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Topic

Index of SIL publications on Topic listed by country.

See only SIL publications on Topic available online or for purchase from SIL International Publications.

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General works

• AUGUSTIN, MaryAnne, author. 2007. "Topic and focus in Swahili."  
• CLIFTON, Deborah A.; CLIFTON, John M., editors. 2002. Comments on discourse structures in ten Turkic languages.
• DOOLEY, Robert A., author. 2007. Explorations in discourse topicality.  
• HOLLINGSWORTH, Kenneth R.; PECK, Charles W., authors. 1992. "Topics in Mofu-Gudur."  
• PECK, Charles W., author. 1990. Readable technical paragraphs.

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Cameroon

• HALLER, Beat; WATTERS, John R., authors. 1985. "Topic in Zulgo."

Côte d’Ivoire

• EGNER, Inge, author. 1989. "The role of topos in the use of a Wobe particle."
• MARCHESE, Lynell, author. 1977. "Subordinate clauses as topics in Godie."

Americas

Bolivia

• CAMP, Elizabeth L.; LICCARDI, Millicent R., authors. 1978. "Cavineña pronouns in relation to theme and topic."

Brazil

• DERBYSHIRE, Desmond C., author. 1986. "Topic continuity and OVS order in Hixkaryana."
• LOWE, Ivan, author. 1986. "Topicalization in Nambiquara."  

Chile

• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1985. "Topic inflection in Mapudungun verbs."

Colombia

• GRALOW, Frances L., author. 1986. "Topicalization and constituency in Coreguaje narrative."  

Mexico

• LONG, Rebecca, author. 1985. Topicalization in Zoogocho Zapotec expository discourse.  

Asia

China

• ABBOTT, Gary Steven, author. 1992. The function of sentence topics in oral and written Mandarin narrative.

Indonesia

• REIMER, Martha, author. 1986. "The notion of topic in Momuna narrative discourse."
• SHELDEN, Deidre B., author. 1986. "Topical and non-topical participants in Galela narrative discourse."

Iran

• ROBERTS, John R., author. 2005. Rā in Persian and information structure.  

Japan

• MANABE, Takashi, author. 1978. Topic-comment based linguistics model and its application to Greek and Japanese.

Malaysia

• BREWIS, Richard; LEVINSOHN, Stephen H., authors. 1991. "Topic and emphasis in Timugon Murut."

Myanmar

• HOPPLE, Paulette, author. 2002. Topicalization in Burmese expository discourse.  

Philippines

• BRICHOUX, Felicia, author. 1984. "Intersecting functions of topic markers in Sindangan Subanun."  
• BRICHOUX, Robert, author. 1984. "Hortatory strategy in Subanun II."  
• KATAGIRI, Masumi, author. 2006. "Topichood of the Philippine topic: revisited from a cross-linguistic perspective."  

Russian Federation

• KOMEN, Erwin R., author. 2007. Focus in Chechen.  

Thailand

• WAROTAMASIKKHADIT, Udom, author. 1997. "Fronting and backing topicalization in Thai."  

Europe

Russian Federation

• KOMEN, Erwin R., author. 2007. Focus in Chechen.  

Pacific

Papua New Guinea

• ÅRSJÖ, Britten, author. 1994. "Topic in Ama discourse."
• BRUCE, Leslie P., author. 1983. "Subject as a conflation of role and topicality factors."
• FOSTER, Margaret; FOSTER, Michael, authors. 2009. Topicalisation in Timbe texts.  
• MACDONALD, Lorna, author. 1994. "The distribution of topics in Tauya discourse."
• MANABE, Takashi, author. 1978. The notions of subject and topic.
• MANABE, Takashi, author. 1978. Topic-comment based linguistics model and its application to Greek and Japanese.
• PARRINGTON, Douglas, author. Available: 2009; Created: 1980. The functions of the Ewage demonstratives: AWA 'that' and AWAWA 'those'.