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African Language Introductions

Bendor-Samuel, J & Hartell, R. L. (eds.) 1989. Niger-Congo Languages. Boston: University of America Press.

Heine, Bernd, and Nurse, Derek (eds.) 2000. African Languages: an Intrduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Welmers, William E. 1973. African Language Structures. Berkeley: University of California Press.



Logophoric Reference

Andersen, Torben. 1999. Anti-logophoricity and Indirect Mode in Mabaan. Studies in Language 23:499-530.

Andersen, Torben, and Goyvaerts, Didier L. 1986. Reflexivity and Logophoricity in Moru-Madi. Folia Lingusitica 20:297-318.

Bybee, Joan L., Perkins, Revere, and Pagliuca, William. 1994. The Evolution of Grammar: Tense, Aspect and Modality in the Languages of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Comrie, Bernard. 1983. Switch-reference in Huichol: A Typological Study. In Switch-Reference and Universal Grammar, eds. John Haiman and Pamela Munro. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Culy, Christopher. 1994. Aspects of Logophoric Marking. Linguistics 32:1055-1094.

Culy, Christopher. 1994. A Note on Logophoricity in Dogon. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 15:113-125.

Culy, Christopher. 1997. Logophoric Pronouns and Point of View. Linguistics 35:845-859.

Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. 2001. Logophoric Marking and Represented Speech in African Languages as Evidential Strategies. Australian Journal of Linguistics 21:131-157.

Frajzyngier, Zygmunt. 1985. Logophoric Systems in Chadic. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 7:23-37.

Hagège, Claude. 1974. Les Pronoms Logophoriques. Bulletin de la Societé Linguistique de Paris 69:287-310.

Haiman, John, and Munro, Pamela (eds.) 1983. Switch-Reference and Universal Grammar. vol. 2. Typological Studies in Language. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Jones, Ross. 2000. Coreference Marking in Boko - Logophoricity or Not? Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 21:135-159.

Koopman, Hilda, and Sportiche, Dominique. 1989. Pronouns, Logical Variables and Logophoricity in Abe. Linguistic Inquiry 20:555-588.

Sells, Peter. 1987. Aspects of Logophoricity. Linguistic Inquiry 18:445-479.

Stirling, Lesley. 1993. Switch-Reference and Discourse Representation. vol. 63: Cambridge Studies in Lingusitcs. Cambridge: Cambridge Universtiy Press.

von Roncador, Manfred. 1992. Types of Logophoric Marking in African Languages. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 13:163-182.

Wiesemann, Ursula ed. 1986. Pronominal Systems. Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag.



Grammaticalization and Historical Change

Comrie, Bernard. 1976. Aspect. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Dahl, Östen. 1985. Tense and Aspect Systems. Oxford: Blackwell.

Harris, Alice C., and Campbell, Lyle. 1995. Historical Syntax in Cross-Lingusitc Perspective. vol. 74: Cambridge Studies in Lingusitcs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Heine, Bernd. 1993. Auxiliaries. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Heine, Bernd, and Reh, Mechthild. 1984. Grammaticalization and Reanalysis in African Languages. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag.

Hooper, Paul J., and Traugott, Elizabeth Closs. 2003. Grammaticalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Kuteva, Tania. 2001. Auxilation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Lord, Carol. 1993. Historical Change in Serial Verb Constructions. vol. 26: Typological Studies in Language. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Pagliuca, William (ed.) 1994. Perspectives on Grammaticalization. vol. 109. Current Issues in Lingusitc Theory. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.