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Topic

Index of SIL publications on Topic listed by country.

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General works

• Augustin, Maryanne. 2007. "Topic and focus in Swahili."  
• Clifton, John M. and Deborah A. Clifton, editors. 2002. Comments on discourse structures in ten Turkic languages.
• Dooley, Robert A. 2007. "Explorations in discourse topicality."  
• Hollingsworth, Kenneth R. and Charles W. Peck. 1992. "Topics in Mofu-Gudur."  
• Peck, Charles W. 1990. "Readable technical paragraphs."

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Cameroon

• Haller, Beat and John R. Watters. 1985. "Topic in Zulgo."

Côte d’Ivoire

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

Americas

Bolivia

• Camp, Elizabeth L. and Millicent R. Liccardi. 1978. "Cavineña pronouns in relation to theme and topic."

Brazil

• Derbyshire, Desmond C. 1986. "Topic continuity and OVS order in Hixkaryana."
• Lowe, Ivan. 1986. "Topicalization in Nambiquara."  

Chile

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

Colombia

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

Mexico

• Long, Rebecca. 1985. "Topicalization in Zoogocho Zapotec expository discourse."  

Asia

China

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

Indonesia

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

Iran

• Roberts, John R. Available: 2005; Created: 2005. Rā in Persian and information structure.  

Japan

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

Malaysia

• Brewis, Richard and Stephen H. Levinsohn. 1991. "Topic and emphasis in Timugon Murut."

Myanmar

• Hopple, Paulette. 2002. Topicalization in Burmese expository discourse.  

Philippines

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

Russian Federation

• Komen, Erwin R. 2007. Focus in Chechen.  

Thailand

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

Europe

Russian Federation

• Komen, Erwin R. 2007. Focus in Chechen.  

Pacific

Papua New Guinea

• Årsjö, Britten. 1994. "Topic in Ama discourse."
• Bruce, Leslie P. 1983. "Subject as a conflation of role and topicality factors."
• Foster, Mick and Margaret Foster. Available: 2009; Created: n.d.. Topicalisation in Timbe texts.  
• MacDonald, Lorna. 1994. "The distribution of topics in Tauya discourse."
• Manabe, Takashi. 1978. "The notions of subject and topic."
• Manabe, Takashi. 1978. "Topic-comment based linguistics model and its application to Greek and Japanese."
• Parrington, Doug. Available: 2009; Created: 1980. The functions of the Ewage demonstratives: AWA 'that' and AWAWA 'those'.