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Re: Reference Grammars (was: Doraja (was: Re: TRANS: a haiku)

From:Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 26, 2000, 21:25
Boudewijn Rempt wrote:

>On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Kristian Jensen wrote: >> >> BTW, in Appendix 2 of 'Describing Morphosyntax' by Thomas Payne, there >> is a list of grammars that may serve as models of how a grammatical >> description may be organized. The grammars listed have been judged as >> 'successful' by an informal panel of professional and student linguists >> who have actually used reference grammars in their research. I could >> post this list of grammars if interested. > >Please do so!
AFRICA Carlson, Robert J. 1994. _A Grammar of Supyire: Kampwo Dialect_. Berlin: Mouten de Gruyter. Dimmendaal, Gerrit Jan. 1983. _The Turkana Language_. Dordrecht, Holland, and Cinnaminson, NJ: Foris. Kimenyi, Alexandre. 1980. _A Relational Grammar of Kinyarwanda_. Berkeley: University of California Press. Noonan, Michael. 1992. _A Grammar of Lango_. Berlin and New York: Mouten de Gruyter . ASIA Driem, George van. 1987. _A Grammar of Dumi_. Berlin and New York: Mouten de Gruyter. 1993. _A Grammar of Limbu_. Berlin and New York: Mouten de Gruyter. Haspelmath, Martin. 1993. _A Grammar of Lezgian_. Berlin and New York: Mouten de Gruyter. Hewitt, B. G. 1979. _Abkhaz_. London: Croom Helm. Kuno, Susumu. 1973. _The Structure of the Japanese Language_. Cambidge, MA: MIT Press. Lehmann, Thomas. 1989. _A Grammar of Modern Tamil_. Pondicherry, India: Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture. Li, Charles N. and Sandra A. Thompson. 1981. _Mandarin Chinese: a Functional Reference Grammar_. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. AMERINDIAN Cole, Peter. 1982. _Imbarura Quechua_. London and Dover, NH: Croom Helm. Craig, Colette Grinevald. 1977. _The Structure of Jacaltec_. Austin: University of Texas Press. Derbyshire, Desmond C. 1979. _Hixkaryana_. London: Croom Helm. Gamble, Geoffrey. 1978. _Wikchamni Grammar_. Berkeley: University of California Press. Gordon, Lynn. 1986. _Maricopa Morphology and Syntax_. Berkeley: University of California Press. Kimball, Geoffrey D. 1991. _Koasati Grammar_. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Munro, Pamela. 1976. _Mojave Syntax_. New York: Garland Press. Payne, Doris L. and Thomas E. Payne. 1990. Yagua. In _Handbook of Amazonian Languages_, vol II, ed. by Desmond C. Derbyshire and Geoffrey Pullum, 249-474. Berlin: Mouten de Gruyter. Pitkin, Harvey. 1984. _Wintu Grammar_. Berkeley: University of California Press. Press, Margaret L. 1978. _Chemehuevi: a Grammar and Lexicon_. Berkeley: University of California Press. Rice, Keren. 1989. _A Grammar of Slave_. Berlin and New York: Mouten de Gruyter. Rood, David. 1976. _Wichita Grammar_. New York: Garland Press. Watkins, Laurel. 1984. _A Grammar of Kiowa_. Lincoln: Univerity of Nebraska Press. Weber, David J. 1989. _A Grammar of Huallaga (Huanaco) Quechua_. Berkeley: University of California Press. Williams, Marianne (Mithun). 1976. _A Grammar of Tuscarora_. New York: Garland Press. Zepeda, Ofelia. 1983. _A Papago Grammar_. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. AUSTRALIA Austin, Peter. 1981. _A Grammar of Diyari, South Australia_. Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 32. Cambrdige University Press. Dixon, R. M. W. 1972. _The Dyirbal Language of North Queensland_. Cambridge University Press. Evans, Nicholas. 1995. _A Grammar of Kayardild: with a Historuical- Comparative Notes on Tangkic_. Berlin and New York: Mouten de Gruyter. Heath, Jeffrey. 1978. _Ngandi Grammar, Texts and Dictionary_. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. Merlan, Francesca. 1982. _Mangarayi_. London: Croom Helm. 1994. _A Grammar of Wardaman: a Language of the Northern Territory of Australia_. Berlin and New York: Mouten de Gruyter. AUSTRONESIA Antworth, Evan L. 1979. _Grammatical Sketch of Botolan Sambal_. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines. Dixon, R. M. W. 1988. _A Grammar of Boumaa Fijian_. University of Chicago Press. Dougherty, Janet. 1983. _West Futuna-Aniwa: and Introduction to a Polynesian Outlier Language_. Berkeley: University of California Press. Durie, Mark. 1985. _A Grammar of Acehnese on the Basis of a Dialect of North Aceh_. Dordrecht, Holland, and Cinnaminson, NJ: Foris. Harrison, Sheldon P. 1976. _Mokilese Reference Grammar_. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. Jensen, John Thayer. 1977. _Yapese Reference Grammar_. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. Lee, Kee-dong. 1975. _Kusaiean Reference Grammar_. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. Lichtenberk, Frantisek. 1983. _A Grammar of Manam. Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication 18_. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. Schachter, Paul and Fe T. Otanes. 1972. _Tagalog Reference Grammar_. Berkeley: University of California Press. Sohn, Ho-min. 1975 _Woleaian Reference Grammar_. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. Topping, Donald and Bernadita Dugca. 1973. _Chamorro Reference Grammar_. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. MISCELLANEOUS Berman, Ruth Aronson. 1978. _Modern Hebrew Structure_. Tel-Aviv: University Publication Projects. Lewis, Geoffrey L. 1991. _Turkish Grammar_. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. Press, Ian. 1986. _A Grammar of Modern Breton_. Berlin and New York: Mouten de Gruyter. Saltarelli, Mario. 1988. _Basque_. London and New York: Routledge. Underhill, Robert. 1993. _Turkish Grammar_. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press PAPUAN LANGUAGES Davies, John. 1981 _Kobon_. Amsterdam: North-Holland. Foley, William. 1991. _The Yimas Language of New Guinea_. Stanford University Press. Franklin, K. J. 1971. _A Grammar of Kewa_. New Guinea and Canberra: Linguistic Circle of Canberra. Haiman, John. 1980. _Hua, a Papuan Language of the Eastern highland of New Guinea_. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Reesink, Ger. 1987. _Structures and their Functions in Usan: a Papuan Language of Papua New Guinea_. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins. -kristian- 8)