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Communication

Index of SIL publications on Communication listed by country.

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General works

• Blackburn, Perry L. 2007. The code model of communication: a powerful metaphor in linguistic metatheory.  
• Blackburn, Perry Louis. 1999. The code model of communication: a powerful metaphor in linguistic metatheory.
• Cooper, Russell E. 2000. "What linguistics consultants need to know, but don’t always have at their fingertips."
• Eade, Fred. 1994. "Lobis, lasers and literacy."
• Eppler, Darrel and Theodore Goller. 1993. "Transparent page design: Letting the message show through."
• Errington, Ellen. 2003. Review of: Different games, different rules: why Americans and Japanese misunderstand each other, by Haru Yamada.  
• Franklin, Karl. 2005. "Special strategies for small language groups: part 1: rethinking stories."
• Grimes, Barbara F. 1992. "From every language."
• Grimes, Joseph E. 1993. "Widening circles of communication."
• Gutt, Ernst-August. 1992. Relevance theory: a guide to successful communication in translation.  
• Gutt, Ernst-August. 1998. "Audience expectations."
• Gutt, Ernst-August. 2003. "Relevance theory: a guide to successful communication in translation."
• Hansford, Gillian F. 1995. Review of: Feminism and linguistic theory, by Deborah Cameron.
• Hardin, Karol. 1998. Review of: The discourse of classified advertising: exploring the nature of linguistic simplicity, by Paul Bruthiaux.
• Headland, Thomas N. 1996. "Missionaries and social justice: Are they part of the problem or part of the solution?."
• Hill, Harriet S. 2006. The Bible at cultural crossroads: from translation to communication.
• Kennicutt, Wally and Richard S. Pittman. 1993. The old lamplighters.
• Kim, Young Hee Byun. 1996. Muncahwa ka kwuesahoy pyentong ey michinun yenghyang ey kwanhan yenkwu—"Sengkyeng" maychey lul cwungsim ulo—".
• Lee, Richard H. C. 1996. Review of: Talking from 9 to 5: How women’s and men’s conversational styles affect who gets heard, who gets credit and what gets done at work, by Deborah Tannen.
• Lindenfeld, Jacqueline. 1996. "Cognitive aspects of verbal interaction."
• Mann, William C. 1995. "Cross-language text adaptation: Understanding language differences and their consequences."
• Mayers, Marvin K. 1978. The basic values: an introductory manual.
• Mayers, Marvin K. 1979. The basic values: a model of cognitive styles for analyzing human behavior.
• Meyer, Jim. 1997. "What is literature? A definition based on prototypes."  
• Moore, Mark. 1999. Review of: SALSA V: proceedings of the Fifth Annual Symposium About Language and Society, by Mani Chandrika Chalasani, Jennifer A. Grocer and Peter C. Haney, editors.
• Payne, Doris. 1990. Review of: Discourse and communication: new approaches to the analysis of mass media discourse and communication, Teun A. van Dijk, editor.
• Peck, Charles W. 1991. Review of: You just don’t understand: women and men in conversation, by Deborah Tannen.
• Pike, Kenneth L. 1971. "The language of Scripture."
• Ray, Michael. 1995. "Team development in SIL."
• Remijsen, Bert. 1998. Review of: English for academic purposes: a guide and resource book for teachers, by R. R. Jordan.
• Rountree, S. Catherine. 2001. Testing scripture translations for comprehension.
• Seyer, Linda. 1999. Review of: The politics of writing, by Romy Clark and Roz Ivanic.
• Spaulding, Patricia. 1994. Review of: The word at work from A to Z, by Marion van Horne.
• Thomas, David D. 2000. "On consulting."
• Thomas, Paul. 1998. Review of: French correspondence, by Natalie Pomier.
• Townsend, Cameron and others. 1994. Bridge builders.
• Tuggy, John C. 1998. "The importance of face-to-face interaction in a consultant check."
• Varley, Fiona. 1997. "Gender in primers."
• Warren-Rothlin, Andy. 2007. "Politeness strategies in Biblical Hebrew and West African languages."  
• Weber, David J. 2005. "A tale of two translation theories."  
• Wendland, Ernst R. 1993. "Duplicating the dynamics of oral discourse in print."
• Wendland, Ernst R. 1993. "On preparing a reader-friendly format, with emphasis on section headings."

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Cameroon

• Davis, Daniel. 1991. "The use of pictures in literacy materials: An investigation into the processing of visual information in preliterate societies."

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Harrison, Annette Renée. 2008. Directives in Lingala: participation and subjectivity in a Congolese women's church group.

Nigeria

• 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.  

Tanzania

• Stegen, Oliver. 2006. Lexical density in oral versus written Rangi texts.  

Americas

Brazil

• Murphy, Isabel I. 1997. "Kayapó kinship and two-way radios."

Guatemala

• Lewis, M. Paul, Manuel Peliz Pacajoj, and Reginald Willems. 1989. "El uso de kʼicheʼ en las radiodifusiones."

Asia

Thailand

• Solot Sirisai. 2007. "Turn taking management techniques used by Thai TV interviewers."
• Umaporn Sungkaman. 2007. "Backchannel response in Mon conversation."

Viet Nam

• Sophana Srichampa. 2004. "Politeness strategies in Hanoi Vietnamese speech."  
• Sophana Srichampa. 2007. "Vietnamese propaganda reflections from 1945-2000."

Pacific

Papua New Guinea

• Franklin, Karl J. 1995. "Advertisements and values: Observations from Wantok newspaper."
• Piniau, S. 1975. "The Pidgin language and publications in Papua New Guinea."