SIL Publications by Series
SIL International Publications in Language Use and Education

And I, In My Turn, Will Pass It On: Knowledge Transmission among the Kayapo by Isabel Murphy, PLE 2, 2004, 235 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-155-8, $30.50

This study provides an in-depth description of Kayapo knowledge transmission. It bridges the disciplines of education and anthropology and expands our knowledge of indigenous processes of education.

Asheninka Stories of Change by Ronald James Anderson, PS 4, 2000, 258 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-102-2, $30.50

The Ashéninka of the Amazon jungle region of east-central Peru confront change from two perspectives: the individual and the sociohistorical. They recall four centuries of change through their stories.

Assessing Ethnolinguistic Vitality: Theory and Practice, eds. Gloria Kindell & M. Paul Lewis, PS 3, 2000, 220 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-087-2, $26.50

A collection of selected papers presented at SIL International’s Third International Language Assessment Conference in England (1997).

Borrowing versus Code-Switching by Richard J. Nivens, PS 8, 2002, 230 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-134-3, $30.50

This study examines the language contact of West Tarangan and Malay in a town in the Aru Islands in southeast Maluku, Indonesia.

The Dynamics of Sango Language Spread by Mark Karan, PS 7, 2001, 164 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-122-0, $26.50

A framework for discussion, research and intervention in language spread based on the results of a memory span test to evaluate the competence of a large number of subjects in a spreading language, Sango of the Central African Republic.

The Early Days of Sociolinguistics: Memories and Reflections, G. Tucker and Paulston, PLE5, 2010, 376 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-253-1, $37.00

Provides an insider's perspective on practical and theoretical issues that motivate individuals and institutions to turn to a view of language as inextricably connected to society and culture.

The In-Between People: Language and Culture Maintenance and Mother-Tongue Education in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea by Dennis Malone, PLE 3, 2004, 263 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-147-3, $24.95

The In-Between People studies how the Kaugel-speaking people of Papua New Guinea approach the tension that results from the intersection of the old and new cultures.

K'iche': A Study in the Sociology of Language by M. Paul Lewis, PS 6, 2001, 276 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-120-6, $30.50

A comprehensive look at language use and attitudes among the K'iche' people of Guatemala, combining qualitative and quantitative analyses.

Language Contact and Composite Structures in New Ireland by Rebecca Sue Jenkins, PLE 4, 2005, 253 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-156-5, $24.95

In this book, the author examines the relationship of indigenous Austronesian languages and the pidgin/creole language, Tok Pisin.

Reading Is For Knowing: Literacy Acquisition, Retention, and Usage among the Machiguenga by Patricia M Davis, PLE 1, 2004, 332 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-094-0, $35.50

Bilingual schools were initiated at the end of the 1940s among the Machiguenga people of the Peruvian rainforest. This study presents a forty-year chronology of the sociological and educational aspects of the program.

The Same but Different: Language Use and Attitudes in Four Communities of Burkina Faso by Stuart Showalter, PS 5, 2001, 271 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-092-6, $30.50

Detailed look into ways in which four communities respond to the everyday linguistic diversity of their milieu. Maps and diagrams add clarity in explaining the linguistic situation.