I am new to biblatex. I am using the package apacite for formatting references in APA format. I come up with a list of names that looks like: Ghosh, M & Razmpour, A. How can change the & between the last name and the second last name to a comma?
[Tex/LaTex] apacite: change ampersand (&) to comma between the last and second last names
apa-stylebibtex
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Make a copy of apacite.bst (perhaps name it bpacite.bst). If you are using TeXLive it is located in /usr/local/texlive/<year>/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/apacite/apacite.bst where <year> is the current year of your TeX Live distribution. The easiest way to find the exact file on any system is to type kpsewhich apacite.bst in a terminal window. Save the new copy in your local texmf/bibtex/bst folder.
In the new file, comment out (or delete) lines 753-775.
I won't quote the whole code here, but the relevant function in the .bst file begins:
FUNCTION {check.add.initials.aut}
{ %
% Comment out all of the code between the opening brace (above)
% and the final closing brace (below)
%
}
So after you have commented out the code, you should have what is effectively a function that does nothing. (You can't delete the function itself without messing with more parts of the code.)
FUNCTION {check.add.initials.aut}
{
}
This removes the extra check for whether initials are needed; since the default citation is not to have them, they will not appear in any citation.
Here's a test document assuming the modified .bst file:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{kim2002,
Author = {Kim, J B and Sag, I A},
Journal = {Natural Language \& Linguistic Theory},
Pages = {339-412},
Title = {Negation Without Head-Movement},
Volume = {20},
Year = {2002}}
@article{kim2001,
Author = {S Kim},
Journal = {Natural Language \& Linguistic Theory},
Pages = {67-107},
Title = {Chain Composition and Uniformity},
Volume = {19},
Year = {2001}}
@article{kim1989,
Author = {Y-J Kim and Richard Larson},
Journal = {Linguistic Inquiry},
Pages = {681-688},
Title = {Scope Interpretation and the Syntax of Psych-Verbs},
Volume = {20},
Year = {1989}}
\end{filecontents}
\usepackage{apacite}
\bibliographystyle{bpacite}
\begin{document}
\cite{kim2002,kim2001,kim1989}
\bibliography{\jobname}
\end{document}
The reason you get the initial is because you have two items in your bibliography by Lillo-Martin which apacite thinks are by different authors, and it's using the initial to distinguish them. Check your bib file for works by her and make sure the author names are identical. If that's not the case, then you need to make an example.
Best Answer
Just issue the following command in your document's preamble (but after the
\usepackage{apacite}instruction:Check also page 27 of the manual for the
apacitepackage.