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Bilingualism

Index of SIL publications on Bilingualism listed by country.

See only SIL publications on Bilingualism available online or for purchase from SIL International Publications.

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General works

• ABBESS, Elisabeth; MÜLLER, Katja; TIESSEN, Calvin; TIESSEN, Gabriela, authors. 2005. "Language access and Tajik language proficiency among the Yazghulami of Tajikistan."
• EASTHOUSE, Linda O., author. 2000. "Volverse bilingüe es todo un modo de vida."
• GRIMES, Barbara F., author. 1985. "Comprehension and language attitudes in relation to language choice for literature and education in pre-literate societies."
• GRIMES, Barbara F., author. 1986. Evaluating bilingual proficiency in language groups for cross-cultural communciation.
• GRIMES, Barbara F., author. 1987. How bilingual is bilingual?.
• GRIMES, Barbara F., author. 1988. On bilingual proficiency thresholds.
• GRIMES, Barbara F., author. 1990. "‘Reached’ without the Scriptures?."
• GRIMES, Barbara F., author. 1992. "From every language."
• HAUGEN, Einar, author. 1979. An ecological model for bilingualism.
• HOATSON, Kristen, author. 2001. Review of: Foundations of bilingual education and bilingualism, by Colin Baker.
• LANDER, James A., author. 1993. Review of: The acquisition of two languages from birth: a case study, by Annick De Houwer.
• LESTER, Martha, author. 1993. Review of: Ways with words, by Shirley Brice Heath.
• MACKEY, William F., author. 1997. "International Centre for Research on Bilingualism: the sociolinguistics of language contact."
• NICOLLE, Alison; NICOLLE, Steve, authors. 2006. Review of: Contact linguistics: bilingual encounters and grammatical outcomes, by Carol Myers-Scotton.  
• NIVENS, Richard, author. 1998. Review of: One speaker, two languages: cross-disciplinary perspectives on code-switching, by Lesley Milroy and Pieter Muysken, editors.
• RADLOFF, Carla F., author. 1992. Sentence repetition testing for studies of community bilingualism: An introduction.
• RENSCH, Calvin R., author. 1991. Indicators of second-language proficiency.
• UNSETH, Peter, author. 1991. Review of: Bilinguality and bilingualism, by Josiane Hamers and Michel Blanc.

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Burkina Faso

• HATFIELD, Deborah H.; SHOWALTER, Stuart D.; SOUTH, Marie C., authors. 2007. The sentence repetition test (SRT) revisited: evaluation of the SRT against the Second Language Oral Proficiency Evaluation (SLOPE) as an assessment tool for community bilingual proficiency.  
• SHOWALTER, Stuart D., author. 1993. Alternative bilingualism measures: a field test report.
• SHOWALTER, Stuart D., author. 2008. "Un profil du bilinguisme en dioula au sud-ouest du Burkina Faso."  

Cameroon

• CRAWFORD, Karyn, author. 2005. "Lexicostatistics and intelligibility testing survey with simplified SLOPE of the Mefele language."  
• HATFIELD, Deborah H.; SHOWALTER, Stuart D.; SOUTH, Marie C., authors. 2007. The sentence repetition test (SRT) revisited: evaluation of the SRT against the Second Language Oral Proficiency Evaluation (SLOPE) as an assessment tool for community bilingual proficiency.  
• LAMBERTY, Melinda, author. 2002. "A survey of Mofu intelligibility for Cuvok speakers (Mayo-Tsanaga Division, Far North Province)."  
• MBONGUÉ, Joseph, author. 2005. "Evaluation sociolinguistique du niveau de bilinguisme chez les Ndaˀndaˀ."  
• SOUTH, Marie C., author. 2007. Cameroon Bilingualism Test Comparison Study Report.  

Chad

• HUTCHINSON, Noelle; JOHNSON, Eric, authors. 2006. "A sociolinguistic survey of the Ubi language of Chad."  

Congo

• PHILLIPS, John, author. 1992. Developing a sentence repetition test to study Lingala bilingualism.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• LEITCH, Myles, author. 2005. "Aspects of multilingualism in the Lingala zone of Congo."  

Ethiopia

• BEKELE, Yegzaw; CHERU, Zewde; KUSIA SHENKERE, Dinote; TANABE, Wolde-Gebriel; WEDEKIND, Klaus, authors. 1994. "Second survey of language of the Gawwada, Tsamay and Diraasha areas with excursions to Birayle (Ongota) and Arbore (Irbore), report part 1."
• YILMA, Aklilu, author. 2002. "Pilot survey of bilingualism in Yem."  

Kenya

• BERGMAN, Ted G., author. 1987. The Summer Institute of Linguistics second language oral proficiency evaluation.

Americas

Brazil

• MULLEN, Paul; VANDRESEN, Paulino, authors. 1986. "O bilingüísmo xokleng/português no Posto Duque de Caxias."

Chile

• WEBER, Robert L., author. 1988. "Procesos fonológicos en la adquisición ‘naturalista’ del español por los rapa nui de la Isla de Pascua."

Guatemala

• ECHERD, Stephen M., author. 1980. "Mayan bilingualism: Is vernacular literacy really justified?."
• JOHNSON, Merieta K., author. 1991. "Slippery lingualism: Are all bilinguals really bilingual: Some preliminary thoughts."

Peru

• DAGGETT, James, author. 1990. "Determinando el bilingüismo y evaluando las posibilidades de la educación bilingüe en las comunidades rurales del Perú."  

Asia

China

• CHAN, Ken, author. 2008. "A bilingualism and language vitality survey of the Gan Yi in the Yi Mei Duo village of the Shilin County of the Yunnan Provice of China."  

Indonesia

• ANDERSEN, T. David, author. 1993. Measuring bilingualism in rural Sulawesi.

Malaysia

• LASIMBANG, Rita; MILLER, Carolyn P.; OTIGIL, Francis, authors. 1992. "Language competence and use among Coastal Kadazan children: a survey report."

Nepal

• WEBSTER, Jeffrey D., author. 1995. Indicators of bilingual proficiency in Nepali among Tibeto-Burman peoples of Nepal.
• WEBSTER, Jeffrey D., author. 1996. "Survey of Nepali bilingualism among Magars of the Nawalparasi hills."
• WEBSTER, Jeffrey D., author. 1997. "Indicators of bilingual proficiency in Nepali among Tibeto-Burman peoples of Nepal."

Pakistan

• RADLOFF, Carla F., author. 1991. "Avenues of acquisition of Urdu proficiency for Hindko-speaking women of Hazara division (Pakistan)."
• RADLOFF, Carla F., author. 1991. Sentence Repetition Testing for Studies of Community Bilingualism.  

Philippines

• ELKINS, Richard E., author. 1977. "Bilingualism and the vernacular among linguistic minorities."
• QUAKENBUSH, J. Stephen, author. 1986. Language use and proficiency in a multilingual setting: a sociolinguistic survey of Agutaynen speakers in Palawan, Philippines.

Tajikistan

• ABBESS, Elisabeth; MÜLLER, Katja; PAUL, Daniel; TIESSEN, Calvin; TIESSEN, Gabriela, authors. 2005. "Language in community-oriented and contact-oriented domains: the case of the Shughni of Tajikistan."
• CLIFTON, John M., editor. 2005. Studies in languages of Tajikistan.

Thailand

• NAHHAS, Ramzi W., author. 2007. "Sociolinguistic survey of Mpi in Thailand."  

Pacific

Australia

• MARSH, James; SOMMER, Bruce A., authors. 1969. "Vernacular and English: Language comprehension by some North Queensland Aborigines."

Papua New Guinea

• CHATTERTON, P., author. 1968. "The language factor in territory education."