2026
Chapter in Book - Research
Overall, S. E. (2026). Song texts and singing practice. In H. Nesi & P. Milin (Eds.), International encyclopedia of language and linguistics (Vol. 6). (third ed.) (pp. 459-463). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-95504-1.00671-2
Overall, S. E. (2026). Non-verbal predication in Chicham. In P. M. Bertinetto, L. Ciucci & D. Creissels (Eds.), Non-verbal predication in the World’s languages: A typological survey: Eurasia, North America, South America (Vol. 1). (pp. 625-652). Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110730982-018
2025
Chapter in Book - Research
Overall, S. E. (2025). Negation in Aguaruna. In M. Miestamo, L. Veselinova & H. Calame (Eds.), Negation in the world's languages III: Papunesia, Australia, and the Americas. (pp. 555-587). Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.18234101
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Overall, S. (2025, September). Talk is NOT cheap: Awajún reported speech practices in areal perspective. Verbal presentation at the Syntax of the World's Languages (SWL) X Conference, Potsdam, Germany.
2024
Chapter in Book - Research
Overall, S. E. (2024). Clause chaining in Aguaruna (Chicham). In H. S. Sarvasy & A. Y. Aikhenvald (Eds.), Clause chaining in the languages of the world. (pp. 395-415). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Overall, S. (2024). Kandozi-Chapra. In R. Zariquiey, P. Valenzuela, J. Peña & G. García (Eds.), Enciclopedia de las lenguas Indígenas u originarias del Perú en el Bicentenario [Encyclopedia of Indigenous or original languages of Peru in the Bicentennial] (Vol. 1). (pp. 265-286). Lima, Perú: Ministerio de Cultura / Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Scoon, E., & Overall, S. (2024, July). Clause-chaining and syntactic status in Awajún (Chicham). Verbal presentation at the Syntax of the World's Languages (SWL) IX Conference, Lima, Perú.
Overall, S. (2024, July). Talking about sex in Awajún traditional stories. Verbal presentation at the Syntax of the World's Languages (SWL) IX Conference, Lima, Perú.
2023
Chapter in Book - Research
Overall, S. E. (2023). Reflexive and reciprocal constructions in Aguaruna. In K. Janic, N. Puddu & M. Haspelmath (Eds.), Reflexive constructions in the world's languages. (pp. 725-745). Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7861660
Overall, S. (2023). Kandozi-Chapra. In P. Epps & L. Michael (Eds.), Amazonian languages: An international handbook: Language isolates I: Aikanã to Kandozi-Shapra (Vol. 1). (pp. 615-657). Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton. doi: 10.1515/9783110419405-013
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Overall, S. (2023, November). Clause chaining and subordination in Aguaruna (Chicham). Verbal presentation at the Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand: Language & Society (LangSoc), Auckland, New Zealand.
2022
Chapter in Book - Research
Overall, S. E. (2022). While we are not yet dead: Themes of love and loss in a Kandozi-Chapra drinking song. In A. Storch & R. M. W. Dixon (Eds.), The art of language. (pp. 53-80). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004510395_005
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Overall, S. E. (2022). What is and what isn't a frustrative? Defining and applying a comparative concept. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand. (pp. 49-50). Retrieved from https://nzlingsoc.org
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Overall, S. (2022, December). Bridging the gap: A technique for narrative cohesion in Aguaruna (Chicham). Workshop presentation at the New Zealand Linguistic Society Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2021
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Cop, M., & Overall, S. (2021). How to make dramatic use of body parts. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand: Language & Society 2020 (LangSoc). Retrieved from https://events.waikato.ac.nz/events/Language-and-society-conference
2019
Journal - Research Article
Overall, S. E. (2019). Taming the jaguar: On the lexical equivalence of 'jaguar' and 'domestic dog' in Amazonian languages. The Mouth, (4), 92-106.
Overall, S. (2019). Parrots, peccaries, and people: Imagery and metaphor in Aguaruna (Chicham) magic songs. International Journal of Language & Culture, 6(1), 148-174. doi: 10.1075/ijolc.00020.ove
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Overall, S. (2019, November). Nasal prosody in Aguaruna (Chicham, Peru), and the challenges it presents for orthography development. Verbal presentation at the Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand: Language & Society (LangSoc), Christchurch, New Zealand.
Overall, S. (2019, November). Some challenges in adapting Spanish orthography to represent Aguaruna, an indigenous Peruvian language. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Hispanic Studies (NHUSS) Seminar, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2018
Edited Book - Research
Overall, S. E., Vallejos, R., & Gildea, S. (Eds.). (2018). Nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages. Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins, 407p. doi: 10.1075/tsl.122
Chapter in Book - Research
Overall, S. E. (2018). Nonverbal predicates and copula constructions in Aguaruna (Chicham). In S. E. Overall, R. Vallejos & S. Gildea (Eds.), Nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages. (pp. 135-161). Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins. doi: 10.1075/tsl.122
Overall, S. E., Vallejos, R., & Gildea, S. (2018). Nonverbal predication in Amazonia: Typological and diachronic considerations. In S. E. Overall, R. Vallejos & S. Gildea (Eds.), Nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages. (pp. 1-49). Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins. doi: 10.1075/tsl.122
Journal - Research Article
Overall, S. E. (2018). From verb to noun and back again: Non-referential uses of nominalizations in Aguaruna (Chicham). STUF, 71(1), 133-150. doi: 10.1515/stuf-2018-0006
Overall, S. E., & Wojtylak, K. I. (2018). Nominalization in Northwest Amazonia: Introduction. STUF, 71(1), 1-18. doi: 10.1515/stuf-2018-0001
Journal - Research Other
Overall, S. E. (2018). Aguaruna. International Journal of American Linguistics, 84(Suppl. 1), S55-S68. doi: 10.1086/695546
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Overall, S. (2018). Commands and prohibitions in Kandozi-Chapra, A Peruvian Amazonian Language. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand: Language & Society (LangSoc). (pp. 48). Retrieved from https://nzlingsoc.org
Other - Edited Journal
Overall, S. E., & Wojtylak, K. I. (Eds.). (2018). STUF 71(1) [Special issue: Nominalization in Northwest Amazonia]. [Guest Editors].
2017
Authored Book - Research
Overall, S. E. (2017). A grammar of Aguaruna (Iiniá Chicham). Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter, 636p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Overall, S. E. (2017). A typology of frustrative marking in Amazonian languages. In A. Y. Aikhenvald & R. M. W. Dixon (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of linguistic typology. (pp. 477-512). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781316135716.015
Overall, S. E. (2017). The grammatical representation of commands and prohibitions in Aguaruna. In A. Y. Aikhenvald & R. M. W. Dixon (Eds.), Commands: A cross-linguistic typology. (pp. 61-82). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198803225.001.0001
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Overall, S. E. (2017). Frustrative and the grammatical expression of emotion. Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the Association for Linguistics Typology (ALT). Retrieved from http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/news-and-media/past-events/alt-conference-2017/
Overall, S. E. (2017). Chaining chains: Tail-head linkage and other devices for linking clause chains in Aguaruna (Chicham). Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the Association for Linguistics Typology (ALT). Retrieved from http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/news-and-media/past-events/alt-conference-2017/
2016
Chapter in Book - Research
Overall, S. E. (2016). Attributive adjectives and the internal syntax of the NP in Jivaroan. In F. Queixalós & D. M. Gomes (Eds.), O Sintagma Nominal Em Línguas Amazônicas. (pp. 29-43). Campinas, Brazil: Pontes Editores.
Overall, S. E. (2016). Switch-reference and case-marking in Aguaruna (Jivaroan) and beyond. In R. van Gijn & J. Hammond (Eds.), Switch reference 2.0. (pp. 453-472). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins.
Journal - Research Article
Overall, S. E. (2016). Who were the Antipas? A linguistic and ethnohistorical investigation of a forgotten tribe. Liames, 16(1), 59-69.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Overall, S. (2016, May). Negation in Kandozi. Verbal presentation at the International Colloquium Amazonicas VI: The Structure of Amazonian Languages, Leticia, Columbia.
2015
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Overall, S. E. (2015). Canonical and non-canonical switch-reference in Western Amazonia. Proceedings of the 11th Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT) Conference. (pp. 102-103). Retrieved from https://ling.unm.edu/news-and-events-/alt-2015/program/abstract-booklet-.html
2014
Chapter in Book - Research
Overall, S. E. (2014). Clause chaining, switch reference and nominalisations in Aguaruna (Jivaroan). In R. van Gijn, J. Hammond, D. Matić, S. van Putten & A. V. Galucio (Eds.), Information structure and reference tracking in complex sentences. (pp. 309-340). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins.
Overall, S. E. (2014). Nominalization, knowledge, and information source in Aguaruna (Jivaroan). In A. Y. Aikhenvald & R. M. W. Dixon (Eds.), The grammar of knowledge: A cross-linguistic typology. (pp. 227-244). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198701316.003.0011
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Overall, S. (2014, May). Predicate nominals and enclitic copulas in Jivaroan and Candoshi. Verbal presentation at the Amazonicas V, Belém, Brazil.
2013
Journal - Research Other
Overall, S. E. (2013). [Review of the book Linguistics and archaeology in the Americas and Estudios sobre lenguas andinas y amazónicas]. Language Dynamics & Change, 3(1), 133-139. doi: 10.1163/22105832-13030104
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Overall, S. E. (2013). Some curious and subtle properties of grammatical objects in Aguaruna (Jivaroan). Proceedings of the 10th Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT) Biennial Conference. Retrieved from https://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/conference/2013_ALT10/files/participants.html
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Overall, S. (2013, September). The rise of evidentiality? Nominalization as a marker of non-firsthand information source in Aguaruna (Jivaroan). Verbal presentation at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE), Spilt, Croatia.
2012
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Overall, S. (2012, April). Orality spreading in Aguaruna. Verbal presentation at the International Colloquium Amazonicas IV, Lima, Peru.
Overall, S. (2012, April). Adjectival modification and compounding in Aguaruna (Jivaroan). Verbal presentation at the International Colloquium Amazonicas IV, Lima, Peru.
2010
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Overall, S. E. (2010). Jerarquía y tratamiento de la primera persona plural en la gramática de aguaruna. In M. Censabella & R. González (Eds.), Il Encuentro de Lenguas Indígenas Americanas y Il Simposio Internacional de Lingüística Amerindia. Buenos Aires, Argentina: CONICET. [Full Paper]
2009
Chapter in Book - Research
Overall, S. (2009). The semantics of clause linking in Aguaruna. In R. M. W. Dixon & A. Y. Aikhenvald (Eds.), The semantics of clause linking: A cross-linguistic typology. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
2008
Journal - Research Article
Overall, S. (2008). On the non-phonemic status of the velar nasal /ŋ/ in Jivaroan. Liames, 8, 45-59.
2006
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Overall, S. (2006). The genitive form of the noun in Aguaruna. Proceedings of the 2005 Australian Linguistic Society (ALS). Retrieved from http://www.als.asn.au/
