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Verb phrases

Index of SIL publications on Verb phrases listed by country.

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

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General works

• ACHARD, Michel, author. 1996. "Complement construal in French: a cognitive perspective."
• BAILEY, Nicholas A., author. 2004. "A second look at double preverbal constituents."
• LONGACRE, Robert E., author. 1973. "A hierarchical look at the English verb phrase (what it is—what it isn’t)."
• LUNN, Nick, author. 2004. Word order variation in Biblical Hebrew poetry: the role of pragmatics and poetics in the verbal clause.

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Cameroon

• HALLER, Beat; HEDINGER, Sylvia; WIESEMANN, Ursula, authors. 1981. "The verbal complex in Zulgo."

Ghana

• JACOBS, Gillian, author. 1966. "The structure of the verbal clause in Bimoba."

Americas

Canada

• JANCEWICZ, Bill; MACKENZIE, Marguerite, authors. 1998. "Preverbs in Naskapi: function and distribution."

Colombia

• FRANK, Paul S., author. 1989. The verb phrase in Ika (part one).
• FRANK, Paul S., author. 1989. The verb phrase in Ika (part two).

Mexico

• COWAN, Marion M.; MERRIFIELD, William R., authors. 1968. "The verb phrase in Huixtec Tzotzil."
• DELGATY, Colin C., author. 1961. "Tzotzil verb phrase structure."  

Asia

Indonesia

• BAʼDULU, Abdul Muis, author. 1990. "Frase verba bahasa mandar majene."
• BRILEY, Joyce E., author. 1976. "An overview of the Bauzi verb phrase."
• QUICK, Philip A., author. 2006. "Is there a VP in Pendau?."  
• QUICK, Philip A., author. 2008. "Is there a VP in Pendau?."

Philippines

• DRAKE, Kristi, author. 2001. "A brief look at Sinama basic verbs and clause structures."  

Thailand

• THOMAS, David D., author. 1978. Verb phrase components.

Viet Nam

• COOPER, James, author. 1965. "Halang verb phrase."

Pacific

Australia

• HUDSON, Joyce, author. 1976. "Simple and compound verbs: Conjugation by auxiliaries in Australian verbal systems."
• PYM, Noreen, author. 1985. Iwaidja verbal clauses.

Papua New Guinea

• BOXWELL, Helen; BOXWELL, Maurice, authors. Available: 2008; Created: 1969. Weri verb phrases.  
• HEALEY, Phyllis M., author. 1965. "Telefol verb phrases."
• LEE, Robert, author. 1989. "The Madak verb phrase."
• LEWIS, Sandra C., author. 1972. "Sanio-Hiowe verb phrases."
• STUTZMAN, Verna, author. 1997. A study of the Lou verb phrase.