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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.

Articulatory Phonetics: Tools for Analyzing the World's Languages, Fourth Ed., by Anita C. Bickford and Rick Floyd, 2006, 219 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-165-7, $28.50

A revision and expansion of A Manual for Articulatory Phonetics, including materials from articulatory phonetics courses as taught in the training schools of SIL International and much information from sources outside of SIL.

Beginning Morphology and Syntax by Velma B. Pickett; Benjamin F. Elson, 1988, 248 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-925-8, $22.00

Prepares students with no linguistic background to discover the grammatical structure of an unwritten language. The “Laboratory Manual for Morphology and Syntax” is a practical supplement to accompany the textbook.

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.

A Field Manual of Acoustic Phonetics, by Joan L. G. Baart, 2010, 133 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-232-6, $22.00

This provides a practical and easy-to-understand introduction to acoustic speech analysis. It explains commonly used methods for displaying aspects of a speech wave. It illustrates how the results of acoustic analysis can be interpreted and used.

Globe Trotting in Sandals: A Field Guide to Cultural Research by Carol V. McKinney, 2000, 337 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-086-5, $34.00

Provides guidance in the practical aspects of fieldwork and gives suggestions for collecting both qualitative and quantitative cultural data.

Introduction to Semantics and Translation by Katharine Barnwell, 1984, 272 pp., ISBN 978-0-95036-545-9 $18.00

A basic introduction to the study of semantics, prepared mainly for those approaching, for the first time, the study of this discipline and its application to Bible translation.

Laboratory Manual for Morphology and Syntax, 7th edition, edited by Merrifield, Story, Rensch, & Naish, 2003, 267 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-149-7, $30.50

A laboratory manual (7th edition) for introductory grammar courses with 298 sets of problems taken from languages spoken all over the world.

Instructor's Guide to Laboratory Manual for Morphology and Syntax by William R. Merrifield; Constance M. Naish; Calvin R. Rensch; Gillian Story, 1987, PDF file on CD-ROM, Contact the International Academic Bookstore.

An instructor's guide to Laboratory Manual for Morphology and Syntax. Only available to course instructors.

Contact the International Academic Bookstore.

Life-Style Translating, A Workbook for Bible Translators, by Ernst R. Wendland, PTT 2, 2006, 335 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-167-1, $39.95

This workbook is intended to introduce translators, exegetes, Bible students and communicators of the Scriptures to some of the main forms and functions of biblical literature, prose as well as poetry.

LinguaLinks Library 5.0 DVD for Windows Vista, XP, 2000 plus SIL Language Freeware 2008, disc 2 (Speech Analyzer 3.0 and more), ISBN 978-1-55671-123-7, Retail price $89.00

The library is a collection of resources for fieldworkers and language and culture learners. It is organized into 8 bookshelves with 149 book-length works and 223 journal issues. Includes other software.

LinguaLinks Library 5.0 DVD for Windows Vista, XP, 2000 plus SIL Language Freeware 2008, disc 2 (Speech Analyzer 3.0 and more), ISBN 978-1-55671-123-7, Academic and humanitarian price $64.25

The library is a collection of resources for fieldworkers and language and culture learners. It is organized into 8 bookshelves with 149 book-length works and 223 journal issues. Includes other software.

Local Literacies: Theory and Practice by Glenys Waters, 1998, 437 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-038-4 $24.00

Details how to plan and carry out a community literacy project, including tackling the additional barriers of language, culture and logistics in developing countries… a "must" for the pioneering literacy worker.

A Manual for Problem Solving in Bible Translation by Mildred Larson, 1975, 245 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-917-3

Designed to give practice in solving the various problems which the Bible translator faces. Through drill and practice, the student will develop skill in applying the principles of translation.

Meaning-Based Translation: A Guide to Cross-Language Equivalence, 2nd edition, by Mildred L. Larson, University Press of America, 1998, ISBN 978-0-7618-0971-5, 586 pp., $61.00

Textbook designed to show the difference between the structure of meaning and the various ways languages have to code meaning and to show how this affects the translation process.

Meaning Based Translation Workbook: Biblical Exercises, 2nd edition, by Mildred Larson, University of Press of America, 1998, 307 pp., ISBN 978-0-7618-0948-7, $45.50

A companion manual to be used along with " Meaning-based Translation" which provides biblical drill material for the content taught in the same chapter of the textbook.

Morphology and Syntax: Tools for Analyzing the World’s Languages by J. Albert Bickford, 1998, 410 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-047-6, $42.00

A textbook and practical guide for acquiring skills necessary to analyze the morphology and syntax of languages around the world.

The Phonicon 1.0, 1 CD-ROM, developed jointly by Dr. M. Stanley Whitley & Bakhit Kourman, and produced & published by 2004, ISBN 978-1-55671-136-7, $39.95

The Phonicon is an electronic encyclopedia of the speech sounds or phones of the world’s languages and ways those sounds are described and analyzed.

This product is Windows only.

Phonological Analysis: A Functional Approach by Donald A. Burquest, 3rd edition, 2006, 319 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-168-8, $34.95

Intended for use in an upper division introductory course in phonology, preparing the student to further study aspects of current theory.

The Semantic Structure of Written Communication by John Beekman, John C. Callow, Michael F. Kopesec, 1981, 147 pp., $14.00

A basic text about Semantic Structure Theory, used widely in translation work.

Studying and Describing Unwritten Languages by Jacqueline M. C. Thomas; Luc Bouquiaux; translated by James Roberts, 1992, 725 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-814-5, $52.50

A one-volume English translation of a three-volume French work with techniques for gathering and processing data from unwritten languages.

A Survey of Grammatical Structures: Second Edition by Charles W. Peck, 1981, 338 pp. $12.50

A textbook for advanced grammar classes that uses tagmemics as the underlying theory.

A Survey of Linguistic Theories: Third Edition by Donald A. Burquest; Jerold A. Edmondson, 1998, 254 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-068-1, $30.50

A textbook that presents a sample of the more popular approaches to linguistic theorizing.

Teacher's Manual to Accompany Bible Translation by Katharine Barnwell, 1987, 264 pp., $12.00

A teacher's manual to accompany Bible Translation: An Introductory Course in Translation Principles.

Translating the Literature of Scripture by Ernst R. Wendland, PTT 1, 2004, 509 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-152-7, $39.95

This book proposes the implementation of a literary functional-equivalence (LiFE) method of the translation that seeks to represent or recreate in a given language the variety of expressive and affective dynamics of the diverse texts of Scripture.

A Workshop Guide for Primer Construction compiled by Katharine Barnwell, 1979, 189 pp., $16.00

For use in workshops where participants are mother tongue speakers of the languages involved and have had no linguistic training.