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Suprasegmentals

Index of SIL publications on Suprasegmentals listed by country.

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General works

• ANDERSEN, Francis I., author. 1994. "The poetic properties of prophetic discourse in the book of Micah."
• BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T., author. 1970. "Syntagmatic features or grammatical prosodies."
• BREND, Ruth M., editor. 1975. Studies in tone and intonation by members of the Summer Institute of Linguistics.
• EDMONDSON, Jerold A.; GREGERSON, Kenneth J., editors. 1993. Tonality in Austronesian languages.
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1967. An experimental study of some relations between the emotions and the prosodic parameters of speech.
• KROEGER, Paul R., author. 1997. Review of: The phonology-syntax connection, Sharon Inkelas and Draga Zec, editors.
• PECK, Charles W., author. 1971. "The placement of accent in English."  
• PIKE, Eunice V., author. 1974. "A multiple stress system versus a tone system."
• PIKE, Kenneth L., author. 1963. "The hierarchical and social matrix of suprasegmentals."
• REHG, Kenneth L., author. 1993. "Proto-Micronesian prosody."

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Cameroon

• ANDERSON, Stephen C., author. 1980. "An autosegmental account of Bamileke-Dschang tonology."

Côte d’Ivoire

• BEARTH, Thomas, author. 1968. "Étude instrumentale des tons du toura (Côte d’Ivoire)."
• BOLLI, Margrit, author. 1976. Étude prosodique du dan (Blossé).
• BRINNEMAN, Carol, author. 1975. "Morphotonologie du godié."
• MILLS, Elizabeth, author. 1984. Senoufo phonology, discourse to syllable (a prosodic approach).  
• THALMANN, Peter, author. 1978. "Tonèmes et règles tonales du krou tepo."

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• MORGAN, David, author. 1991. Vowel harmony, syllable structure and the causative extension in a Bantu language - Lobala: a government phonology account.
• MORGAN, David, author. 1993. "Vowel harmony, syllable structure, and the causative extension in Lobala: a government phonology account."

Ghana

• HUNT, Geoffrey R., author. 1988. Tone and stress analysis by computer.

Kenya

• KARAN, Mark E.; PIKE, Kenneth L., authors. 1984. "Notes on phonological grouping in Kalengin (Kenya) in relation to tone, intonation patterns, and vowel harmony."
• PILLINGER, Stephen, author. 1988. "Tone and accent in Rendille: a preliminary investigation."
• PILLINGER, Stephen, author. 1989. Accent, tone and prosodic structure in Rendille, with particular reference to the nominal system.

Mali

• OLSEN, Elizabeth, author. 1987. Some aspects of tonal accent in Dogon.

Nigeria

• BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T., author. 1966. "Grammatical prosodies??."
• BERGMAN, Richard, author. 1971. "Vowel sandhi and word division in Igede."
• HOSKISON, James, author. 1974. "Prosodies and verb stems in Gude."
• MOHRLANG, Roger, author. 1971. "Vectors, prosodies, and Higi vowels."
• THOMAS, Elaine, author. 1972. Marking tone in Engenni.

Togo

• NICOLE, Jacques, author. 1983. "Contribution a l’étude de faits prosodiques des unités phonologiques supérieures: Exemple d’analyse d’une conversation en nawdm."

Americas

Brazil

• BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T., author. 1963. "Stress in Terena."
• BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T., author. 1966. "Some prosodic features in Terena."
• BONTKES, Carolyn, author. 1988. "A prosódia silábica suruí."
• BULLER, Barbara; BULLER, Ernest; EVERETT, Daniel L., authors. 1993. "Stress placement, syllable structure, and minimality in Banawá."
• EVERETT, Daniel L., author. 1981. "Acentuação, tom e silabificação no pirahã."
• EVERETT, Daniel L., author. 1986. Ternarity and obligatory branching in Pirahã.
• EVERETT, Daniel L., author. 1988. "On metrical constituent structure in Pirahá phonology."
• EVERETT, Daniel L., author. 1995. "Sistemas prosódicos da família Arawá."

Canada

• STORY, Gillian L., author. 1989. "A report on the nature of Carrier pitch phenomena: with special reference to the verb prefix tonomechanics."

Colombia

• GERDEL, Florence L., author. 1983. "La palabra y la frase fonológica en páez con alusión especial al tono y al acento."
• GERDEL, Florence L., author. 1985. "Páez: Pitch and stress in the phonological word and phrase."  
• GRALOW, Frances L., author. 1985. "Coreguaje: Tone, stress and intonation."  
• KONDO, Riena W., author. 1985. "Guahibo: Long vowels and stress."  

Ecuador

• PIKE, Kenneth L., author. 1964. "Stress trains in Auca."

Guatemala

• COLLINS, Wesley M., author. 1979. An unlikely marriage: a merger of prosodic and phonemic analysis.

Mexico

• COWAN, George M., author. 1972. "Segmental features of Tepehua whistle speech."
• HAGBERG, Lawrence R., author. 1988. "Stress and length in Mayo."
• HOLLENBACH, Barbara E., author. 1985. "Vowel length in Copala Trique: An abstract laryngeal analysis."
• MUGELE, Robert L., author. 1982. Tone and ballistic syllable in Lalana Chinantec.
• ORAM, Joy; PIKE, Eunice V., authors. 1976. "Stress and tone in the phonology of Diuxi Mixtec."
• PICKETT, Velma B., author. 1951. "Nonphonemic stress: a problem in stress placement in Isthmus Zapotec."
• PIKE, Kenneth L., author. 1967. "Suprasegmentals in reference to phonemes of item, of process, and of relation."
• PIKE, Kenneth L., author. 1975. "Tests for prosodic features of pitch, quantity, stress."
• ROBINSON, Dow F., author. 1969. "Puebla (Sierra) Nahuat prosodies."  
• WALLIS, Ethel E., author. 1951. "Intonational stress patterns of contemporary Spanish."

Panama

• FORSTER, Keith; FORSTER, Wilma; PIKE, Eunice V., authors. 1986. "Fortis versus lenis consonants in the Paya dialect of Kuna."

Peru

• KINDBERG, Willard; PIKE, Kenneth L., authors. 1956. "A problem in multiple stresses."
• PARKER, Stephen G., author. 1989. "Un análisis métrico del acento en el piro."  
• PAYNE, David L., author. 1990. "Accent in Aguaruna."
• PAYNE, Judith K., author. 1991. "Los patrones de acentuación en el ashéninca."
• RUSSELL, Delores; RUSSELL, Robert L., authors. 1959. "Syntactotonemics in Amahuaca (Pano) = Sintatotonêmica no amawaka (pano)."

Suriname

• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1968. "Relations between prosodic variables and emotions in normal American English utterances."
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1968. "Two functions of the prosodies in speech."
• ROUNTREE, S. Catherine, author. 1972. "Saramaccan tone in relation to intonation and grammar."

United States

• FRANTZ, Donald G., author. 1972. "The origin of Cheyenne pitch accent."
• GORDON, Raymond G., author. 1972. "Pitch accent in Crow."
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1967. Some relations between emotions and the prosodic parameters of speech.
• LEMAN, Wayne E., author. 1981. "Cheyenne pitch rules."

Asia

Bhutan

• WATTERS, Stephen, author. 1996. A preliminary study of prosody in Dzongkha.

China

• WANNEMACHER, Mark, author. 1996. Aspects of Zaiwa prosody: an autosegmental account.
• WANNEMACHER, Mark, author. 1998. Aspects of Zaiwa Prosody.  

India

• PITTMAN, Richard S., author. 1971. "Tense versus lax word-base prosodies as manifested in Tamil retroflexion versus Hindi aspiration."

Indonesia

• LAIDIG, Carol J., author. 1992. "Segments, syllables, and stress in Larike."

Malaysia

• RENSCH, Calvin R., author. 2006. "Rhythm in Bidayuh."  
• RENSCH, Calvin R., author. 2008. "Rhythm in Bidayuh."

Myanmar

• WANNEMACHER, Mark, author. 1996. Aspects of Zaiwa prosody: an autosegmental account.
• WANNEMACHER, Mark, author. 1998. Aspects of Zaiwa Prosody.  

Nepal

• BIERI, Dora; SCHULZE, Marlene, authors. 1970. "Sunwar segmental synopsis."
• BIERI, Dora; SCHULZE, Marlene, authors. 1970. "Sunwar tone and higher levels."
• CAUGHLEY, Ross C., author. 1970. "Chepang segmental synopsis."
• CAUGHLEY, Ross C., author. 1970. "Pitch, intensity, and higher levels in Chepang."
• GLOVER, Warren W., author. 1970. "Gurung segmental synopsis."
• GORDON, Kent; SCHÖTTELNDREYER, Burkhard, authors. 1970. "Sherpa segmental synopsis."
• HALE, Austin, author. 1969. Review of: Untersuchungen über Akzent und Intonation im Deutschen , by the Akademie der Wissenschaften (Studia Grammatica VII), Berlin. Arbeitsstelle Strukturelle Grammatik.
• HALE, Austin, author. 1970. "Newari higher levels."
• HALE, Austin, author. 1970. "Newari segmental synopsis."
• HARI, Anna Maria, author. 1970. "Thakali segmental synopsis."
• HARI, Anna Maria, author. 1970. "Thakali tone and higher levels."
• HARI, Anna Maria, author. 1970. A guide to Tamang tone.
• HARI, Anna Maria, author. 1971. A guide to Thakali tone.
• HARI, Anna Maria; PIKE, Kenneth L.; TAYLOR, Doreen, authors. 1970. "Tamang tone and higher levels."
• PITTMAN, Richard S., author. 1970. "Gurung, Tamang, Thakali, Sherpa, and Chepang prosodies."
• TAYLOR, Doreen, author. 1970. "Tamang segmental synopsis."

Philippines

• FETZER, Anne; SHETLER, Joanne, authors. 1964. "The obscuring of word accent in Balangao."
• GONZALEZ, Andrew B., author. 1981. "Tagalog accent revisited: Some preliminary notes."
• MEIKLEJOHN, Kathleen; MEIKLEJOHN, Percy, authors. 1958. "Accentuation in Sarangani Manobo."

Thailand

• BENNETT, J. Fraser, author. 1995. Metrical foot structure in Thai and Kayah Li: Optimality-theoretic studies in the prosody of two southeast Asian languages.

Viet Nam

• GREGERSON, Kenneth J., author. 1976. "Tongue-root and register in Mon-Khmer."
• MILLER, John D., author. 1961. "Word tone recognition in Vietnamese whispered speech."

Pacific

Australia

• HERSHBERGER, Henry D.; PIKE, Eunice V., authors. 1970. "Stress as related to the grammar of Gugu-Yalanji."
• HORE, Michael, author. 1981. Syllable length and stress in Nunggubuyu.
• SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1976. "Interpenetration of stress and pitch in Wik-Munkan grammar and phonology."
• SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1976. "The relevance of stress and pitch in the grammatical hierarchy of Wik-Mungkan (Wik-Munkan)."
• SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1977. Prosodies in some Aboriginal languages.  
• SHARPE, Margaret C., author. 1970. "Voice quality: a suggested framework for description and some observations."

Papua New Guinea

• HUISMAN, Ronald D.; LLOYD, J. A., authors. 1981. "Angaatɨha tone, stress, and length."
• PIKE, Kenneth L.; SCOTT, Graham K., authors. 1963. "Pitch accent and non-accented phrases in Fore (New Guinea)."
• PILCH, Herbert, author. 1970. "Pike and Scott’s analysis of Fore suprasegmentals."