What’s New on SIL’s Web Site
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June 2008
- SIL Electronic Survey Reports
- 2008-014 Une enquete sociolinguistique des parlers Kibet, Rounga, Daggal et Mourro du Tchad rapport technique Katharina Wolf and Calvain Mbernodji
- 2008-013 Jaunsari: a sociolinguistic survey Matthews John
- 2008-011 Language vitality and development among the Wakhi People of Tajikistan Katja Muller, Elisabeth Abbess, Calvin Tiessen and Gabriela Tiessen
- 2008-009 Un profil du bilinguisme en dioula au sud-ouest du Burkina Faso Stuart D. Showalter
- 2008-008 Rapid appraisal sociolinguistic language survey of Ngamambo of Cameroon Lilian Lem and Edward Brye
- 2008-007 A bilingualism and language vitality survey of the Gan Yi in the Yi Mei Duo Village of the Shilin County of the Yunnan Provice of China Kenneth Chan
- 2008-006 Assessment of Regional Language Varieties in Indian Sign Language Jane E. Johnson and Russell J. Johnson
- SIL Electronic Working Papers
May 2008
April 2008
- SIL Electronic Survey Reports
- 2008-005 Le bilala, le kouka et le medogo : trois langues ou une? Antje Maass
- 2008-004 Rapport d'enquete sociolinguistique : premiere evaluation parmi les Barain du Guera Antje Maass, Caroline A. Grant, Paul Huey and Padeu Dakouli
- 2008-003 Bishnupriya (Manipuri) speakers in Bangladesh: a sociolinguistic survey Amy Kim and Seung Kim
- 2008-002 Meitei (Manipuri) speakers in Bangladesh: a sociolinguistic survey Amy Kim and Seung Kim
- 2008-001 A survey of sign language in Taiwan Hope M. Hurlbut
- SIL Electronic Working Papers
- 2008-001 Factors in designing effective orthographies for unwritten languages Michael Cahill and Elke Karan
March 2008
- SIL Electronic Book Review: 2008-003 Real Conditionals, by William G. Lycan and Mental spaces in grammar: Conditional constructions, by Barbara Dancygier and Eve Sweetser.
Reviewed by Steve Nicolle.
February 2008
- Arts Consultant Video: Understanding Local Arts
- SIL Electronic Book Review: 2008-002 Optimality theory: Phonology, syntax, and acquisition, by Joost Dekkers, Frank van der Leeuw, and Jeroen van de Weijer (eds.).
Reviewed by Heather Beal. - SIL Forum for Language Fieldwork
- SIL Forum 2007-008 Off the cassette tape and onto CD: migrating analog audio data to digital format
- SIL Forum 2007-007 Stabilizing indigenous languages, a Symposium report
- SIL Forum 2007-006 Dictionary turns the tide
- SIL Forum 2007-003 Dictionary Development Program
- IPA Help 2.1 released
- Multilingual Education Programs: A Resource and an Opportunity
January 2008
- Journal of Translation Volume 3 (2007), Number 2
- SIL Electronic Book Reviews
- 2008-001
Reduplication: Doubling in morphology,
by Sharon Inkelas and Cheryl Zoll.
Reviewed by Mike Cahill - 2007-011
Globalized e-learning cultural challenges,
by Andrea Edmundson (ed.)
Reviewed by Tim Hatcher - 2007-010
Understanding phonology,by Carlos Gussenhoven,
and Haike Jacobs
Reviewed by Helen Eaton - 2007-009
The Cambridge handbook of phonology,
by Paul de Lacy (ed.)
Reviewed by Mike Cahill
December 2007
November 2007
- Agta Demographic Database: chronicle of a hunter-gatherer community in transition by Thomas N. Headland and Janet D. Headland
- SIL Electronic Survey Report
- 2007-015 A sociolinguistic survey of the language varieties of the Doba area of Chad: Bebot, Bedjond, Gor, and Mango Kendall Isaac and Eric Johnson
October 2007
- SIL Language and Culture Documentation and Description launched
- SIL Electronic Survey Reports
- SIL Electronic Working Papers
- 2007-010 Explorations in discourse topicality Robert A. Dooley
September 2007
- SIL Forum for Language Fieldwork launched
- SIL Electronic Survey Reports
- 2007-022 A report on three Arauan speech varieties (Jamamadi, Jarawara, and Banawa) of the Amazon Stan and Sandy Anonby
- 2007-021 Demographic information on sign languages around the world: field survey notes
- 2007-020 A Report on the creoles of Amapa Stan Anonby
- 2007-019 Mapping Indonesian Bajau communities in Sulawesi David Mead, Myung-young Lee and Chris Neveux
August 2007
- SIL Electronic Survey Reports
- 2007-018 L'enquete sociolinguistique des langues Birguit - Kadjakse - Masmedje du Tchad Marianne Marti, Calvain Mbernodji and Katharina Wolf
- 2007-017 A sociolinguistic survey of the Dogri language, Jammu and Kashmir Jeremy Brightbill and Scott D. Turner
- 2007-016 Sociolinguistic survey of Mpi in Thailand Ramzi W. Nahhas
- 2007-014 A Sandawe dialect survey Helen Eaton, Daniel Hunziker and Elizabeth Hunziker
- 2007-013 The War-Jaintia in Bangladesh: a sociolinguistic survey Jeremy Brightbill, Amy Kim and Seung Kim
- 2007-012 Bai dialect survey Bryan Allen
- 2007-011 A Survey of the Tenda languages in SE Senegal Susan Goddard Jenkins and JoLynn Eller Amdahl
- Two new Electronic Working Papers:
- Speech Analyzer 3.0
- Two new SIL e-Books:
- SIL e-Books 5 Staley, William E. 2007. Referent management in Olo: a cognitive perspective.
- SIL e-Books 4 Blackburn, Perry L. 2007. The code model of communication: a powerful metaphor in linguistic metatheory.
- Professional Development for Mayan Ixil Mother-tongue Educators
July 2007
June 2007
- A Bilingual Education Project in Jamaica Creole
- UNESCO recognition: … SIL Intermediate Course for African leaders in Literacy and Education
- Namdhinggo SIL L Font
- Review of Tagliamonte (2002), Analyzing sociolinguistic variation
- SIL Electronic Survey Reports
- 2007-009 A Rapid Appraisal Survey of Bamali Caroline A. Grant
- 2007-008 Spanish Sign Language Survey Steve and Dianne Parkhurst
- Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan volumes provide detailed information on the use and relationships of 28 languages in Northern Pakistan.
- Review by Chesley W. Ray of Just and lasting change: When communities own their futures, by Daniel Taylor-Ide and Carl E. Taylor
- Review by Steve Nicolle of Constructions of Intersubjectivity: Discourse, Syntax, and Cognition, by Arie Verhagen
May 2007
- Spanish-as-a-Second Language Textbook Series
- Advocacy for Mother Tongue in Papua New Guinea
- Resource Linking for MLE in South Asia
- Zaghawa Beria Font
- SIL Electronic Survey Report
- 2007-010 Enquete sociolinguistique des varietes linguistiques de la region de doba du tchad Eric Johnson
April 2007
- SIL Electronic Survey Reports
- 2007-007 Language Survey Report on the White Yi of Stone Forest County Lu Yunchun, Liu Yitang, Meng Simu, Bruce Hansen
- 2007-006 Enquete Sociolinguistique en Langues Manding Douglas W. Boone, Mike Boling, Lamine Silué, MaryAnne Augustin
- 2007-005 Rapport Sociolinguistique sur la Langue Bobo Madaré Beatrice Tiendrebeogo
- 2007-004 Sociolinguistic Survey Among the Rangi People T. G. Bergman, Joseph Mbongue, Rachel Sowers, Tracy Tooley
- 2007-003 Chris Lyndon, Ada Lyndon Entthembo: an Appraisal of Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Factors
- 2007-002 A Survey (RTT) of the Bambili-Bambui Language Karyn Crawford, Elaine Bombay
- 2007-001 Rapport d'enquête sociolinguistique: première évaluation parmi les dendis Michael Buchanan
- Report and paper abstracts for Mother-Tongue and Multilingual Education Special Session
- Multilingual Education, SIL International Annual Report for 2006
March 2007
- STEP Course: Strengthening Tokples Education in Papua New Guinea
- SIL Electronic Working Paper
- 2007-007 More Universals of Tone Michael Cahill
- 2007-006 RTT Retelling Method: An Alternative Approach to Intelligibility Testing Angela Kluge
- 2007-005 An Acoustic Description of Central Vowels in Three Austronesian Languages of New Ireland Phil King
- 2007-004 Group interaction patterns as observed in informal learning events among pre-literate/semi-literate Salako women Jey Lingam Burkhardt
- 2007-003 The Phonology of Wano Wiem Burung
- 2007-002 TonePars: A Computational Tool for Exploring Autosegmental Tonology H. Andrew Black
- 2007-001 Cameroon Bilingualism Test Comparison Study Report Marie C. South
February 2007
- Jamaica Creole Bilingual Education Project
- Official site of the ISO 639-3 Registration Authority