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Universals

Index of SIL publications on Universals listed by country.

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

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General works

• BURQUEST, Donald A., author. 1986. Review of: Functional syntax and universal grammar, by William A. Foley and Robert D. Van Valin, Jr..
• BURQUEST, Donald A., compiler. 1982. Language universals.
• PARKER, Stephen G., author. 1996. "Toward a universal form for "yes": or, rhinoglottophilia and the affirmation grunt."
• PARKER, Stephen G., author. 2006. "La rinoglotofilia y el gruñido de afirmación—una tendencia universal."
• PAYNE, David L., author. 2006. "Color terms."
• PAYNE, Doris L., author. 1985. Review of: Word order universals, by John A. Hawkins.
• PIKE, Kenneth L., author. 1976. Pike's answers to 12 questions for conference on language universals.
• STEGEN, Oliver, author. 2004. Review of: Function, selection, and innateness: the emergence of language universals, by Simon Kirby.  

Works specific to particular countries

Americas

Brazil

• DERBYSHIRE, Desmond C., author. 2008. "Word order universals and the existence of OVS languages."

Mexico

• BICKFORD, J. Albert, author. 1987. Universal constraints on relationally complex clauses.  
• ELSON, Benjamin F., editor. 1986. Language in global perspective: papers in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1935-1985.
• PICKETT, Velma B., author. 1981. How intuitive is the ‘word’? A response.
• PIKE, Kenneth L., author. 1979. "Universals and phonetic hierarchy."

Peru

• WISE, Mary Ruth, author. 1985. "Universales y técnicas de organización de la narrativa en algunas lenguas vernáculas latinoamericanas."

Asia

India

• TEHAN, Thomas M., author. 1994. Review of: Universals: Studies in Indian logic and linguistics, by Frits Staal.

Pacific

Papua New Guinea

• PAWLEY, Andrew, author. 2010. "Helter Skelter and ñugl ñagl: English and Kalam rhyming jingles and the psychic unity of mankind."