues commonly confronted by field linguists.

Aspects of Western Subanon Formal Speech by William C. Hall, PL 81, 1988, 206 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-093-4, $21.00

Describes the speech behavior of the Western Subanon people (southwestern Mindanao, Philippines) in formal situations such as ceremonies or litigation.

Discourse Features of New Testament Greek: A Coursebook on the Information Structure of New Testament Greek, 2nd Ed., by Stephen H. Levinsohn, 2000, 316 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-093-3, $33.50

Discusses discourse features of Koine Greek from the perspective of descriptive linguistics.

Discourse Features of Ten Languages of West-Central Africa edited by Steven H. Levinsohn, PL 119, 1995, 256 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-619-6, $31.50

Presents 12 papers on coherence, participant reference and Relevance Theory in Niger-Congo and Chadic languages of Cameroon.

Fifty Years in Brazil: A Sampler of SIL Work 1958–2008, eds by Mary Ruth Wise, Robert A Dooley, and Isabel Murphy, 2008, 396 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-220-3, $40.00

Samples of the products of fifty years of SIL International’s work in Brazil range from material.
Um Tributo aos Povos Indígenas: 50 Anos da SIL Brasil Approximately half of the book is in Portuguese.

The French Imparfait and Passé Simple in Discourse by Sharon R. Rand, PL 116, 1993, 152 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-822-0, $16.00

Presents the results of the author's analysis of the use of the imparfait and passé simple tenses in French narrative discourse.

Logical Relations in Discourse edited by Eugene E. Loos, 1999, 267 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-040-7, $30.50

Discusses how the indicators used by speakers and hearers in a wide range of languages connect parts of discourse.

Modes in Dényá Discourse by Samson N. Abangma, PL 79, 1987, 140 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-007-1, $23.00

This study shows how discourse structure influences the use of verb forms. It looks at modes in narrative, procedural, expository, and hortatory discourse. The study includes five texts.

Pragmatics of Persuasive Discourse in Spanish Television Advertising by Karol J. Hardin, PL 137, 2001, 234 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-150-3, $30.50

This investigation analyzes pragmatic ways in which Spanish is used to achieve persuasion in television advertising and contributes to the cross-linguistic understanding of pragmatics and persuasion in Spanish.

Switch Reference in Koasati Discourse by David P. Rising, PL 109, 1992, 104 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-813-8, $10.00

Contains a brief sociolinguistic note, a phonological description and a grammar outline of Koasati (Muskogean, TX).

Tense and Aspect in Obolo Grammar and Discourse by Uche Aaron, PL 128, 1999, 204 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-063-6, $30.50

Describes comprehensively and systematically the function of tense and aspect in the Obolo language (southeastern coastal Nigeria).

Word Order in Toposa: An Aspect of Multiple Feature-Checking by Helga Schröder, PL 142, 2008, 214 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-181-7, $28.00

This study of Toposa, an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Sudan, is both data oriented and theoretical. It is valuable for upper level students of syntactic theory. It should also help further study of VSO languages and discourse research.

Workpapers Concerning Waorani Discourse Features edited by Rachel Saint; Evelyn G. Pike, LDAMI 10, 1988, 170 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-625-7, $16.50

Discusses discourse features (peak), grammatical structures (clause) and features of the referential structure (participant reference).