Editing Xavante language (section)

===Xavante in linguistics===
The Xavante language was first referenced in the 19th century, in works of comparative philology which used word lists from the language and overviews of its structure.<ref name="Latham">{{cite book|last =Latham|first =R.G.|title=Elements of Comparative Philology|url =https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.44766|date=1862|publisher=Walton and Maberly}}</ref><ref name="von Martius">{{cite book|last =Von Martius|first =C.F.P.|title=Wörtersammlung Brasilianischer Sprachen|url =https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_B3z7W40v4oAC|date=1867|publisher=Friedrich Fleischer}}</ref> In the 20th century, Xavante has been studied academically since the 1960s by both Brazilian and foreign linguists, starting with a grammar;<ref name= "MD">{{cite journal|last =McLeod|first =R.|title=Xavante grammar|journal=Arquivo Lingüístico|volume=97|date=1960}}</ref> papers from this period examined the language’s phonemes,<ref name="MB">{{cite journal|last =McLeod|first =R.|title=Fonemas Xavante|journal=Serie Linguistica|volume=3|date=1974}}</ref> syllable structure,<ref name="BB">{{cite book|last=Burgess|first=E.|title=Duas análises das sílabas do xavánte|date=1971|publisher=Lingüístico de Verão}}</ref> as well as aspect and acquisition.<ref name="MA">{{cite book|last=McLeod|first=R.|last2=Mitchell|first2=V.|title=Aspectos da língua Xavante|date=1977|publisher=SIL}}</ref> By the 1980s, works on the syntax and semantics of Xavante were published, focusing on sentence initial devices<ref name="Grimes">{{cite journal|last=Grimes|first=J.E.|title=Sentence initial devices|journal=Summer Institute of Linguistics Publications in Linguistics|volume=75|pages=233|date=1986}}</ref> and focus;<ref name="BC">{{cite book|last=Burgess|first=E.|chapter= Focus and topic in Xavante|title=Sentence Initial Devices|date=1986|publisher=SIL}}</ref> the first Xavante-Portuguese dictionary was also produced by Hall, McLeod, and Mitchell, all of whom had researched extensively in Xavante (1987). Since the 1990s, more specific properties of the language have been researched academically, namely with respect to acquisition,<ref name="HA">{{cite journal|last =Harrison|first =A.|title=Language learning tips|journal=Notes on Linguistics|volume=50|pages=9–10|date=1990}}</ref><ref name="MC">{{cite book|last =McLeod|first=R.|title=Learning Xavante monolingually|publisher=LinguaLinks Library|date=2003}}</ref> name agreement,<ref name="dos Santos">{{cite thesis|last=dos Santos|first=J.P.|title= Marcas pessoais, concordância de número e alinhamento em Xavánte|date=2008|institution=Universidade de Brasilia}}</ref> assimilation,<ref name="Quintino">{{cite book|last=Quintino|first =W.|chapter=Assimilação dos traços Voz e Nas em posição de coda em Xavánte|title=Línguas Macro-Jê. Vários estudos|date=2002|publisher=Editoria de UEL}}</ref> morphology, and respect/intimacy relationships.<ref name="Harrison">{{cite journal|last=Harrison|first=A.|date=2001|title=Xavante morphology and respect/intimacy relationships|journal=SIL in Brazil}}</ref> A revised Xavante-Portuguese dictionary, again compiled by Hall, McLeod, and Mitchell, was released in 2004.