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Syntax

Index of SIL publications on Syntax listed by country.

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General works

• BLACK, Cheryl A., author. 1996. A step-by-step introduction to Government and Binding theory of syntax.  
• BLACK, Cheryl A., author. 1998. Review of: Parameters and functional heads: essays in comparative syntax, by Adriana Belletti and Luigi Rizzi.
• BLACK, H. Andrew; MCCLOSKEY, James, editors. 1992. Syntax at Santa Cruz, vol. 1.
• CLIFTON, John M., author. 1995. Review of: University college London Working Papers in Linguistics, vol. 1, Robyn Carston, editor.
• COOK, Walter A., author. 1992. "Syntax-88: The new binarism."  
• ELSON, Benjamin F., author. 1959. Beginning morphology-syntax.
• ESKHULT, Mats, author. 2004. Review of: Verbal meaning: a linguistic, literary, and theological framework for the interpretive categories of the Hebrew verb as elaborated in the book of Ruth, by Bo-Krister Ljungberg.
• HARMELINK, Bryan L., author. 2004. Exploring the syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic uses of vayhi in Biblical Hebrew.
• HWANG, Shin Ja J., author. 1992. Review of: Explorations in Korean syntax and semantics, by Seok Choong Song.
• KERR, Harland B.; PITTMAN, Richard S., authors. 1970. "Dominance and recessiveness in grammatical structures."
• KIEVIT, Dirk, author. 2003. Review of: Practical guide to syntactic analysis, 2nd edition, by Georgia M. Green and Jerry L. Morgan.  
• KROEGER, Paul R., author. 2009. "Malagasy clefts from a Western Malayo-Polynesian perspective: commentary on the paper by Hans-Martin Gärtner."
• LEVINSOHN, Stephen H., author. 2009. Review of: A theory of ellipsis, by Marjorie J. McShane.  
• MARTINET, André, author. 1986. "From optional to obligatory marking of syntactic relations."
• MILLER, Cynthia L., author. 1994. "Introducing direct discourse in Biblical Hebrew narrative."
• NICCACCI, Alviero, author. 1994. "On the Hebrew verbal system."
• NIDA, Eugene A., author. 1946. Syntax: a descriptive analysis.
• NIDA, Eugene A., author. 1951. Outline of descriptive syntax.
• PECK, Charles W., author. 1996. Review of: a concise introduction to syntactic theory: The government-binding approach, by Elizabeth A. Cowper.
• SCHRÖDER, Helga, author. 2003. Review of: The syntex of verb initial languages, Andrew Carnie and Eithne Guilfoyle, editors.  
• SIM, Ronald J., author. 1994. Review of: The syntactic phenomenon of English, vols. 1, 2, by J. D. McCawley.
• WINTHER-NIELSEN, Nicolai, author. 1994. "The miraculous grammar of Joshua 3-4: Computer-aided analysis of the rhetorical and syntactic structure."

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Cameroon

• HENSON, Bonnie Jean, author. 2007. The phonology and morphosyntax of Kol.
• PATMAN, Frankie, author. 1995. A functional account of syntactic similarities in nugunu.  
• PATMAN, Frankie, author. Available: 2007; Created: 1998. Syntactic encoding of informational distinctions in Nugunu.  

Chad

• CAMBURN, Janet K., author. 1984. A relational grammar approach to Kera syntax.

Ethiopia

• UNSETH, Peter, author. 1989. "Sketch of Majang syntax."

Ghana

• SPRATT, David H.; SPRATT, Nancy, authors. 1972. Kusal syntax.

Kenya

• PAYNE, Doris L., author. 1997. "Argument structure and locus of affect in the Maasai external possession construction."

Nigeria

• FOLLINGSTAD, A. Joy, author. 1991. Aspects of Tyap syntax.

Senegal

• HOPKINS, Bradley L., author. 1995. Contribution a une etude de la syntaxe Diola-Fogny.

Sierra Leone

• KOROMA, Regine [Fachner], author. 1994. Die morphosyntax des Gola.

Somalia

• FRANTZ, Donald G., author. 1983. Advancements to direct object in Chi-Mwi:ni.

Togo

• NICOLE, Jacques, author. 2000. "La chèvre ne me mange pas bien: syntaxe et discours dans la phrase simple en Nawdm."

Americas

Brazil

• DOOLEY, Robert A., author. 1981. Review of: Syntax and semantics, vol. 12: Discourse and syntax, Talmy Givón, editor.
• DOOLEY, Robert A., author. 1990. "The positioning of non-pronominal clitics and particles in lowland South American languages."
• EVERETT, Daniel L., author. 1983. A língua pirahã e a teoria da sintaxe: Descrição, perspectivas e teoria.
• FORTUNE, David L., author. 1987. "A concordância gramatical na língua Karajá."
• GRIMES, Joseph E., editor. 1986. Sentence initial devices.  
• HARRISON, Carl H., author. 1970. Syntactical aspects of Asurini monologue discourse.
• HOLLENBACH, Barbara E., author. 1991. Review of: Sentence initial devices, by Joseph E. Grimes, editor.

Canada

• FRANTZ, Donald G., author. 1967. "Blackfoot paradigms and matrices."

Colombia

• FRANK, Paul S., author. 1990. Ika Syntax: Studies in the Languages of Colombia 1.  
• GERDEL, Florence L.; SLOCUM, Marianna C., authors. 1981. Estudios en Paez.  
• GRIMES, Joseph E., editor. 1986. Sentence initial devices.  
• HARMS, Phillip L., author. 1994. Epena Pedee syntax: Studies in the languages of Colombia 4.  
• HOLLENBACH, Barbara E., author. 1991. Review of: Sentence initial devices, by Joseph E. Grimes, editor.
• JONES, Paula; JONES, Wendell, authors. 1991. Barasano syntax: Studies in the languages of Colombia 2.  
• MALONE, Terry, author. 1980. The double accusative in Koine Greek: a syntactic study.
• STROM, Clay, author. 1992. Retuarã Syntax: Studies in the Languages of Colombia 3.  

Guatemala

• LANGAN, Katherine, author. 1991. "Colocación léxica en poqomam oriental."
• WHALIN, W. Terry, author. 1984. Cakchiquel syntax.

Mexico

• ALEXANDER, Ruth Mary, author. 1988. "A syntactic sketch of Ocotepec Mixtec."  
• ANDERSON, Judi Lynn, author. 1989. Comaltepec Chinantec syntax: Studies in Chinantec languages 3.  
• BASCOM, Burton; LANGACKER, Ronald W., authors. 1986. "The syntax and origin of ga- in Northern Tepehuan."
• BLACK, Cheryl A., author. 1994. Quiegolani Zapotec syntax.
• BLACK, Cheryl A., author. 2000. Quiegolani Zapotec Syntax: A Principles and Parameters Account.  
• BRADLEY, C. Henry; HOLLENBACH, Barbara E., editors. 1988. Studies in the syntax of Mixtecan languages 1.  
• BRADLEY, C. Henry; HOLLENBACH, Barbara E., editors. 1990. Studies in the syntax of Mixtecan languages 2.  
• BRADLEY, C. Henry; HOLLENBACH, Barbara E., editors. 1991. Studies in the syntax of Mixtecan languages 3.  
• BRADLEY, C. Henry; HOLLENBACH, Barbara E., editors. 1992. Studies in the syntax of Mixtecan languages 4.  
• BRADLEY, David P., author. 1991. "A preliminary syntactic sketch of Concepción Pápalo Cuicatec."  
• CASAD, Eugene H.; WILLETT, Thomas L., editors. 2000. Uto-Aztecan: structural, temporal, and geographic perspectives: papers in memory of Wick R. Miller by the friends of Uto-Aztecan.
• COWAN, Florence H., author. 1950. "Syntax problems in the Mazateco translation."
• DALY, John P., author. 1966. Generative syntax of Mixteco.
• DALY, John P., author. 1973. A generative syntax of Peñoles Mixtec.  
• ELSON, Benjamin F.; MARLETT, Stephen A., authors. 1983. Popoluca evidence for syntactic levels.
• ENGEL, Ralph; LONGACRE, Robert E., authors. 1963. "Syntactic matrices in Ostuacan Zoque."
• FARRIS, Edwin R., author. 1992. "A syntactic sketch of Yosondúa Mixtec."  
• HESS, H. Harwood, author. 1962. The syntactic structure of Mezquital Otomí.
• HESS, H. Harwood, author. 1968. The syntactic structure of Mezquital Otomi.
• HILLS, Robert A., author. 1990. "A syntactic sketch of Ayutla Mixtec."  
• HOLLENBACH, Barbara E., author. 1983. "Apposition and X-bar rules."
• HOLLENBACH, Barbara E., author. 1992. "A syntactic sketch of copala trique."  
• HOLLENBACH, Barbara E.; PIKE, Kenneth L., authors. 1964. "Conflated field structures in Potawatomi and in Arabic."
• JOHNSON, Audrey F., author. 1988. "A syntactic sketch of Jamiltepec Mixtec."  
• KUIPER, Albertha; ORAM, Joy, authors. 1991. "A syntactic sketch of Diuxi-Tilantongo Mixtec."  
• MARLETT, Stephen A., author. 2000. Quantification with ’all’ in Seri.  
• PICKETT, Velma B., author. 1988. "Algunos rasgos sintácticos de las lenguas zapotecas de México."
• ROBINSON, Dow F., author. 1966. Sierra Nahuat word structure.
• ROBINSON, Dow F., author. 1970. Aztec studies 2: Sierra Nahuat word structure.  
• RUPP, James E., author. 1989. Lealao Chinantec syntax: Studies in Chinantec languages 2.  
• SHIELDS, Jäna K., author. 1988. "A syntactic sketch of Silacayoapan Mixtec."  
• SMALL, Priscilla C., author. 1990. "A syntactic sketch of Coatzospan Mixtec."  
• TUGGY, David H., author. 1980. The Antigone constraint.
• TUGGY, David H., author. 1985. "Imagic meaning and dative possessors in Spanish."
• WESTLEY, David O., author. 1991. Tepetotutla Chinantec syntax: Studies in Chinantec languages 5.  
• ZYLSTRA, Carol F., author. 1991. "A syntactic sketch of Alacatlatzala Mixtec."  

Panama

• GRIMES, Joseph E., editor. 1986. Sentence initial devices.  
• HOLLENBACH, Barbara E., author. 1991. Review of: Sentence initial devices, by Joseph E. Grimes, editor.

Peru

• BUCKINGHAM, Andrew, author. 1992. "Patrones menores de oración en el quechua de Arequipa."  
• COOMBS, Heidi, author. 1996. "Una taxonomia semantica y sintactica de la descripción en el quechua de Cajamarca."  
• EASTMAN, Elizabeth; EASTMAN, Robert, authors. 1963. "Iquito syntax."  

Suriname

• HARBERT, Wayne; PET, Willem J. A., authors. 1988. "Movement and adjunct morphology in Arawak and other languages."

United States

• CASAD, Eugene H.; WILLETT, Thomas L., editors. 2000. Uto-Aztecan: structural, temporal, and geographic perspectives: papers in memory of Wick R. Miller by the friends of Uto-Aztecan.
• FRANTZ, Donald G., author. 1969. Review of: Linguistic matrices, by Punya Sloka Ray.
• NAISH, Constance M., author. 1966. A syntactic study of Tlingit.
• NAISH, Constance M., author. 1979. A syntactic study of Tlingit.
• RISING, David P., author. 1992. Switch Reference in Kosati Discourse.  
• SVENONIUS, Peter, author. 1992. "Movement of P° in the English verb particle construction."

Asia

Indonesia

• GRAVELLE, Gilles, author. 1997. "Syntactic constructions and the Meyah lexicon."
• MAHDI, Waruno, author. 1993. "Distinguishing homonymic word forms in Indonesian."

Nepal

• GENETTI, Carol; SLATER, Keith W., authors. 2004. "An analysis of syntax and prosody interactions in a Dolakhā Newar rendition of "The mahābhārata (with appendices and sound files)."  

Philippines

• MEIKLEJOHN, Kathleen; MEIKLEJOHN, Percy, authors. 1953. "Notes on Cebuano syntax."
• PITTMAN, Richard S., author. 1959. "On defining morphology and syntax."
• REID, Lawrence A., author. 1966. An Ivatan syntax.
• WOLFENDEN, Elmer, author. 1975. A description of Hiligaynon syntax.  

Thailand

• SUNEE, Kamnuansin, author. 2003. "Syntactic characteristics of Kasong: an endangered language of Thailand."  

Viet Nam

• CAO Xuân Hạo, author. 1992. "Some preliminaries to the syntactic analysis of the Vietnamese sentence."  
• DAY, A. Colin, author. 1966. The syntax of Tho, a Tai language of Vietnam.

Europe

Albania

• KOLGJINI, Julie May, author. 2001. Review of: Comparative syntax of Balkan languages, Maria-Luisa Rivero and Angela Ralli, editors.

Bulgaria

• KOLGJINI, Julie May, author. 2001. Review of: Comparative syntax of Balkan languages, Maria-Luisa Rivero and Angela Ralli, editors.

Greece

• KOLGJINI, Julie May, author. 2001. Review of: Comparative syntax of Balkan languages, Maria-Luisa Rivero and Angela Ralli, editors.

Romania

• KOLGJINI, Julie May, author. 2001. Review of: Comparative syntax of Balkan languages, Maria-Luisa Rivero and Angela Ralli, editors.

Pacific

Australia

• FURBY, Christine E.; FURBY, Edward S., authors. 1977. A preliminary analysis of Garawa phrases and clauses.

Papua New Guinea

• ÅRSJÖ, Britten, author. 1998. Review of: The role of inflection in Scandinavian syntax, by Anders Holmberg and Christer Platzack.
• FARR, Cynthia J., author. 1996. The interface between syntax and discourse in Korafe: a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.
• HEALEY, Phyllis M., author. 1965. Levels, constituent strings, and agreement in Telefol syntax.
• JOHNSTON, Raymond L., author. 1978. Nakanai syntax.
• ROBERTS, John R., author. 1998. "GIVE in Amele."
• ROBERTS, John R., author. 2001. "Impersonal constructions in Amele."
• SANKOFF, Gillian, author. 1975. "Sampela-nupela lo ikamap long Tok Pisin."