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Language typology

Index of SIL publications on Language typology listed by country.

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General works

• WISE, Mary Ruth, author. 1992. "Language typology in relation to narrative texts of indigenous languages of Latin America."  

Works specific to particular countries

Americas

Brazil

• DERBYSHIRE, Desmond C., author. 1977. "Word order universals and the existence of OVS languages."
• DERBYSHIRE, Desmond C., author. 1979. A diachronic explanation for the origin of OVS in some Carib languages.
• DERBYSHIRE, Desmond C.; PULLUM, Geoffrey K., authors. 1979. Object-initial languages.

Mexico

• LONGACRE, Robert E., author. 1982. "Discourse typology in relation to language typology."