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Particles

Index of SIL publications on Particles listed by country.

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General works

• CALLOW, Kathleen, author. 1992. "The disappearing Δε in 1 Corinthians."
• HOHULIN, E. Lou, author. 2005. Review of: Prepositions and particles in English: a discourse-functional account, by Elizabeth M. O'Dowd.  
• LITHGOW, David, author. 1973. New Testament usage of the function words gar and ei.
• LONGACRE, Robert E., author. 1976. "'Mystery' particles and affixes."
• SIM, Margaret G., author. 2006. A relevance theoretic approach to the particle ἵνα in Koine Greek.  

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Benin

• BRÜCKNER, Kathrin, author. 1987. "The particle of contrast maa in Waama."

Burkina Faso

• BLASS, Regina, author. 1989. "Baa in Sissala—truth-conditonal or non—truth-conditonal particle?."

Côte d’Ivoire

• EGNER, Inge, author. 1989. "The role of topos in the use of a Wobe particle."
• EGNER, Inge, author. 1993. The role of contextual assumptions in WH-questions containing the particle ‘mɔ’ in Wɛɛ (Kru).
• THALMANN, Peter, author. 1979. "A propos des particles nɩ²/nɩ² en kroumen tépo."

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• MORGAN, David, author. 1994. "Semantic constraints on relevance in Lobala discourse."

Ethiopia

• NICOLLE, Steve, author. 2000. "Markers of general interpretive use in Amharic and Swahili."

Kenya

• NICOLLE, Steve, author. 2000. "Markers of general interpretive use in Amharic and Swahili."

Americas

Bolivia

• NEWTON, Dennis, author. 1992. "The function of time words in Guarayu."  

Brazil

• BONTKES, Willem; DOOLEY, Robert A., authors. 1985. "Verification particles in Suruí."  
• DERBYSHIRE, Desmond C., author. 1976. Translation problems arising from the speaker’s attitude or relationship to the events he narrates.
• DOOLEY, Robert A., author. 1990. "The positioning of non-pronominal clitics and particles in lowland South American languages."
• GROTH, Christa, author. 1988. "Prominencia, evaluación y el uso de la partícula ‘tso’ en el discurso canamari."
• STUTE, Horst, author. 1985. "Os auxiliares dinâmicos da língua gavião."  

Colombia

• WEST, Birdie, author. 1986. "The adversative particle in Tucano discourse."  

Mexico

• CASAD, Eugene H., author. 1992. "Cognition, history and Cora ‘yee’."
• RUPP, James E., author. 1987. The multipurpose Chinantec word ‘ja’.  

Peru

• PARKER, Stephen G., author. 1998. Notes on determiners in Chamicuro.

Suriname

• BOSCH, A. L., author. 1985. "Werkwoordsvormen en zinsinleidende partikels in Sarnami verhalen."
• HOFF, Berend J., author. 1990. "The non-modal particles of the Carib language of Surinam and their influence on constituent order."

Asia

India

• JOSEPH, Selvi, author. 1990. "Mystery particles in Dhurwa."
• MORTON, Beth, author. 1978. "Parji conversational strategies and performative particles."  

Indonesia

• BATEMAN, Janet, author. 1990. "Pragmatic functions of the tone morphemes on illocutionary force particles in Iau."
• REIMER, Martha, author. 1985. "The functions of ‘oun’ in the Gospel of John."
• WESTRUM, Peter N., author. 1987. "The Berik particle ‘ga’."

Laos

• RISCHEL, Jørgen, author. 2006. "The "definite article" in Mlabri."  

Myanmar

• HOPPLE, Paulette, author. 2002. Topicalization in Burmese expository discourse.  
• HOPPLE, Paulette, author. 2003. The structure of nominalization in Burmese.  
• JENNY, Mathias, author. 2006. "Mon 'raʔ' and 'noŋ': assertive particles?."  

Nepal

• HALE, Austin; HUGONIOT, Richard D., authors. 1973. "Contra-expectancy particles in Tharu Bhojpuri."  

Philippines

• ALLEN, Janet L., author. 1978. "Kankanaey adjuncts."  
• BRICHOUX, Felicia, author. 1992. "Particles: road signs along the highway through a Central Subanen narrative."
• ELKINS, Richard E., author. 1970. "Entailment rules for modal particles in Western Bukidnon Manobo."
• WALROD, Michael R., author. 2006. The marker is the message: the influence of discourse markers and particles on textual meaning.  

Thailand

• PERSON, Kirk R., author. 2000. Sentence final particles in Bisu narrative.
• RISCHEL, Jørgen, author. 2006. "The "definite article" in Mlabri."  

Viet Nam

• BLOOD, Doris E., author. 1977. "Clause and sentence final particles in Cham."

Pacific

Australia

• GRABER, Philip L., author. 1987. The Kriol particle na.
• LAUGHREN, Mary, author. 1982. A preliminary description of propositional particles in Warlpiri.

Papua New Guinea

• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1980. "The particles ‘i’ and ‘na’ in Tok Pisin."  
• SANDERS, Arden G.; SANDERS, Joy, authors. Available: 2005; Created: 1994-03-12. Kamasau language pesky particles.  

Solomon Islands

• SIMONS, Linda, author. 1985. "Malaitan influence on two grammatical particles in Solomon Islands Pijin."