articles (* indicates refereed journal)

2007	"Stretching ablaut: morphological adaptation of new *CCu and *CCi stems in Moroccan Arabic.” In Mustafa Mughazy (ed.), Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XX, pp. 3-24. Philadelphia: Benjamins.
*2007	"Bidirectional case-marking and linear adjacency." Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. 25:83-101.
2007	"Moroccan Arabic." In: Alan Kaye (ed.), Morphologies of Asia and Africa , vol 1, pp. 249-59. Winona Lake IN: Eisenbrauns.
2005	"Person". In: Geert Booij, Christian Lehmann & Joachim Mugdan (eds.), Morphology: An international Handbook on Inflection and Word-Formation, Vol. II. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter (Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science, 17).
2004	"Coordination: an adaptationist view." In: Martin Haspelmath (ed.), Coordinating Constructions, 676-88. Philadelphia: Benjamins.
2003	"Arabic derivational ablaut, processing strategies, and consonantal 'roots'." In: Joseph Shimron (ed.), Language Processing and Language Acquisition in a Root-Based Morphology. Amsterdam/New York: Benjamins.
2001	"Borrowing." In: R.. Mesthrie (ed.), Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics, 432-42. Oxford: Pergamon, 2001. [reprint, with slightly updated bibliography
2000	"Crawling toward enlightenment: the verb HBU in Moroccan Arabic." In: Christiane Schaner-Wolles, John Rennison, and Friedrich Neubarth, eds. Naturally! Linguistic studies in honour of Wolfgang Ulrich Dressler presented on the occasion of his 60th birthday, 183-93. Torino: Rosenberg & Sellier.
2000	"SIFT-ing the evidence: adaptation of a Berber loan for 'send' in Moroccan Arabic." In: S. Chaker and A. Zaborski, eds., Études berbères et chamito-sémitiques, Mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse, 223-32. Paris/Louvain: Peeters.
1999	"Sino-Moroccan citrus: borrowing as a natural linguistic experiment." In: Lutz Erhard and Mohammed Nekroumi, eds., Tradition und Innovation: Norm and Deviation in Arabic and Semitic Linguistics, 168-76. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
*1998	"Hermit crabs: formal renewal of morphology by phonologically mediated affix substitution", Language 74:728-59.
*1998	[with Matthew Gordon] "Sex, sound symbolism, and sociolinguistics", Current Anthropology 39:421-49.
*1998	"Pragmatic skewing in 1<—>2 pronominal combinations in Amerindian languages." International Journal of American Linguistics 64:83-104.
1997	"Moroccan Arabic phonology." In: Alan Kaye, ed., Phonologies of Africa and Asia. Vol 1, pp. 205-18. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.
*1997	"Lost wax: abrupt replacement of key morphemes in Australian agreement complexes", Diachronica 14.2.197-232.
1994	"Borrowing". The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, vol. 1:383-94. Oxford & NY: Pergamon.
1994	"Uto-Aztecan". The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, vol. 9:4865-6. Oxford & NY: Pergamon.
1991	"Autour des réseaux dialectaux dans l'arabe des Juifs et des Musulmans marocains." In: Issachar Ben-Ami, ed., Recherches sur la culture des Juifs d'Afrique du Nord, xlix-lvi. Jerusalem: Communauté Israélite Nord-Africaine, 1991.
1991	"Pragmatic disguise in pronominal‑affix paradigms." In Frans Plank, ed., Paradigms: The Economy of Inflection, 75-89. Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
1991	"Moroccan Arabic plurals and gemination: Some data to sleep on." In: Semitic Studies: In Honor of Wolf Leslau, Vol. 1, ed. by Alan Kaye, 627-633. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
1990	"Verbal inflection and macro‑subgroupings of Australian languages: The search for conjugation markers in non‑Pama‑Nyungan." In: Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology, ed. by Philip Baldi, 403-417. Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
1989	"Moroccan affricates", in Paul Wexler et al.,eds., Studia Linguistica et Orientalia Memoriae Haim Blanc Dedicata, 133‑35. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
1988	"Lexicon", in Ulrich Ammon et al., eds., Sociolinguistics: An International Handbook/ Soziolinguistik: Ein internationales Handbuch, 1153‑63. Berlin and New York: De Gruyter.
1987	"Hasta la mujerra! and other intances of playful language mixing in Morocco", Mediterranean Language Review.
1987	"Story of *-n-: *CV- vs. *CV-n- noun-class prefixes in Australian languages", in Donald Laycock and Werner Winter, eds., A World of Language: Papers Presented to Professor S.A. Wurm on his 65th Birthday, 233-43. (Pacific Linguistics, C-100). Canberra: Australian National University, Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies.
*1986	"Syntactic and lexical aspects of nonconfigurationality in Nunggubuyu (Australia)", Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 4:375‑408.
1986	"Massacre at Hodgson Downs" [text, Warndarang language], in: L. Hercus and P. Sutton, eds., This is What Happened: Historical Narratives by Aborigines, 177‑81. Australia: AIAS.
1985	"Discourse in the field: Clause structure in Ngandi (Australia)." In: J. Nichols and A. Woodbury, eds., Grammar Inside and Outside the Clause, 89‑110. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press.
1984	"Language contact and language change", Annual Review of Anthropology 1984, 367‑84. Palo Alto: Annual Reviews, Inc.
1983	"On structural determinism in borrowing: Moroccan Arabic." In: P. H. Nelde, ed., Theorie, Methoden und Modelle der Kontaktlinguistik, 52‑58. Bonn: Dümmler.
1983	"Referential tracking in Nunggubuyu (Australia)", in John Haiman and Pamela Munro, eds., Switch Reference and Universal Grammar, 129‑49. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
1982	"Introduction", in J. Heath et al., eds., Languages of Kinship in Aboriginal Australia,1‑18.
1982	[Francesca Merlan and J. Heath] "Dyadic kinship terms", in J. Heath et al., eds., Languages of Kinship in Aboriginal Australia, 107‑24.
1982	"Where is that (knee)?: Basic and supplementary kin terms in Dhuwal (Yuulngu/Murngin)." In: in J. Heath et al., eds., Languages of Kinship in Aboriginal Australia, 40‑63.
*1982	[J. Heath and Moshe Bar‑Asher] "A Judeo‑Arabic dialect of Tafilalt (southeastern Morocco)", Zeitschrift für arabische Linguistik 9:32‑78.
*1981	"A case of intensive lexical diffusion: Arnhem Land, Australia", Language 57:335‑67.
1981	"The role of Basque in modern linguistic theory", IKER‑1, Euskalarien Nazioarteko Jardunaldiak [Bascologist's International Congress], 433‑44. Bilbao: Euskaltzaindia.
1981	"Tubatulabal phonology." In: G. N. Clements, ed., Harvard Studies in Phonology 2, 188‑217. Bloomington: Univ. of Indiana Linguistics Club.
1981	"Aspectual 'skewing' in two Australian languages (Mara, Nunggubuyu)." In: P. Tedeschi and A. Zaenen, eds., Tense and Aspect [=Syntax and Semantics 14], 91‑102. New York: Academic.
1981	"Hermit crabs in Uto‑Aztecan." In: B. Johns and D. Strong, eds., Syntactic Change, 35‑58. Dept. of Linguistics, Univ. of Michigan.
1980	"Dyirbal ergativity: Counter‑rejoinder to Dixon", Linguistics 18:505‑21.
*1980	"Mara moieties: A reply", Mankind 12:234‑40.
1980	"Nunggubuyu deixis, anaphora, and culture." In: J. Kreiman and A. Ojeda, eds., Papers from the Parasession on Pronouns and Anaphora, 151‑65. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society.
1980	"Choctaw suppletive verbs and derivational morphology", Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics. Lawrence, Kansas.
*1979	"Is Dyirbal ergative?", Linguistics 17:401‑63.
1979	"Diffusional linguistics in Australia: Problems and prospects." In: S. Wurm, ed., Australian Linguistic Studies, 395‑418. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
1979	"Units in a functional grammar", in P. Clyne et al., eds., The Elements, 52‑59. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society.
1978	"Mara 'moieties' once again", Mankind 11:468‑79.
*1978	"Uto‑Aztecan *na‑class verbs", International Journal of American Linguistics 44:211‑22.
1978	"Functional universals", in J. Jaeger et al., eds., Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Meeting, 86‑95. Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistics Society.
1978	"Linguistic approaches to Nunggubuyu ethnobotany and ethnozoology." In: L. Hiatt, ed., Australian Aboriginal Concepts, 40‑55. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
*1977	"Uto‑Aztecan morphophonemics", International Journal of American Linguistics 43:27‑36.
1977	"Choctaw cases." In: K. Whistler et al., eds., Proceedings of the Third Annual Meeting, 204‑13. Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistics Society.
1976	"Antipassivization: A functional typology", in H. Thompson et al., eds., Proceedings of the Second Annual Meeting, 202‑11. Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistics Society.
1976	"Substantival hierarchies: Addendum to Silverstein." In: R. M. W. Dixon, ed., Grammatical Categories in Australian Languages, 172‑90. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
1976	"Ergative/accusative typologies in morphology and syntax." In: R. M. W. Dixon, ed., Grammatical Categories in Australian Languages, 599‑611. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
1976	"Simple and compound verbs: Conjugation by auxiliaries in Australian verbal systems: northeast Arnhem Land." In: R. M. W. Dixon, ed., Grammatical Categories in Australian Languages, 735‑40. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
1976	"The derivational suffix 'having': Ritharngu." In: R. M. W. Dixon, ed., Grammatical Categories in Australian Languages, 285‑87. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
1976	"Ergative, locative, and instrumental case inflections: Nunggubuyu." In: R. M. W. Dixon, ed., Grammatical Categories in Australian Languages, 408‑11. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
1976	"The bivalent suffix ‑ku: Nunggubuyu and Ritharngu." In: R. M. W. Dixon, ed., Grammatical Categories in Australian Languages, 444‑50. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
*1975	"Some functional relationships in grammar", Language 51:89‑104.
1974	"Some related transformations in Basque." In: M. La Galy et al., eds., Papers from the Tenth Regional Meeting, 248‑58. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society.
1972	"Uto‑Aztecan relative clauses." In: P. Peranteau et al., eds., Chicago Which Hunt,230‑45.
1972	"Genitivization in northern Basque complement clauses", Anuario de filología "Julio de Urquijo" 6:46‑66.

review article

1980	"Whither ergativity?: A review article" [Frans Plank, ed., Ergativity: Towards a Theory of Grammatical Relations], Linguistics 18:877‑910.

reviews

200?	Sudlow, David. The Tamasheq of North-East Burkina Faso: notes on grammar and syntax including a key vocabulary. Afrika und Uebersee.
2005	Suleiman, Yasir. The Arabic language and national identity. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 15(2):281-3
2004	Harvey, Mark. A Grammar of Gaaguju. Anthropological Linguistics 46(1):485-6.
2004	Terrill, Angela. A Grammar of Lavukaleve. Anthropological Linguistic. 46(4):485-6.
2003	Labov, William. Principles of Linguistic Change; Volume 2: Social Factors. Anthropological Linguistics 45(4): 466-73.
2002	Ratliffe & Newman, eds., Linguistic Fieldwork. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 23:229-33.
2002	Nash et al., eds., Festschrift for Ken Hale. Anthropological Linguistics 44(2): 200-1.
1999	Campbell, Lyle. American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Anthropological Linguistics 41:125-26.
1998	Elgibali, Alaa. Understanding Arabic: Essays in contemporary Arabic linguistics in honor of El-Said Badawi. Language 74:662. [book note]
1998	Al-Ani, Salman, and Dilworth Parkinso, Arabic linguistics bibliography 1979-1995. Language 74:662. [book note]
1998	Ives Goddard, ed. Handbook of North American Indians, vol. 17: Languages. Anthropological Linguistics 40:141-7.
1997	Hasler Hangert, Andrés, El náhuatl de Tehuacán-Zongolica. Journal of Anthropological Research 53:461-2.
1995	Abraham & Janssen, eds., Tempus-Aspekt-Modus: Die lexikalischen und grammatischen Formen in den germanischen Sprachen. Language 72:178-9.
1995	Thieroff & Ballweg, eds., Tense Systems in European Languages. Language 72:188-9.
1995	Kamp & Reyle, From Discourse to Logic. Language 71:823-26.
1995	Osborn et al., A Fulfulde (Maasina)-English-French lexicon. Int'l Jrnl. of African Histor. St. 28:205-7.
1994	Johanna Nichols, Linguistic Diversity in Space and Time. Anthropological Linguistics 94:92-96.
1994?	Barry Alpher, Yir-Yoront Lexicon: Sketch and Dictionary of an Australian Language. Anthropological Linguistics.
1994	O'Grady & Tryon, Studies in Comparative Pama-Nyungan. Language 70:864-5.
1994	Miehe, Die Präfixnasale im Benue-Congo und im Kwa: Versuch einer Widerlegung der Hypothese der Nasalinnovation des Bantu. Language 70:862-3.
1994	Ulrike Mosel and Even Hovdhaugen, Samoan Reference Grammar. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 4:138-40.
1992	Talmy Givón, Syntax, A Functional-Typological Introduction. Language.
1991	Habaka Feghali, with notes by Alan Kaye, Moroccan Arabic Reader. Canadian Journal of Linguistics.
1991	Maria Grossmann, Colori e lessico: Studi sulla struttura semantica degli aggettivi di colore in catalano, castigliano, italiano, romeno, latino e ungherese. Language 66:868-69.
1989	Frans van Coetsem, Loan Phonology and the Two Transfer Types in Language Contact. Language 65:385‑87.
1988	Barry Blake, Australian Aboriginal Grammar. Journal of Linguistics 24:257.
1986	Fathi Talmoudi, The diglossic situation in Northern Africa. Journal of Mediterranean Linguistics 2.
1986	Alan Davies et al., eds. Interlanguage. Language 62:962‑63.
1986	Ruth Wodak, Hilflose Nähe?: Mütter und Töchter erzählen, Eine Psycho‑ und soziolinguistische Untersuchung. Language 62:955.
1986	Talmy Givon, Syntax, A Functional-Typological Introduction. Language 62:160-163.
1986	Kees Versteegh, Pidginization and Creolization: The Case of Arabic. Language 62:952‑53.
1985	Norbert Nebes. Funktionsanalyse von ka@na yaf¿alu: Ein Beitrag zur Verbalsyntax des Althocharabischen... Language 61:228.
1985	Katherine Siva Sauvel and Pamela Munro, Chem'ivillu' (Let's Speak Cahuilla). Language 61:505‑6.
1984	Bernd Heine, The Nubi Language of Kibera: An Arabic Creole. Language 60:991‑92.
1984	Robert Dixon and Barry Blake, eds., Handbook of Australian Languages, II. Language 60:465‑66.
1984	C. G. von Brandenstein, Names and Substance of the Australian Subsection System. Language 60:466‑67.
1983	John Platt and Heidi Weber, English in Singapore and Malaysia: Status, Functions, Features. Language 59:448‑49.
1982	R.M.W. Dixon, The Languages of Australia. Journal of Linguistics 18:189‑94.
1982	R.W.W. Dixon and Barry Blake, eds., Handbook of Australian Languages, I. Journal of Linguistics 18:194‑97.
1979	R.M.W. Dixon, A grammar of Yidin. Language 55(3):706-8.
1979	Hansjakob Seiler, Cahuilla Grammar. International Journal of American Linguistics 45:356‑58.
1977	Ronald Langacker, Non‑distinct Arguments in Uto‑Aztecan. Language 53:457‑61.

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