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India
Complete index of SIL publications

See also:

• Availability of SIL publications for India
• The languages of India

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Acoustic analysis

• Grainger, Peter J. 1980. "A palatography experiment to show the contrast between dental and post-alveolar stops in Punjabi."

Acoustic phonetics

• Maxwell, Mike. 2000. Review of: Texas linguistic forum 40: working papers in phonetics and phonology, Amanda R. Doran, Tivoli Majors and Nisha Merchant Goss, editors.

Adult education

• Gustafsson, Uwe. 1991. Can literacy lead to development?: a case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India.  
• Gustafsson, Uwe. 2003. "Can literacy lead to development?: a case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India."
• Jackson. 1991. Review of: Can literacy lead to development? A case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India, by Uwe Gustafsson.

Anthropology

• Alcorn, Janis B. and Augusta Molnar. 1996. "Deforestation and human-forest relationships: What can we learn from India?."
• Jeffery, Susan. 1986. "Purdah."

Avian flu

• Chidaha navo rog. 2006. (Vasavi)

Bibliography

• Hargrave, David J. and Margrit Hale. 1973. "A bibliography of SIL in South Asia."
• Hugoniot, Richard D., compiler. 1970. A bibliographical index of the lesser known languages and dialects of India and Nepal.

Clauses

• Aze, Richard. 1973. "Clause patterns in Parengi-Gorum."  
• Christmas, Raymond B. and J. Elisabeth Christmas. 1973. "Clause patterns in Kupia."  
• Gustafsson, Uwe. 1973. "Clause patterns in Kotia Oriya."  
• McNair, Norman and Helen McNair. 1973. "Clause patterns in Kolami."  

Community development

• Gustafsson, Uwe. 1991. Can literacy lead to development?: a case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India.  
• Gustafsson, Uwe. 2003. "Can literacy lead to development?: a case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India."
• Jackson. 1991. Review of: Can literacy lead to development? A case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India, by Uwe Gustafsson.
• Nagappa, T. R. 1970. "Preparation of a text-book (in Kannada) for functional literacy program for farmers in Gangavathy area."

Comparative and historical studies

• Boehm, Edward Daniel. 1998. A phonological reconstruction of Proto-Tharu.
• Johnson, Jane E. and Russell J. Johnson. 2008. "Assessment of regional language varieties in Indian Sign Language."  
• Moral, Dipankar. 1997. "North-East India as a linguistic area."  
• Nagaraja, K. S. 1996. "The status of Lyngngam."  
• Osada, Toshiki. 2004. "A historical note on inclusive/exclusive opposition in South Asian languages—borrowing or retention or innovation?."  
• Simon, I. M. 1997. "On first looking into Paul K. Benedict’s Sino-Tibetan."  

Computational linguistics

• Andres, Susie and S. Ramani. 1970. "The codification of Devanagari script for automatic data-processing."
• Andres, Susie and S. Ramani. 1970. A note on programming a character generator for the Devanagari script.

Dialect intelligibility

• Johnson, Jane E. and Russell J. Johnson. 2008. "Assessment of regional language varieties in Indian Sign Language."  

Dialect surveys

• Beine, David K. 1994. A sociolinguistic survey of the Gondi-speaking communities of central India.
• Brightbill, Jeremy D. and Scott D. Turner. 2007. "A sociolinguistic survey of the Dogri language, Jammu and Kashmir."  

Dictionaries and vocabularies

• Davis, Alice I. 1984. Basic colloquial Maithili: a Maithili-Nepali-English vocabulary with some structure notes.
• Gustafsson, Uwe, compiler. 1986. A Telugu-Adiwasi Oriya vocabulary.
• Gustafsson, Uwe, compiler. 1989. An Adiwasi Oriya-Telugu-English dictionary.
• Gustafsson, Uwe. 1974. An English-Kotia Oriya, Kotia Oriya-English glossary.
• Penny, Mark, Joanna Penny and Pendur Durnath Rao, compilers. 2005. Gondi dictionary.

Discourse analysis

• Christmas, Raymond B. and J. Elisabeth Christmas. 1973. "Sentence patterns in Kupia."  
• Gustafsson, Uwe. 1978. "Procedural discourse in Kotia Oriya."  
• Trail, Ronald L. 1980. "Some Lamani sentence types: An experiment in pedagogical research."
• Trail, Ronald L., editor. 1973. Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 1: Sentence and discourse.  

Discourse structure

• Joseph, D. Selwyn. 1990. "Some discourse features of Dhurwa narratives."
• Thomas, Christopher and Vasanthi Thomas. 1990. "Storyline scheme for the Chodri language."
• Trail, Ronald L., editor. 1973. Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 2: Clause.  
• Trail, Ronald L., editor. 1973. Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 3: Texts.  
• Trail, Ronald L., editor. 1973. Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 4: Word lists.  

Education

• Guttman, Cynthia and Kimmo Kosonen. 1994. Within reach.
• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  
• Kosonen, Kimmo. 1998. What makes an education project work? Conditions for successful functioning of an Indian primary-level programme of nonformal education.

Ethnography

• Malone, Dennis L. 2001. Review of: Literacy and development: ethnographic perspectives, by Brian V. Street.

Ethnology

• Gordon, Kent. 1989. "Echo-words among the Todas revisited."

Folklore, myth and legend

• Christian, Immanuel G. 1987. Language as social behavior: Folk tales as a database for developing a beyond-the-discourse model.
• Woods, Frances M. 1980. The interrelationship of cultural information, linguistic structure, and symbolic representations in a Halbi myth.

Functional literacy

• Gustafsson, Uwe. 1992. "Literacy as a tool in development in the Adivasi Oriya – Telugu adult literacy, functional education and development project, Araku Valley, India."

Grammatical descriptions

• Andvik, Erik. 2003. "Tshangla."
• Trail, Ronald L. 1968. Lamani: Phonology, grammar and lexicon.
• Trail, Ronald L. 1970. The grammar of Lamani.  
• Vaz, Christopher. 2005. "functional grammar sketch of Hill Madia."  

Kinship terms

• Nagaraja, K. S. 1997. "Kinship terms in Konyak Naga."  

Language acquisition

• Mason, Ruth. 2009. The use of evaluative devices in the narrative discourses of young second-language learners.  

Language classification

• Moral, Dipankar. 1997. "North-East India as a linguistic area."  
• Nagaraja, K. S. 1996. "The status of Lyngngam."  
• Simon, I. M. 1997. "On first looking into Paul K. Benedict’s Sino-Tibetan."  

Language distribution

• Hugoniot, Richard D., compiler. 1970. A bibliographical index of the lesser known languages and dialects of India and Nepal.

Language policy

• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  

Language surveys

• George, Symon, Thangmualian Valte and Eldose K. Mathai. 2009. "A sociolinguistic survey among the Nagarchi community of central India."  
• John, Mathews. 2009. "The Malvi-speaking people of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan: a sociolinguistic profile."  
• John, Matthews. 2008. "Jaunsari: a sociolinguistic survey."  
• Johnson, Jane E. and Russell J. Johnson. 2008. "Assessment of regional language varieties in Indian Sign Language."  
• Valte, Thangmualian, Eldose K. Mathai and Symon George. 2008. "A sociolinguistic survey among the Pardhan community of central India."  

Language teaching

• Stegen, Oliver. 2005. "Why teaching the mother tongue is important? (op. ed.)."  
• Trail, Ronald L. 1980. "Some Lamani sentence types: An experiment in pedagogical research."

Language texts

• Aze, Richard and Trish Aze. 1973. "Parengi texts."  
• Christmas, Raymond B. and J. Elisabeth Christmas. 1973. "Kupia texts."  
• Gustafsson, Uwe. 1973. "Kotia Oriya texts."  

Language use

• Boehm, Kelly Kilgo. 1997. Language use and language maintenance among the Tharu of the Indo-Nepal tarai.
• Stegen, Oliver. 2005. "Why teaching the mother tongue is important? (op. ed.)."  

Literacy

• Gustafsson, Uwe. 1986. "The Adiwasi Oriya-Telugu adult literacy and education programme."
• Malone, Dennis L. 2001. Review of: Literacy and development: ethnographic perspectives, by Brian V. Street.
• Stegen, Oliver. 2005. "Why teaching the mother tongue is important? (op. ed.)."  

Literacy materials

• Nagappa, T. R. 1970. "Preparation of a text-book (in Kannada) for functional literacy program for farmers in Gangavathy area."
• Nagappa, T. R. 1970. "Preparation of reading cards for adult literacy instruction."

Literacy methods

• Eliason, James. 1990. Review of: National literacy mission—the perspectives, by S. N. Saraf.
• Gustafsson, Uwe. 1991. Can literacy lead to development?: a case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India.  
• Gustafsson, Uwe. 2003. "Can literacy lead to development?: a case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India."
• Jackson. 1991. Review of: Can literacy lead to development? A case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India, by Uwe Gustafsson.

Literacy programs

• Gustafsson, Uwe. 2005. "Developing a successful community-supported literacy program: the Adivasi-Oriya-Telugu adult literacy and development project."  
• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  

Narrative discourse

• Christian, Immanuel G. and Violet Christian. 1990. "Verb analysis of Garhwali narrative discourse."
• Edward, George and Premila Edward. 1990. "A storyline scheme and participant reference in Malto narrative discourse."
• Kotian, Noel and Yashoda Kotian. 1990. "Storyline scheme and participant reference in Korku narrative discourse."
• Patel, Victoria Williams. 1990. "The description of third person identification and reference in Rajput Garasia narrative."
• Soundararaj, Joseph and Omana Soundararaj. 1990. "Storyline scheme and participant reference in Bison-Horn Madiya narratives."

Optimality theory

• Maxwell, Mike. 2000. Review of: Texas linguistic forum 40: working papers in phonetics and phonology, Amanda R. Doran, Tivoli Majors and Nisha Merchant Goss, editors.

Participant orientation

• Edward, George and Premila Edward. 1990. "A storyline scheme and participant reference in Malto narrative discourse."
• George, Jacob and Susan George. 1990. "Participant reference in Konda."
• Kotian, Noel and Yashoda Kotian. 1990. "Storyline scheme and participant reference in Korku narrative discourse."
• Longacre, Robert E. 1990. "Introduction [issue on Indian textlinguistic sketches]."
• Patel, Victoria Williams. 1990. "The description of third person identification and reference in Rajput Garasia narrative."
• Soundararaj, Joseph and Omana Soundararaj. 1990. "Storyline scheme and participant reference in Bison-Horn Madiya narratives."

Particles

• Joseph, Selvi. 1990. "Mystery particles in Dhurwa."
• Morton, Beth. 1978. "Parji conversational strategies and performative particles."  

Performatives

• Morton, Beth. 1978. "Parji conversational strategies and performative particles."  

Phonological descriptions

• Aze, Richard. 1971. Parengi (Gorum) phonemic summary.
• Christmas, Raymond B. and J. Elisabeth Christmas. 1975. Kupia phonemic summary.
• Gustafsson, Uwe. 1974. Kotia Oriya phonemic summary.
• Vinton, James E. 1994. "Phonetic emphasis in Tamil."

Phonology

• Boehm, Edward Daniel. 1998. A phonological reconstruction of Proto-Tharu.

Pronouns

• Koshy, Anish. 2009. "Indefinite pronouns in Pnar."  
• Osada, Toshiki. 2004. "A historical note on inclusive/exclusive opposition in South Asian languages—borrowing or retention or innovation?."  

Reduplication

• Gordon, Kent. 1989. "Echo-words among the Todas revisited."

Reviews

• Baart, Joan L. G. 1997. Review of: From sound to discourse: a tagmemic approach to Indian languages, by J. C. Sharma.
• Hagberg, Lawrence. 1982. Review of: Sociolinguistic attitudes in India: An historical reconstruction, by Madhav M. Deshpande.
• Jackson. 1991. Review of: Can literacy lead to development? A case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India, by Uwe Gustafsson.
• Malone, Dennis L. 2001. Review of: Literacy and development: ethnographic perspectives, by Brian V. Street.
• Tehan, Thomas M. 1994. Review of: Universals: Studies in Indian logic and linguistics, by Frits Staal.

Rhetorical questions

• Kirkpatrick, Lilla. 1972. "Rhetorical questions in Korku of Central India."

Semantic roles

• Neukom, Lukas. 2000. "Argument marking in Santali."  

Semantics

• Trail, Ronald L. 1973. "Semantic relations between whole propositions in English."  

Sentence structure

• Christmas, Raymond B. and J. Elisabeth Christmas. 1973. "Sentence patterns in Kupia."  
• Woods, Frances M. 1973. "Sentence patterns in Halbi."  

Sign languages

• Johnson, Jane E. and Russell J. Johnson. 2008. "Assessment of regional language varieties in Indian Sign Language."  

Sociolinguistics

• Beine, David K. 1994. A sociolinguistic survey of the Gondi-speaking communities of central India.
• Betholia, Chandam. 2009. "Entries and exits: An analysis of greetings and leave taking in Meitei speech community."  
• Boehm, Kelly Kilgo. 1997. Language use and language maintenance among the Tharu of the Indo-Nepal tarai.
• Brightbill, Jeremy D. and Scott D. Turner. 2007. "A sociolinguistic survey of the Dogri language, Jammu and Kashmir."  
• Chamberlain, Bradford Lynn. 2008. "Script selection for Tibetan-related languages in multiscriptal environments."  
• Christian, Immanuel G. 1987. Language as social behavior: Folk tales as a database for developing a beyond-the-discourse model.
• George, Symon, Thangmualian Valte and Eldose K. Mathai. 2009. "A sociolinguistic survey among the Nagarchi community of central India."  
• Hagberg, Lawrence. 1982. Review of: Sociolinguistic attitudes in India: An historical reconstruction, by Madhav M. Deshpande.
• John, Mathews. 2009. "The Malvi-speaking people of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan: a sociolinguistic profile."  
• John, Matthews. 2008. "Jaunsari: a sociolinguistic survey."  
• Valte, Thangmualian, Eldose K. Mathai and Symon George. 2008. "A sociolinguistic survey among the Pardhan community of central India."  

Stratificational grammar

• Woods, Frances M. 1978. "Some stratified realisations in Halbi."

Stress

• Baart, Joan. 2005. "Tone and stress in Northwest Indo-Aryan [abstract]."

Suprasegmentals

• Pittman, Richard S. 1971. "Tense versus lax word-base prosodies as manifested in Tamil retroflexion versus Hindi aspiration."

Tagmemics

• Baart, Joan L. G. 1997. Review of: From sound to discourse: a tagmemic approach to Indian languages, by J. C. Sharma.
• Sharma, J. C. 1992. From sound to discourse: a tagmemic approach to Indian languages.

Textlinguistics

• Longacre, Robert E. 1990. "Introduction [issue on Indian textlinguistic sketches]."

Tone

• Baart, Joan. 2005. "Tone and stress in Northwest Indo-Aryan [abstract]."

Translation principles

• Abu-Mahfouz, Ahmad. 2008. "Translation as a blending of cultures."  

Typology

• Nagaraja, K. S. 1994. "Khasi dialects: a typological consideration."  

Universals

• Tehan, Thomas M. 1994. Review of: Universals: Studies in Indian logic and linguistics, by Frits Staal.

Verbal semantics

• Christian, Immanuel G. and Violet Christian. 1990. "Verb analysis of Garhwali narrative discourse."

Writing systems

• Chamberlain, Bradford Lynn. 2008. "Script selection for Tibetan-related languages in multiscriptal environments."