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Clauses

Index of SIL publications on Clauses listed by country.

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General works

• ANDERSEN, Francis I., author. 1994. "Salience, implicature, ambiguity, and redundancy in clause-clause relationships in Biblical Hebrew."
• BAILEY, Nicholas A., other. 2009. Thetic constructioins in Koine Greek with special attention to clauses with εἰμί ‘be’, γίνομαι ‘occur’, ἒρχομαι ‘come’, ἰδoʋ́/ἲδε ‘behold’, and complement clauses of ὁράω ‘see’.
• BARSHI, Immanuel; PAYNE, Doris L., authors. 1999. "External possession: what, where, how, and why."
• DIEHL, Lon, author. 1975. A new look at new nodes: scope of predication and surface structure parsing in natural language.
• HEALEY, Alan, author. 1984. "Split phrases and clauses in Greek."
• HEALEY, Alan; HEALEY, Phyllis M., authors; LONGACRE, Robert E.; SHALER, Dorothy J., editors. 1990. "Greek circumstantial participles: Tracking participants with participles in the Greek New Testament."  
• HWANG, Shin Ja J., author. 1995. "Purpose clauses in Korean and iconicity."
• HWANG, Shin Ja J., author. 1997. "Purpose clauses in English and Korean."
• NICOLLE, Steve, author. 2008. Review of: Real conditionals, by William G. Lycan and Mental spaces in grammar: conditional constructions, by Barbara Dancygier and Eve Sweetser.  
• OAKES, Perry J., author. 2010. Functional differences between the imperative-imperative construction and the imperative-‘weqtal’ construction in the direct speech of early Biblical Hebrew prose.
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1988. "Clause-efficient vs. paragraph-efficient languages."
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1991. "Communicatives, existives, and statives in proto-South-Bahnaric."
• WARREN, Andy, author. 1999. Review of: Clause structure and word order in Hebrew and Arabic: An essay in comparative Semitic syntax, by Ur Shlonsky.
• WATSON, Richard L., author. 1993. Review of: Infinitival complement clauses in English: a study of syntax in discourse, by Christian Mair.
• WERNER, John, author. 1985. "‘Hina’ result clauses."

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Cameroon

• PATMAN, Frankie, author. 1995. A functional account of syntactic similarities in nugunu.  

Central African Republic

• LOWE, Ivan; MURRELL, Paul, authors. 2010. "The semantics of three Mpyemo prepositions."  

Côte d’Ivoire

• PERSON, Ingrid, author. 1975. "Clauses in Loron."

Ghana

• BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T., author. 1965. "Problems in the analysis of sentences and clauses in Bimoba."
• HUNT, Geoffrey R., author. 1975. Towards an analysis of cause-effect relations.
• SCHAEFER, Nancy A., author. 1975. "Gurenne clause structure."

Kenya

• PAYNE, Doris L., author. 1997. "Argument structure and locus of affect in the Maasai external possession construction."

Nigeria

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

Sudan

• BUTH, Randall J., author. 1981. "Ergative word order--Luwo is OVS."
• PERSSON, Andrew M., author. 1981. "Clause types in Jur Mödö."

Tanzania

• EATON, Helen, author. 2010. A Sandawe grammar.  

Americas

Bolivia

• CAMP, Elizabeth L., author. 1983. "La cláusula como complemento de la acción en cavineña."
• CAMP, Elizabeth L.; LICCARDI, Millicent R., authors. 1983. Estudios sobre el idioma cavineña.

Brazil

• BUTLER, Nancy E., author. 2003. The multiple functions of the definite article in Terena.  
• DOOLEY, Robert A., author. 1977. "A constituent boundary marker in Guaraní."
• DOOLEY, Robert A., author. 2010. "Foreground and background in Mbyá Guaraní clause chaining."  
• HAM, Patricia, author. 1965. "Multilevel influence on Apinayé multidimensional clause structure."
• HODSDON, Cathy Ann, author. 1976. "Análise de cláusulas semânticas na língua makúsi."  
• HUESTIS, George, author. 1963. "Borôro clause structure."

Canada

• FRANTZ, Donald G., author. 1978. "Copying from complements in Blackfoot."

Colombia

• PIERSON, Ellen Jean, author. 1980. "Formas de destacar información en las narrativas del puinave."  

Ecuador

• ORR, Carolyn, author. 1962. "Ecuador Quichua clause structure."  
• WILKENDORF, Patricia, author. 1988. "Waorani clause formulas."

Guatemala

• ELLIOTT, Raymond, author. 1960. "Ixil clause structure."  

Mexico

• AUSTIN, Jeanne; PICKETT, Velma B., authors. 1974. Popoloca clause and sentence.  
• EARL, Robert, author. 1968. "Rincon Zapotec clauses."
• FARRELL, Patrick; MARLETT, Stephen A.; PERLMUTTER, David M., authors. 1991. "Notions of subjecthood and switch reference: evidence from Seri."
• HOOGSHAGEN, Searle, author. 1974. Estructura de la cláusula en mixe de Coatlán.  
• LANIER, Nancy, author. 1968. "Three structural layers in Mezquital Otomí clauses."
• LONGACRE, Robert E.; WILLIAMS, Ann F., authors. 1967. "Popoloca clause types."
• LYON, Shirley, author. 1967. "Tlahuitoltepec Mixe clause structure."
• MACHIN, Polly, author. 1980. The clause of Northern Popoloca.  
• MARLETT, Stephen A., author. 1985. Some aspects of Zapotecan clausal syntax.
• MARLETT, Stephen A., author. 1987. Extraction from complement clauses in Koine Greek.
• MERRIFIELD, William R.; STOUDT, Betty, authors. 1967. "Molinos Mixtec clause structure."
• PIKE, Evelyn G., author. 2001. "The amplification clause root in San Miguel El Grande Mixtec."
• ROBINSON, Dow F.; SISCHO, William R., authors. 1969. "Michoacán (Pómaro) Nahual clause structure."  
• SCHOENHALS, Alvin, author. 1979. "Totontepec Mixe stage and event clauses."
• SLOCUM, Marianna C., author. 1980. A sketch of Bachajon Tzeltal clause and sentence structure.  
• WARKENTIN, Viola M.; WHITTAKER, Arabelle A., authors. 1970. "Tumbalá Chol clause structure."
• WILLETT, Thomas L., author. 1980. Clause types in Southeastern Tepehuan.

Peru

• ANDERSON, Lambert, author. 1966. "The structure and distribution of Ticuna independent clauses."
• ANDERSON, Loretta; WISE, Mary Ruth, authors. 1963. "Contrastive features of Candoshi clause types."  
• BURTCH, Bryan; WISE, Mary Ruth, authors. 1968. "Murui (Witotoan) clause structures."
• CHÁVEZ, Margarethe S., author. 1997. The functional load of an interclausal reference system: an Amahuaca example.
• CHÁVEZ, Margarethe S., author. 2005. "La referencia entre cláusulas en el amahuaca."
• CROMACK, Robert E., author. 1975. "La forma de las cláusulas en la lengua cashinahua (pano)."  
• FAUST, Norma, author. 1971. "Cocama clause types."  
• KINDBERG, Willard, author. 1976. "Simil y otras expresiones figurativas en el campa ashaninca."  
• LARSON, Mildred L., author. 1963. "Emic classes which manifest the obligatory tagmemes in major independent clause types of Aguaruna (Jivaro)."  
• MONTAG, Richard, author. 2005. Participant referencing in Cashinahua.  
• SMITH, Terrence, author. 1998. "Observaciones sobre el Quechua de Panao: funciones discursivas de las cláusulas dependientes."
• SNELL, Betty E.; WISE, Mary Ruth, authors. 1963. "Noncontingent declarative clauses in Machiguenga (Arawak)."  
• STEWART, Anne M., author. 1982. Complexity and constituent order in Matihuaca (Huanuco) Quechua.
• TRIPP, Robert, author. 1976. "Las relaciones señaladas por '-po' y 'nõk' en Amarakaeri."  
• WROUGHTON, James F., author. 1988. Major clause constituents of Conchucos (Ancash) Quechua.  

Saint Lucia

• FRANK, David B., author. 1992. Clause versus sentence in St. Lucian French Creole: a paper presented at the Ninth Biennial Conference of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics, held in Cave Hill, Barbados, in August, 1992.

Venezuela

• PAYNE, Doris L., author. 2006. "A contrastive study of Panare oral and written narratives."

Asia

Cambodia

• AMARA Prasithrathsint; NATCHANAN Yaowapat, authors. 2009. "A typology of relative clauses in Mainland Southeast Asian languages."  

China

• NDAXIT Atqi; WALTERS, Susan G., authors. 2005. Existential clauses in Nosu Yi.

India

• AZE, Richard, author. 1973. "Clause patterns in Parengi-Gorum."  
• CHRISTMAS, J. Elisabeth; CHRISTMAS, Raymond B., authors. 1973. "Clause patterns in Kupia."  
• GUSTAFSSON, Uwe, author. 1973. "Clause patterns in Kotia Oriya."  
• MCNAIR, Helen; MCNAIR, Norman, authors. 1973. "Clause patterns in Kolami."  

Indonesia

• MARYOTT, Kenneth R., author. 1998. "On the evolution of the clause analysis of Sangir."
• OGURI, Hiroko, author. 1985. "Isirawa clauses."
• SUDARYANTO, author. 1976. "Types of Javanese action clause root: a preliminary study of the Javanese clause."
• WESTRUM, Peter N., author. 1976. "Preliminary analysis of Berik clause and clause root types."
• WILDEN, Jelly van der, author. 1976. "Some interclausal relations in Kemtuk."

Laos

• AMARA Prasithrathsint; NATCHANAN Yaowapat, authors. 2009. "A typology of relative clauses in Mainland Southeast Asian languages."  
• DAVIS, John J., author. 1973. "Notes on Nyaheun grammar."  

Malaysia

• BOUTIN, Michael E., author. 1988. "Banggi clause structures."
• BREWIS, Richard; LEVINSOHN, Stephen H., authors. 1991. "Topic and emphasis in Timugon Murut."
• KING, John Wayne, author. 1988. "Tombonuo clauses."
• PEKKANEN, Inka, author. 1988. "Clause types in Tatanaʼ."
• SPITZACK, John A., author. 1988. "Kalabuan clauses."

Nepal

• GORDON, Kent, author. 1973. "Clause patterns in Dhangar-Kurux."  
• HALE, Austin, editor. 1975. Collected papers on Sherpa, Jirel.
• HALE, Austin; SHRESTHA, Kedar P., authors. 1999. "On the senses of the Newar conjunctive participle: -a."
• HOLZHAUSEN, Anna, author. 1973. "Kulunge Rai clause types."
• SCHÖTTELNDREYER, Burkhard, author. 1975. "Clause patterns in Sherpa."
• STRAHM, Esther, author. 1975. "Clause patterns in Jirel."
• VESALAINEN, Marja; VESALAINEN, Olavi, authors. 1980. Clause patterns in Lhomi.
• WATTERS, David E., author. 1973. "Clause patterns in Kham."  
• WATTERS, David E., author. 2008. "The semantics of clause linking in Kham."
• WILLIAMS, Jennifer, author. 1973. "Clause patterns in Maithili."  

Philippines

• ALLEN, Janet L., author. 2003. "Operators and clause structure in Kankanaey."
• BARNARD, Myra Lou, author. 1967. "Dibabawon nonverbal clauses."
• BLACKBURN, Barbara; MCLACHLIN, Betty, authors. 1968. "Verbal clauses of Sarangani Bilaan."
• BRAINARD, Sherri, author. 1997. "Ergativity and grammatical relations in Karao."
• DRAKE, Kristi, author. 2001. "A brief look at Sinama basic verbs and clause structures."  
• ELGINCOLIN, Priscilla R.; GOSCHNICK, Hella E., authors. 1979. "Interclausal relationships in Tina Sambal."  
• FORSTER, Jannette, author. 1964. "Dual structure of Dibabawon verbal clauses."
• HARTUNG, Patricia M., author. 1975. "Clause-modifying particles in Ata Manobo."
• KROEGER, Paul R., author. 1998. "Clitics and clause structure in Tagalog."
• MILLER, Jeanne, author. 1969. "Nonverbal clauses in Mamanwa."
• NEWELL, Leonard E., author. 1964. "Independent clause types of Batad Ifugao."
• PEBLEY, Carol Jean, author. 1999. "A sketch of Kagayanen clause structures."  
• SHETLER, Joanne, author. 1968. "Balangao nonverbal clause nuclei."

Taiwan

• CHEN, Chihsin; HSIEH, Fuhui, authors. 2006. "Nominalization and relativization constructions in Kavalan revisited."  

Thailand

• AMARA Prasithrathsint; NATCHANAN Yaowapat, authors. 2009. "A typology of relative clauses in Mainland Southeast Asian languages."  
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1983. "Batteries of location clauses in English."

Turkey

• WATTERS, James K., author. 1987. An investigation of Turkish clause linkage.
• WATTERS, James K., author. 1993. "An investigation of Turkish clause linkage."

Viet Nam

• AMARA Prasithrathsint; NATCHANAN Yaowapat, authors. 2009. "A typology of relative clauses in Mainland Southeast Asian languages."  
• BANKER, John E., author. 1964. "Transformational paradigms of Bahnar clauses."  
• BLOOD, Evangeline, author. 1965. "Clause and sentence types in Mnong Rolom."
• BURTON, Eva, author. 1966. "A brief sketch of Cua clause structure."
• GOSCHNICK, Hella E., author. 1977. "Haroi clauses."
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1989. "Some Proto-Bahnaric clause grammar."  
• WATSON, Richard L., author. 1966. "Clause and sentence gradations in Pacoh."

Europe

Turkey

• WATTERS, James K., author. 1987. An investigation of Turkish clause linkage.
• WATTERS, James K., author. 1993. "An investigation of Turkish clause linkage."

Pacific

Australia

• GARNER, Mark; GLASGOW, Kathleen B., authors. 1980. "Clause-level tagmemes of Burarra."
• HALE, Kenneth, author. 1982. Some essential features of Warlpiri verbal clauses.
• HERSHBERGER, Ruth, author. 1964. "A tentative grammatical statement of the simple clause in Gugu-Yalanji."
• HERSHBERGER, Ruth, author. 1979. Clause types in Gugu-Yalanji.
• HUGHES, Earl J.; LEEDING, Velma J., authors. 1971. "A tentative description of Nunggubuyu clauses."
• KENNEDY, Rodney J., author. 1985. "Clauses in Kala Lagaw Ya."
• STREET, Chester S., author. 1980. "The relationship of verb affixation and clause structure in Murinbata."
• SWARTZ, Stephen M., author. 1982. Syntactic structure of Warlpiri clauses.

Micronesia

• GOOD, Elaine M., author. 1985. Clause-final determiners in Kosraean.
• GOOD, Elaine M., author. 1990. "Determiners and reference in clauses."

Papua New Guinea

• Anonymous. 1967. Review of: Telefol clause structure, by Phyllis M. Healey.
• BEAUMONT, John R.; BEAUMONT, Margaret, authors. 1975. Iamalele clause types and structure.  
• DAVIS, Donald R., author. 1964. Wantoat clauses.  
• FARR, Cynthia J., author. 1993. "The switch reference clause chaining phenomenon from a Korafe perspective."
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1965. "Kewa clause markers."
• HEALEY, Alan; PARLIER, James, authors. Available: 2008; Created: 1978. Managalasi nominals.  
• HEALEY, Joan, author. Available: 2008; Created: 1967. An introduction to Manga Buang clauses.  
• HEALEY, Phyllis M., author. 1965. "Telefol clause structure."
• HOTZ, Joyce M.; STRINGER, Mary D., authors. Available: 2005; Created: 1971-11. Waffa syntax-clauses.  
• KLEEF, Sjaak van, author. 1989. "Tail-head linkage in Siroi."  
• KOOYERS, Orneal, author. 1975. "Hierarchy of Washkuk (Kwoma) clauses."
• LAWRENCE, Marshall, author. 1971. "Oksapmin clause structure."  
• LITHGOW, David, author. Available: 2007; Created: 1969. Muyuw clause types and structure.  
• MCCARTHY, Joy, author. 1965. "Clause chaining in Kanite."
• PARRINGTON, Douglas; PARRINGTON, Margaret, authors. Available: 2009; Created: 1974-04. Notu-Ewage clauses.  
• ROSS, Malcolm, author. 1993. "Describing interclausal relations in Takia."
• SCORZA, David P., author. Available: 2008; Created: 1976-11. Au language word, phrase, clause.  
• SPEECE, Richard F., author. 1989. Redundant clauses in Angave narratives.
• STAALSEN, Philip, author. 1972. "Clause relationships in Iatmul."
• THURMAN, Robert C., author. 1979. Interclausal relationships in Chuave.