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Nigeria
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Acoustic analysis

• Peterson, Gordon E. and Norris P. McKinney. 1961. "The measurement of speech power."

Acoustic phonetics

• McKinney, Norris P. 1965. Laryngeal frequency analysis for linguistic research.

Alphabet

• Derua a mòh bú fàle yill a mò eh. 1976. (Mambila, Nigeria)

Anthropology

• Mohrlang, Roger. 1968. "How anthropological study aided language learning."

Articulatory phonetics

• Bendor-Samuel, John T. and Klaus W. Spreda. 1969. "Fortis articulation: a feature of the present continuous verb in Agbo."
• Cahill, Michael. 2006. "Perception of Yoruba word-initial [gb͡] and [b]."
• McKinney, Norris P. 1985. "The fortis feature in Jju (Kaje): An initial study."

Aspect

• Burquest, Donald A. 1992. "An introduction to the use of aspect in Hausa narrative."  
• Jarrett, K. A. 1981. "The development of the Kanuri aspect system within Western Saharan."

Bilingual education

• Aaron, Marianne. 1998. "A way to improve literacy in primary education in Nigeria."
• Ayoko, Oluremi B, John Danjuma, and E. Funke Ogundokun. 1993. "Nigerian teachers in bilingual classrooms."

Clause structure

• Newman, Bonnie. 1976. "Deep and surface structure of the Longuda clause."

Clauses

• Barnwell, Katharine. 1966. "Notes on the Mbembe clause system—a preliminary analysis."
• Cain, Kathy M. 1991. "An introduction to the distribution of stative clause types in Hausa narrative."
• Thomas, Elaine. 1966. "Preliminary paradigm of some Degema independent clauses."

Communication

• McKinney, Carol V. 1996. "Oral traditions: a key to understanding the community."
• Stark, John E. 2000. The role of oral literature in the dissemination of neologisms.  

Community development

• Van Dyken, Julia. 1988. "The role of literacy in development."

Comparative and historical studies

• Edmondson, Thomas and Eileen Edmondson. 1971. "Some dialect shifts in Ejagham."
• Marchese, Lynell. 1985. Review of: Defaka: Ijo’s closest linguistic relative, by Charles E. W. Jenewari.
• Ross, Malcolm. 1996. Review of: The Yoruba koiné—its history and linguistic innovations, by J. Gbenga Fagborun.
• Van Dyken, Julia. 1986. "The genetic linguistic postulates: Some applications."

Computational linguistics

• McKinney, Norris P. 1981. Review of: Structured analysis and system specification, by Tom DeMarco.

Creole languages

• Shnukal, Anna and Lynell Marchese. 1983. "Creolization of Nigerian Pidgin English: a progress report."

Cross-cultural communication

• Kuhn, Hanna. 1990. "Where should we begin?."

Dialogue

• Rand, Sharon R. 1991. "An analysis of repartee structure in Hausa narrative discourse."

Dictionaries and vocabularies

• Burquest, Donald A. 1982. Review of: a dictionary of Ngizim, by Russel G. Schuh.
• Gardner, Ian, compiler. 1980. Abuan-English, English-Abuan dictionary.
• Rikoto, Bulus Do̱ro̱ and others. 2002. KˀBa̱tksa̱: CˀLela—CˀTuranci—CˀGana = Dictionary: CˀLela—English—Hausa = Kamus: Na Dakarci—Turanci—Hausa.
• Thomas, Elaine and Kay Williamson. 1967. "Wordlists of delta Edo: Epie, Engenni, Degema."

Discourse analysis

• Aaron, Uche E. 1992. "Reported speech in Obolo narrative discourse."  
• Bradley, Virginia M. 1971. "Jibu narrative discourse structure."
• Crozier, David H. 1984. A study in the discourse grammar of Cishingini.
• Frick, Esther. 1977. The phonology of Dghwede.
• Gakinabay, Mayange and Ursula Wiesemann. 1986. "Les styles de discours en sar et leur mode d’emploi."
• Krüsi, Peter. 1978. "Mumuye discourse structure."  
• Kuhn, Hanna. 1981. "A preliminary phonological analysis of Berom discourse."
• McKinney, Norris P. 1978. "Participant identification in Kaje narrative."  
• Newman, John F. 1978. "Participant orientation in Longuda folk tales."  
• Perrin, Mona. 1974. "Direct and indirect speech in Mambila."
• Perrin, Mona. 1978. "Who’s who in Mambila folk stories."  
• Pike, Kenneth L. 1968. "Indirect vs. direct discourse in Bariba."

Discourse markers

• Follingstad, Carl M. 1994. "Thematic development and prominence in Tyap discourse."
• Follingstad, Carl M. 1995. "‘Hinneh’ and focus function with application to Tyap."

Discourse peak

• Brye, Ann Elizabeth. 1991. "Features marking peak and peakʼ in Hausa folktales."

Discourse structure

• Levinsohn, Stephen H., editor. 1994. Discourse features of ten languages of West-Central Africa.  

Ethnography

• Hill, Harriet S. 1987. Review of: Worldview and the communication of the gospel: a Nigerian case study, by Marguerite Kraft.
• McKinney, Carol V. 1976. "Culture change and its relation to literacy."
• McKinney, Carol V. 1981. Review of: The cultural context of learning and thinking, by Michael Cole and others.
• McKinney, Carol V. 1985. The Bajju of central Nigeria: a case study of religious and social change.
• McKinney, Carol V. 1986. "Retention of traditional religious beliefs by Bajju Christians."
• McKinney, Carol V. 1992. "Wives and sisters: Bajju marital patterns."
• McKinney, Carol V. 1996. "Oral traditions: a key to understanding the community."
• McKinney, Carol V. and Norris P. McKinney. 2003. "Worldview reflected in Bajju proverbs."

Ethnomusicology

• Neeley, Paul. 1995. Review of: Yoruba dundun music and Yoruba bata music, by Muraina Oyelami.

Focus

• Hoskison, James. 1975. "Focus and topic in Gude."

Functional literacy

• Olaofe, Isaac A. 1992. "The relationship of teachers’ reading habits and functiuonal literacy development in Nigeria."

Grammatical descriptions

• Barnwell, Katharine. 1969. A grammatical description of Mbembe (Adun dialect), a Cross River language.
• Barnwell, Katharine. 1974. "Mbembe."
• Bendor-Samuel, Pamela M. 1986. Review of: Defaka: Ijo’s closest linguistic relative, by Charles E. W. Jenewari.
• Bergman, Richard. 1981. An outline of Igede grammar.
• Follingstad, A. Joy. 1991. Aspects of Tyap syntax.
• Meier, Paul E., Ingeborg Meier, and John T. Bendor-Samuel. 1975. A grammar of Izi, an Igbo language.  
• Seibert, Uwe. 1998. Das ron von Daffo (Jos-Plateau, zentralnigeria): Morphologische, syntaktische und texlinguistische strukturen einer westtschadischen sprache.
• Stofberg, Yvonne R. 1978. Migili grammar.
• Thomas, Elaine. 1969. A grammatical description of the Engenni language.
• Thomas, Elaine. 1978. A grammatical description of the Engenni language.  

Health and hygiene

• Asileegbem di ekomoghian yogh. 1972. (Abua)
• Mà séna mèh. 1974. (Mambila, Nigeria)
• Umadzu eno nwuhuru ?Bu ngunu kparu iya?. 1976. (Izi-Ezaa-Ikwo-Mgbo)

Kinship terms

• McKinney, Carol V. 1983. "A linguistic shift in Kaje, Kagoro, and Katab kinship terminology."

Language change

• Crozier, David H. 2005. Review of: Nigerian Pidgin in Lagos: Language contact, variation and change in an African urban setting, by Dagmar Deuber.

Language classification

• Armstrong, Robert G. 1989. "Idomoid."
• Blench, Roger M. 1989. "Nupoid."
• Boyd, Raymond. 1989. "Adamawa-Ubangi."
• Capo, Hounkpati B. C. 1989. "Defoid."
• Elugbe, Ben Ohi. 1989. "Edoid."
• Faraclas, Nicholas. 1989. "Cross River."
• Gerhardt, Ludwig. 1989. "Kainji and Platoid."
• Hamm, Cameron. 2002. "Beboid language family of Cameroon and Nigeria: location and genetic classification."  
• Harrison, Annette. 2003. "Fulfulde language family report."  
• Hedinger, Robert. 1989. "Northern Bantoid."
• Jenewari, Charles E. W. 1989. "Ijoid."
• Kluge, Angela. 2007. "A synchronic lexical study of the Ede language continuum of West Africa: the effects of different similarity judgment criteria."  
• Manfredi, Victor. 1989. "Igboid."
• Nurse, Derek and Irene Tucker. 2002. "A survey report for the Bantu languages."  
• Stewart, John M. 1989. "Kwa."
• Van Dyken, Julia. 1986. "The genetic linguistic postulates: Some applications."
• Watters, John R. 1989. "Bantoid overview."
• Watters, John R. and Jacqueline Leroy. 1989. "Southern Bantoid."

Language distribution

• Crozier, David H. and Roger M. Blench, editors. 1992. An index of Nigerian languages.
• Hansford, Keir, John T. Bendor-Samuel, and Ronald Stanford. 1976. "A provisional language map of Nigeria."
• Hansford, Keir, John T. Bendor-Samuel, and Ronald Stanford. 1976. An index of Nigerian languages.

Language learning

• Wedekind, Klaus. 1987. "Relevance in conversations in Busa (Nigeria): Barking up the wrong moon."

Language planning

• Kluge, Angela. 2007. "The Gbe language continuum of West Africa: a synchronic typological approach to prioritizing in-depth sociolinguistic research on literature extensibility."  

Language policy

• McKinney, Carol V. 1990. "Which language: Trade or minority?."
• Stark, Janie P. 1990. Having it all: Evidence for language maintenance in Nigeria.

Language shift

• Aaron, Uche E. 1996/1997. "The category of number in Obolo verbal morphology."

Language surveys

• Dettweiler, Stephen and Sonia Dettweiler. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey of the Pongu people."  
• Dettweiler, Stephen and Sonia Dettweiler. 2003. "Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Kamuku language cluster."  
• Dettweiler, Stephen and Sonia Dettweiler. 2003. "Sociolinguistic survey of the Duka (Hun-Saare) people."  
• Dettweiler, Stephen H. and Sonia G. Dettweiler. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Reshe people."  
• Dettweiler, Stephen H. and Sonia G. Dettweiler. 2005. "Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Lela people."  
• Hamm, Cameron and others. 2002. "A rapid appraisal survey of Western Beboid languages (Menchum Division, Northwest Province)."  
• Hamm, Cameron. 2002. "Beboid language family of Cameroon and Nigeria: location and genetic classification."  
• Harrison, Annette. 2003. "Fulfulde language family report."  
• Kluge, Angela. 2005. "A synchronic lexical study of Gbe language varieties: the effects of different similarity judgment criteria."  
• Kluge, Angela. 2006. "Qualitative and quantitative analysis of grammatical features elicited among the Gbe language varieties of West Africa."
• Kluge, Angela. 2007. "The Gbe language continuum of West Africa: a synchronic typological approach to prioritizing in-depth sociolinguistic research on literature extensibility."  
• Newman, John F. and Bonnie Newman. 1977. Longuda dialect survey.
• Nurse, Derek and Irene Tucker. 2002. "A survey report for the Bantu languages."  
• Regnier, Clark D.; Stephen Dettweiler and Sonia Dettweiler, editors. 2003. "A sociolinguistic survey of the people of the Fakai district."  

Language texts

• Bradley, Virginia M. 1971. "Jibu narrative discourse structure."
• Soutar, Jean and Kenneth L. Pike, compilers. 1982. Texts illustrating the analysis of direct versus indirect quotations in Bariba (Africa).

Languages in contact

• Crozier, David H. 2005. Review of: Nigerian Pidgin in Lagos: Language contact, variation and change in an African urban setting, by Dagmar Deuber.
• Ross, Malcolm. 1996. Review of: The Yoruba koiné—its history and linguistic innovations, by J. Gbenga Fagborun.
• Stark, John E. 2000. The role of oral literature in the dissemination of neologisms.  

Lingua franca

• Shnukal, Anna and Lynell Marchese. 1983. "Creolization of Nigerian Pidgin English: a progress report."

Literacy

• Bendor-Samuel, Pamela M. 1986. Review of: Towards an Igbo literary standard, by P. Akujuoobi Nwachukwu.
• Bergman, Richard. 1984. "Introducing a new alphabet for the Igede language."
• McKinney, Carol V. 1976. "Culture change and its relation to literacy."
• Olaofe, Isaac A. 1988. "Reading tradition: Can it be developed in Nigeria?."
• Van Dyken, Julia. 1977. "Towards readable writing."
• Van Dyken, Julia. 1980. "Planning a participative literacy program."
• Van Dyken, Julia. 1988. "The role of literacy in development."

Literacy materials

• Barnwell, Katharine, compiler. 1979. A workshop guide for primer construction.  
• Barnwell, Katharine. 2003. "A workshop guide for primer construction."
• Clevenger, Joycelyn. 1969. "Experimental primers in Engenni."
• Clevenger, Joycelyn. 1972. "The use of word drills in primers."

Literacy methods

• Olaofe, Isaac A. 1990. "The management of mixed reading ability at the Primary School."
• Rempel, Robin. 2004. "Fast, easy, effective primer making! Multi strategy economy model."

Mood (grammatical)

• Jarrett, K. A. 1980. "Tense/aspect/mood in Kanuri verb forms."

Mother tongue language workers

• Thomas, Elaine. 1985. "How to increase naturalness in translation by mother-tongue translators."

Narrative discourse

• Cain, Kathy M. 1991. "An introduction to the distribution of stative clause types in Hausa narrative."
• Follingstad, Carl M. 1994. "Thematic development and prominence in Tyap discourse."
• Harrison, Annette Renée. 2004. The use of proper nouns as an index of group identity in Fulfulde personal narratives.
• Moomo, David. 1998. "Quotation forms in Ebira narrative."
• Rand, Sharon R. 1991. "An analysis of repartee structure in Hausa narrative discourse."

Noun classification

• Anderson, Stephen C. 1980. "The noun class system of Amo."
• Barnwell, Katharine. 1969. "The noun class system in Mbembe."
• Edmondson, Eileen. 1966. "Nouns of Etung classified by their singular-plural prefix pairs."
• Watters, John R. 1980. "The Ejagam noun class system: Ekoid Bantu revisited."

Noun phrases

• Bendor-Samuel, John T., Esther Cressman, and Donna Skitch. 1971. "The nominal phrase in Duka."

Nouns

• Watters, John R. 2000. "Tone in Western Ejagham (Etung): the case of lexical and postlexical tone on nouns."

Number

• Aaron, Uche E. 1996/1997. "The category of number in Obolo verbal morphology."

Orthography

• Bergman, Richard. 1984. "Introducing a new alphabet for the Igede language."
• Meier, Ingeborg. 1983. "Comment écrire les tons de manière simple et satisfaisante: Un apport de la linguistique a un probleme d’alphabétisation."
• Meier, Ingeborg. 1983. "Making tone markings acceptable and easy."
• Stark, Janie P. 2000. Simultaneous consideration of co-languages: implications for orthography design.
• Williamson, Kay. 1993. "Nigeria: Introduction."

Participant orientation

• Perrin, Mona. 1978. "Who’s who in Mambila folk stories."  

Pedagogical grammars

• Marchese, Lynell. 1982. Review of: Essentials of Yoruba grammar, by Oladele Awobuluyi.

Phonological change

• Sterk, Jan P. 1990. "Features of vowel assimilation in Gade (a language in evolution)."

Phonological descriptions

• Bendor-Samuel, John T. 1969. "Yakur syllable patterns."
• Bendor-Samuel, John T. and Mona Perrin. 1971. "A note on labialisation in Mambila."
• Bergman, Richard. 1968. Vowel sandhi in Igede and other African languages.
• Burquest, Donald A. 1971. A preliminary study of Angas phonology.
• Burquest, Donald A. 1989. "A note on Hausa plurals."
• Edmondson, Thomas and Eileen Edmondson. 1977. Preliminary notes towards a phonological description of Etung (Ejagham).
• Hoskison, James. 1975. Notes on the phonology of Gude.
• James, Heidi S. 1990. A phonological study of the Gwari lects.
• Kleiner, Werner and Renate Kleiner. 1976. Preliminary phonological statement, Ekajuk (Nigeria).
• Kuhn, Hanna. 1981. "A preliminary phonological analysis of Berom discourse."
• Mohrlang, Roger. 1972. Higi phonology.
• Newman, John F. and Bonnie Newman. 1977. Longuda phonology.
• Price, Norman. 1989. Notes on Mada phonology.  
• Rosendall, Heidi J. 1992. A phonological study of the Gwari lects.  
• Scholz, Hans-Jürgen. 1976. Igbira phonology.
• Spreda, Klaus W. and Janice O. Spreda. 1966. "An interim workshop report on the phonological data of Agbo."
• Stofberg, Yvonne R. n.d.. Migili phonology.
• Watters, John R. 2001. "Some phonological characteristics of Ejagham (Etung), an Ekoid Bantu language of Cameroon and Nigeria."

Phonology

• Bendor-Samuel, Pamela M. 1965. "Phonemic interpretation problems in some West African languages."
• Casali, Rod. 2003. "An introduction to ATR vowel harmony in African languages."
• McKinney, Carol V. and Norris P. McKinney. 1978. "Instrumental phonetics: An aid with orthography problems."

Plurals

• McKinney, Carol V. 1979. "Plural verb roots in Kaje."

Poetry

• Moomo, David O. 1993. "Hebrew and Ebira poetry."
• Sterk, Jan P. 1989. "Bible poetry in translation."

Pragmatics

• Follingstad, Carl M. 1995. "‘Hinneh’ and focus function with application to Tyap."

Prenatal and infant care

• Tsuta ime; mua nwa, shihuru ike!. 1975. (Izi-Ezaa-Ikwo-Mgbo)
• Tsuta ime; nwua nwa, shihuru ike!. 1973. (Izi-Ezaa-Ikwo-Mgbo)

Primers

• Adinya onu Abuan. 1966. (Abua)
• Amaka: Adinya ogbaam araraar Abuan di Aselemi rʼAmaka omiin ilo adio rʼadio. 1973. (Abua)
• Aselemi adibel adinya itugha onu Abuan. 1971. (Abua)
• Aselemi obel obhereer ituugha onu Odual (Odual reader 1). 1974. (Odual)
• Be buo ashan 1, 2. n.d.. (Bekwarra)
• Be buo ashan 1, 4. n.d.. (Bekwarra)
• Be buo ashan 2, 3. 1973. (Bekwarra)
• Be buo ashan 3. [1971]. (Bekwarra)
• Dzǝgunuu janganǝ; 1. 1973. (Gude)
• Dzǝgunuu janganǝ; 2, 3. 1974. (Gude)
• Ebira oyi nyi akanya. 1972. (Ebira)
• Ebira oyi nyi akanya. 1973. (Ebira)
• Eni va! 1. 1971. (Engenni)
• Eni va! 2. 1972. (Engenni)
• Eni va! 3. 1975. (Engenni)
• Eni va! 3-8. [1966]. (Engenni)
• Etung: How to read it. 1966. (Ejagham)
• Meh giun derua jangen-eh 1. 1973. (Mambila, Nigeria)
• Meh giun derua jangen-eh 1-3. 1973. (Mambila, Nigeria)
• Məkanaw kakadə yedənami: kakadə 1. 2004. (Buduma)
• Məkanaw kakadə yedənami: kakadə 1. 2004. (Yedina)
• Məkanaw kakadə yedənami: kakadə 2. 2004. (Buduma)
• Məkanaw kakadə yedənami: kakadə 2. 2004. (Yedina)
• Nwehne keyel-ah ka loka. 1969. (Lokaa)
• Oyeire-nnwer mfa 2. 1974. (Mbembe, Cross River)
• Oyeire-nnwer wano 1. n.d.. (Mbembe, Cross River)
• Reading and writing Bekwarra. 1965. (Bekwarra)
• Tǝtǝkǝ jangga 1. 1974. (Kamwe)
• Tǝtǝkǝ jangga 2. 1975. (Kamwe)
• Writing Legbo: An explanation of the proposed Legbo alphabet. 1966. (Legbo)
• You will be able to read 2: a primer in the Jibu language of Mambila Division of Gongola State. 1976. (Jibu)

Pronouns

• Burquest, Donald A. 1986. "The pronoun system of some Chadic languages."
• Koops, Robert and John T. Bendor-Samuel. 1974. "The recapitulating pronouns in Kuteb."

Proverbs and maxims

• Hansford, Gillian F. 2007. Review of: Búun saba. Proverbs, sayings and maxims in Eastern Tangale (Northern Nigeria), by Herrmann Jungraithmayr.
• McKinney, Carol V. and Norris P. McKinney. 2003. "Worldview reflected in Bajju proverbs."

Readers

• Adeeku oniri aza ani. 1974. (Ebira)
• Ako iphe. n.d.. (Izi-Ezaa-Ikwo-Mgbo)
• Akwaji a ye kʼLagos. 1971. (Bekwarra)
• Ali abola Nkakpa. n.d.. (Ekajuk)
• Amongo. n.d.. (Ekajuk)
• Asidum Abuan. 1973. (Abua)
• Awe areelhe kirokiro. 1972. (Abua)
• Bara sira busu nobo sentento. 1971. (Bokobaru)
• Be faa nʼe buo irijun iyem. [1971]. (Bekwarra)
• Bwahangkiya. 1975. (Longuda)
• Chir gùl gi-neh. 1974. (Mambila, Nigeria)
• Derua mule. n.d.. (Mambila, Nigeria)
• Derua nyame. 1973. (Mambila, Nigeria)
• Inyam iribu. n.d.. (Bekwarra)
• Iyem abʼe kung eni kʼiye angin, ashan 3. 1971. (Bekwarra)
• Ka karanta yarin Kamwe! Littafi na fari. n.d.. (Kamwe)
• Kuǝ ɗǝan alli (un conte en yedena). 2001. (Buduma)
• Kuǝ ɗǝan alli (un conte en yedena). 2001. (Yedina)
• Kwurkinzhii mwa. n.d.. (Ngas)
• La wuso ashishaŋ Lìjili. 1976. (Lijili)
• Lugu yu ligǝ (un conte en yedǝna). 2001. (Buduma)
• Lugu yu ligǝ (un conte en yedǝna). 2001. (Yedina)
• Nellip éh yùn nore. 1975. (Mambila, Nigeria)
• Ngaane. n.d.. (Ekajuk)
• Ngaba ngə kargəay (rapporté par Kənnay Fanday). 2001. (Buduma)
• Ngaba ngə kargəay (rapporté par Kənnay Fanday). 2001. (Yedina)
• Nigeria - ubang iten. 1974. (Bekwarra)
• Nten yǝ nya mǝ yenenblong-a. 1972. (Lokaa)
• Okilomu epile akie anamu. 1974. (Engenni)
• Oroke gua Izii. 1975. (Izi-Ezaa-Ikwo-Mgbo)
• Oyinǝ wǝ ögena dǝ öbase öseng obolǝ ëkpon. 1972. (Lokaa)
• Se̱e̱te̱d sˀce bad nocurimu. 2005. (C’lela)
• Shìk kwurkinzhii ce mwa kwat. n.d.. (Ngas)
• Sˀlabad a̱n Cˀlela 1 sa̱ mˀe̱te̱. 2004. (C’lela)
• Uchom abʼi yi kʼiye angin. [1971]. (Bekwarra)
• Uhi ami óo keekeeke. 1974. (Ebira)
• Uye ene hi ini ete Azoji. 1974. (Ebira)
• Uzo ije. [1972]. (Izi-Ezaa-Ikwo-Mgbo)
• Uzo ije. 1974. (Izi-Ezaa-Ikwo-Mgbo)
• Uzo ije. 1974. (Izi-Ezaa-Ikwo-Mgbo)
• Vece ntyeengi!. n.d.. (Kamwe)
• Yâ Berom. 1975. (Berom)

Reduplication

• Watters, John R. 1990. "Reduplication and the origin of high tone on noun prefixes in Ejagham."

Relative clauses

• Meier, Paul E. 1969. "The relative clause in Izi."

Reported speech

• Moomo, David. 1998. "Quotation forms in Ebira narrative."
• Soutar, Jean and Kenneth L. Pike, compilers. 1982. Texts illustrating the analysis of direct versus indirect quotations in Bariba (Africa).

Reviews

• Bendor-Samuel, Pamela M. 1986. Review of: Defaka: Ijo’s closest linguistic relative, by Charles E. W. Jenewari.
• Bendor-Samuel, Pamela M. 1986. Review of: Towards an Igbo literary standard, by P. Akujuoobi Nwachukwu.
• Burquest, Donald A. 1982. Review of: a dictionary of Ngizim, by Russel G. Schuh.
• Crozier, David H. 2005. Review of: Nigerian Pidgin in Lagos: Language contact, variation and change in an African urban setting, by Dagmar Deuber.
• Hansford, Gillian F. 2007. Review of: Búun saba. Proverbs, sayings and maxims in Eastern Tangale (Northern Nigeria), by Herrmann Jungraithmayr.
• Hill, Harriet S. 1987. Review of: Worldview and the communication of the gospel: a Nigerian case study, by Marguerite Kraft.
• Marchese, Lynell. 1982. Review of: Essentials of Yoruba grammar, by Oladele Awobuluyi.
• Marchese, Lynell. 1985. Review of: Defaka: Ijo’s closest linguistic relative, by Charles E. W. Jenewari.
• McKinney, Carol V. 1981. Review of: The cultural context of learning and thinking, by Michael Cole and others.
• McKinney, Norris P. 1981. Review of: Structured analysis and system specification, by Tom DeMarco.
• Neeley, Paul. 1995. Review of: Yoruba dundun music and Yoruba bata music, by Muraina Oyelami.
• Ross, Malcolm. 1996. Review of: The Yoruba koiné—its history and linguistic innovations, by J. Gbenga Fagborun.

Semantics

• Burquest, Donald A. 1978. "Semantic parameters in Angas kinship terminology."
• Thomas, Elaine. 1985. "How to increase naturalness in translation by mother-tongue translators."

Sociolinguistics

• Aaron, Uche E. 1983. "Language variation in Obolo."
• Dettweiler, Stephen and Sonia Dettweiler. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey of the Pongu people."  
• Dettweiler, Stephen and Sonia Dettweiler. 2003. "Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Kamuku language cluster."  
• Dettweiler, Stephen and Sonia Dettweiler. 2003. "Sociolinguistic survey of the Duka (Hun-Saare) people."  
• Dettweiler, Stephen H. and Sonia G. Dettweiler. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Reshe people."  
• Hamm, Cameron and others. 2002. "A rapid appraisal survey of Western Beboid languages (Menchum Division, Northwest Province)."  
• Kluge, Angela. 2005. "A synchronic lexical study of Gbe language varieties: the effects of different similarity judgment criteria."  
• Kluge, Angela. 2006. "Qualitative and quantitative analysis of grammatical features elicited among the Gbe language varieties of West Africa."
• Kluge, Angela. 2007. "A synchronic lexical study of the Ede language continuum of West Africa: the effects of different similarity judgment criteria."  
• Regnier, Clark D.; Stephen Dettweiler and Sonia Dettweiler, editors. 2003. "A sociolinguistic survey of the people of the Fakai district."  

Stratificational grammar

• Bowman, Heidi. 1978. "A stratificational analysis of Hausa."

Suprasegmentals

• Bendor-Samuel, John T. 1966. "Grammatical prosodies??."
• Bergman, Richard. 1971. "Vowel sandhi and word division in Igede."
• Hoskison, James. 1974. "Prosodies and verb stems in Gude."
• Mohrlang, Roger. 1971. "Vectors, prosodies, and Higi vowels."
• Thomas, Elaine. 1972. "Marking tone in Engenni."

Syllables

• McKinney, Norris P. 1981. Review of: Structured analysis and system specification, by Tom DeMarco.

Syntagmatic analysis

• Bendor-Samuel, John T., Donna Skitch, and Esther Cressman. 1973. Duka sentence, clause and phrase.
• Stanford, Ronald. 1967. The Bekwarra language of Nigeria: a grammatical description.

Syntax

• Follingstad, A. Joy. 1991. Aspects of Tyap syntax.

Tagmemic Theory

• Pike, Kenneth L. 1967. "Grammar as wave."

Tagmemics

• Pike, Kenneth L. 1966. Tagmemic and matrix linguistics applied to selected African languages.
• Pike, Kenneth L. 1970. Tagmemic and matrix linguistics applied to selected African languages.  
• Revill, Patricia M. 1966. "Preliminary report on para-linguistics in Mbembe (E. Nigeria)."

Teacher's guides

• Be buo ashan 1-4. n.d. (Bekwarra)
• Bekwarra word-building book: a book for teachers to use in conjunction with Be buo ashan 2 & 3. 1974. (Bekwarra)
• Dzǝgunuu janganǝ; 1. 1973. (Gude)
• Ebira oyi nyi akanya. 1972. (Ebira)
• Ebira oyi nyi akanya. 1973. (Ebira)
• Kpë lokǝ. 1973. (Lokaa)
• Meh giun derua jangen-eh 1. 1973. (Mambila, Nigeria)
• Tǝ yoyël Lokǝ. 1973. (Lokaa)

Tense/Aspect

• Aaron, Uche. 1996/97. "Grammaticization of the verb ‘say’ to future tense in Obolo."
• Aaron, Uche. 1999. Tense and aspect in Obolo: grammar and discourse.  

Textbooks

• Karatu da rubuta yaren Ɓuurak: kang kakra dabanung nyuwa Ɓuurak she she̱re̱. 2008. (Burak)
• Reading and writing Tera (Nyimatli): a proposal for writing the Nyimatli language. 2008. (Tera)
• Ta̱lta̱m kiyota̱m ja̱bo̱ mu̱lata̱m na̱n nyiyo daddi̱ya: masomin karatu da rubutun yaren Dadiya bugu na farko. 2008. (Dadiya)

Textlinguistics

• Burquest, Donald A. 1991. "An introduction to Hausa narrative structure."
• Goring, Tim. 1991. "The evil judge: a Hausa folktale: Insights from stratificational grammar."

Tone

• Bendor-Samuel, John T. and Paul E. Meier. 1974. "Izi."
• Bendor-Samuel, John T., editor. 1974. Ten Nigerian tone systems.
• Bergman, Richard and Nancy Bergman. 1984. "Igede."
• Berry, Elaine. 1974. "Yakurr."
• Burquest, Donald A. 1974. "Angas."
• Edmondson, Thomas and John T. Bendor-Samuel. 1966. "Tone patterns of Etung."
• Meier, Ingeborg. 1983. "Comment écrire les tons de manière simple et satisfaisante: Un apport de la linguistique a un probleme d’alphabétisation."
• Meier, Ingeborg. 1983. "Making tone markings acceptable and easy."
• Mohrlang, Roger. 1974. "Higi."
• Newman, John F. and Bonnie Newman. 1974. "Longuda."
• Perrin, Mona. 1974. "Mambila."
• Snider, Keith. 1999. "Tonal ‘upstep’ in Engenni."
• Thomas, Elaine. 1974. "Engenni."
• Van Dyken, Julia. 1974. "Jibu."
• Walker, Stephen P. 1989. "Tonal instability: Tone as part of the feature geometry."
• Watters, John R. 1990. "Reduplication and the origin of high tone on noun prefixes in Ejagham."

Transformational grammar

• Burquest, Donald A. 1973. A grammar of Angas.
• Wedekind, Klaus. 1972. An outline of the grammar of Busa (Nigeria).

Transition primers

• Bohkobaru yam, karatu da rubutun Busanci. 1970. (Bokobaru)
• Matakan karatun Cˀlela. 2003. (C’lela)
• Mǝkanaw naharami. 1999. (Buduma)
• Mǝkanaw naharami. 1999. (Yedina)
• Mu taka daga Hausa zuwa Angasanci 1. 1969. (Ngas)
• Read and write Izi; it’s easy. 1967. (Izi-Ezaa-Ikwo-Mgbo)
• Reading and writing Degema. [1966]. (Degema)
• Reading and writing Engenni. [1966]. (Engenni)
• Reading and writing Mbembe. 1966. (Mbembe, Cross River)
• Reading and writing Odual. 1975. (Odual)
• Writing Igede. 1966. (Igede)

Translation

• Barnwell, Katharine. 1974. Introduction to semantics and translation.
• Barnwell, Katharine. 1980. Introduction to semantics and translation.  
• Sterk, Jan P. 1989. "Bible poetry in translation."
• Thomas, Elaine. 1985. "How to increase naturalness in translation by mother-tongue translators."

Typology

• Kluge, Angela. 2006. "Qualitative and quantitative analysis of grammatical features elicited among the Gbe language varieties of West Africa."

Verb serialization

• Bendor-Samuel, John T. 1968. "Verb clusters in Izi."

Verbs

• Adive, John R. 1989. The verbal piece in Ebira.  
• Bendor-Samuel, John T. and Ingeborg Meier. 1967. "Some contrasting features of the Izi verbal system."
• Edmondson, Thomas. 1966. "Preliminary description of some verb structures in Etung."
• Hoskison, James. 1974. "Prosodies and verb stems in Gude."
• Meier, Paul E. 1971. "Izi verb stems."
• Newman, Bonnie. 1978. "The Longuda verb."  

Vocabularies and phrase books

• Gardner, Ian. 1975. Odual-English word list.

Vocabulary

• Jibu - Hausa - English: Ayi shwann nun jir kim = Bari mu koyi wani yare = Let’s learn another language. 1974. (Jibu)
• Let’s go forward—let’s read and write Ebira: a work book introducing the standard Ebira orthography and containing the first Ebira-English dictionary of ca. 2,000 entries. 1972. (Ebira)

Vowel harmony

• Casali, Rod. 2003. "An introduction to ATR vowel harmony in African languages."
• Savage, T. Dale. 1987. "Some abstract features of Kwa vowel harmony: An autosegmental approach to Engenni, Igbo, Akan, and Yoruba."

Vowels

• Jarrett, K. A. 1978. "Vowel length in Kanuri."
• Sterk, Jan P. 1990. "Features of vowel assimilation in Gade (a language in evolution)."

Word lists

• Kluge, Angela. 2005. "A synchronic lexical study of Gbe language varieties: the effects of different similarity judgment criteria."  

Word order

• Burquest, Donald A. 1981. "Evidence for object-verb ordering in Chadic."

Workbooks

• Write Mambila!. 1973. (Mambila, Nigeria)