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Sentence structure

Index of SIL publications on Sentence structure listed by country.

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General works

• LONGACRE, Robert E., author. 1985. "Sentences as combinations of clauses."
• PAYNE, Thomas E., author. 1996. Review of: Perspectives on sentence processing, Charles Clifton, Lyn Frazier and Keith Rayner, editors.
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1972. Comments on sentences, propositions and Notes on Translation 37.

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Cameroon

• PERRIN, Mona, author. 1994. "Rheme and focus in Mambila."
• SPREDA, Klaus W., author. 1986. Tonologie des Metta (Western Grassfields): Eine autosegmentale Beschreibung des einfachen unabhängigen Satzes.

Côte d’Ivoire

• EGNER, Inge; HOFER, Verena, authors. 1978. "Information marquée dans la proposition wobé."

Sudan

• CALLINAN, Lynne, author. 1984. "Sentence constructions in Avokaya."

Americas

Brazil

• BONTKES, Willem, author. 1988. "As orações suruí."
• DERBYSHIRE, Desmond C., author. 1961. "Hishkaryana (Carib) syntax structure: II phrase, sentence."
• GREEN, Harold G.; WISE, Mary Ruth, authors. 1971. "Compound propositions and surface structure sentences in Palikur (Arawakan)."
• LANDIN, David J., author. 1980. An outline of the syntactic structure of Karitiana sentences.
• RICHARDS, Joan, author. 1977. "Orações em waurá."  
• STOUT, Mickey; THOMSON, Ruth, authors. 1974. "Elementos proposicionais em orações Kayapó."  

Colombia

• KLUMPP, Deloris A., author. 1985. "La oración simple en piapoco."  
• LEVINSOHN, Stephen H., author; MAFFLA B., Alonso; PABÓN D., Lino Ramiro, translators. 1976. "Perspectiva de la oración funcional en inga."  
• SMITH, Richard D., author. 1977. "Southern Barasano sentence structure."  
• WALLER, John, author; ARBELÁEZ G., Jorge; MONTES U., Bernando, translators. 1974. "Niveles de proposición y oración en guayabero."  

Mexico

• BOWER, Bethel; ERICKSON, Barbara, authors. 1967. "Tepehua sentences."
• LONGACRE, Robert E., author. 1966. "Trique clause and sentence: a study in contrast, variation and distribution."
• MACHIN, Polly, author. 1980. The sentence of Northern Popoloca.  
• WATERHOUSE, Viola G., author. 1963. "Independent and dependent sentences."

Panama

• ANDERSON, Joanne; KOONTZ, Carol, authors. 1975. "Los elementos verbales y la oración en teribe."
• GUNN, Robert D., author. 1975. "La oración sencilla en bokotá."
• KOPESEC, Michael F., author. 1975. "Los elementos verbales y sustantivos y la oración en guaymí."

Peru

• DUFF, Martha, author. 1959. "Amuesha (Arawak) syntax I: Simple sentence types = Sintaxe amuexa (Arawak) I: sentenças do tipo simples."
• GREEN, Harold G.; WISE, Mary Ruth, authors. 1971. "Compound propositions and surface structure sentences in Palikur (Arawakan)."
• KINDBERG, Lee D., author. 1961. "Independent and dependent sentence types in Campa (Arawak)."
• MANUS, Phyllis, author. 1992. "Proposiciones de desarrollo y de apoyo y su expresión en las oraciones del urarina."

Saint Lucia

• FRANK, David B., author. 1992. Clause versus sentence in St. Lucian French Creole: a paper presented at the Ninth Biennial Conference of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics, held in Cave Hill, Barbados, in August, 1992.

Suriname

• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1973. "On distinguishing clause and sentence."

United States

• EDGERTON, Faye, author. 1963. "The tagmemic analysis of sentence structure in Western Apache."
• SWARTZ, Stephen M., author. 1974. Some Choctaw sentence structures.

Asia

India

• CHRISTMAS, J. Elisabeth; CHRISTMAS, Raymond B., authors. 1973. "Sentence patterns in Kupia."  
• WOODS, Frances M., author. 1973. "Sentence patterns in Halbi."  

Indonesia

• GREGERSON, Kenneth J., author. 1976. "On communication acts."
• MARYOTT, Kenneth R., author. 1979. "The sentence in Sangihé."  

Malaysia

• BREWIS, Richard, author. 1988. "A sketch of Timugon Murut sentence structures."
• HURLBUT, Hope M., author. 1990. "Sentence types in Eastern Kadazan."  

Nepal

• DAVIS, Alice I., author. 1973. "Maithili sentences."  
• EVERITT, Fay, author. 1973. "Sentence patterns in Tamang."  
• HALE, Austin; SHRESTHA, Kedar P., authors. 2003. "Three Newar sentence finals seen in context."
• HARI, Anna Maria, author. 1973. "Tentative systemic organization of Nepali sentences."  

Philippines

• BARNARD, Myra Lou; FORSTER, Jannette, authors. 1954. "Introduction to Dibabaon sentence structure."
• DAWSON, Barbara J., author. 1976. "Ilianen Manobo sentence structure."
• ELKINS, Richard E., author. 1971. "Western Bukidnon Manobo sentence structure."
• HALL, William C., author. 1973. "An outline of Siocon Subanon sentence structure."
• MARYOTT, Kenneth R., author. 1979. "The sentence in Sangihé."  
• MAYFIELD, Roy, author. 1972. "Agta sentence structure."
• WALTON, Charles, author. 1997. "The uses of pseudo-cleft sentences in Sama narrative discourse."
• WALTON, Janice R., author. 1975. Binongan Itneg sentences.

Thailand

• THOMAS, David D., author. 1974. Batteries at other ranks.

Viet Nam

• COHEN, Nancy H., author. 1976. "Some interclausal relations in Jeh."  

Pacific

Australia

• FURBY, Christine E.; FURBY, Edward S., authors. 1977. "Some Garawa sentence types."
• GLASGOW, Kathleen B., author. 1988. "The structure and system of Burarra sentences."
• GLASS, Amee, author. 1983. Ngaanyatjarra sentences.
• HERSHBERGER, Ruth, author. 1970. "Sentence types in Gugu-Yalanji."

Papua New Guinea

• Anonymous. 1974. Review of: Levels and chaining in Telefol sentences, by Phyllis M. Healey.
• DAVIES, H. John, author. 1981. "The syntax of the simple sentence in Kobon."
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1967. "Kewa sentence structure."
• FRANTZ, Chester I., author. 1976. Gadsup sentence structure.  
• HEALEY, Alan, editor. 1973. Three studies in sentence structure.
• HEALEY, Phyllis M., author. 1966. Levels and chaining in Telefol sentences.
• HUCKETT, Joyce, author. 1976. Iduna sentence structure.  
• HUISMAN, Ronald D., author. Available: 2009; Created: 1978. Angaataha narrative sentence types.  
• HUISMAN, Ronald D., author. Available: 2009; Created: 1981. Angaataha sentences continued: non-narrative sentences, subordinate sentences, quotation sentences, and sentence periphery.  
• LAUCK, Linda M., author. 1976. Patep sentences.  
• LAWRENCE, Marshall, author. 1972. "Oksapmin sentence structure."
• LONGACRE, Robert E., author. 1970. "Paragraph and sentence structure in New Guinea Highlands languages."  
• LOVING, Richard, editor. 1976. Grammatical studies in Patep.
• LOVING, Richard, editor. 1976. Grammatical studies in Suena and Iduna.
• LOVING, Richard, editor. 1976. Higher level studies of two Papua New Guinea related highlands languages.
• LOVING, Richard, editor. 1977. Miscellaneous papers in P.N.G. linguistics.
• MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., author. 1966. "Sequences of clauses in Tairora."
• OLSON, Michael L., author. 1973. Barai sentence structure and embedding.
• PHINNEMORE, Penny, author. 1988. "Coordination in Ono."
• RICHERT, Ernest L., author. 1975. "Sentence structure of Guhu-Samane."
• SCORZA, David P., author. 1973. Sentence structures of the Au language.  
• SCOTT, Graham K., author. 1983. "Discourse cohesion in a highland language of P.N.G.."
• SMITH, Jean, author. 1977. Mianmin sentence structure.  
• WILSON, Patricia R., author. 1973. Abulas sentences.
• WOODWARD, Lance B., author. 1973. Maring sentences.  

Solomon Islands

• SIMONS, Gary F., author. 1980. "The verbal sentence in Arosi: a reinterpretation of Eastern Oceanic sentence structure."