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Terhart, Lena. 2024. A grammar of Paunaka. Language Science Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10517532 Cite Download
Kowalik, Richard. 2023. Towards a grammar of spoken South Saami. Stockholm University dissertation. Cite
Colarusso, John (ed.). 1992. A Grammar of the Kabardian Language. University of Calgary Press. Cite Download
Zamponi, Raoul & Comrie, Bernard. 2021. A Grammar of Akajeru: Fragments of a traditional North Andamanese dialect. UCL Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800080935 Cite Download
A Grammar of Amri Karbi. 2021. University of Helsinki dissertation. Cite
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For many years, Grammar Watch existed as a lovingly hand-curated list of grammars. We’ve turned that trusty HTML page into a living bibliography of open access books. Our goals remain the same:
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Increasingly, scholarly work is shared in open access. We want to foster this development by making open access work easier to find and easier to cite. Some of the grammars we list are published in open access book series like Language Science Press’ Studies in Diversity Linguistics. Many originate as PhD theses, sometimes published in series like the LOT School publications or Pacific Linguistics, sometimes formally unpublished but available in university repositories. We only share links to PDFs that are openly available elsewhere.