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Language description

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General works

• OLSON, Kenneth S.; WILLIAMSON, Kay, authors. 2007. "Languages: Niger-Congo."
• PAYNE, Thomas E., author. 1995. Reference grammars.
• PAYNE, Thomas E., author. 2006. "A grammar as a communicative act, or What does a grammatical description really describe?."
• PAYNE, Thomas E.; WEBER, David J., editors. 2006. Perspectives on grammar writing [issue title].
• WEBER, David J., author. 2000. e.g..  
• WEBER, David J., author. 2006. "The linguistic example."
• WEBER, David J., author. 2006. "Thoughts on growing a grammar."
• WISE, Mary Ruth, author. 2009. Review of: The Dravidian languages, by Bhadriraju Krishnamurti.  

Works specific to particular countries

Americas

Mexico

• CASAD, Eugene H., author. 2001. "Cora: a no longer unknown Southern Uto-Aztecan language."
• HAGBERG, Lawrence R.; MOCTEZUMA ZAMARRÓN, José Luis, authors. 2001. "Investigaciones sobre la lengua mayo."
• HOLLENBACH, Barbara E., author. 1996. Mexico Branch popular grammar workshop.
• MARLETT, Stephen A., author. 2000. "Why the Seri language is important and interesting."  
• WILLETT, Thomas L., author. 2001. "Resumen de los estudios lingüísticos del tepehuan: norte y sur."

Peru

• BERGLI, Ågot, author. 2008. "Introducción."

Asia

Malaysia

• BOUTIN, Alanna Y.; BOUTIN, Michael E.; COMBRINK, Hans J. B.; SODERBERG, Craig, compilers. 2008. Indigenous groups of Sabah: an annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources. Part 1: author Index.  
• BOUTIN, Alanna Y.; BOUTIN, Michael E.; COMBRINK, Hans J. B.; SODERBERG, Craig, compilers. 2008. Indigenous groups of Sabah: an annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources. Part 2: ethnic group index; topical Index.  

Viet Nam

• EDMONDSON, Jerold A., author. 2010. "The Kháng language of Vietnam in comparison to Ksingmul (Xinh-mun)."