main.tex

% compile with xelatex
\documentclass[a4paper]{scrreprt}

% bibliography setup
\usepackage{natbib}
\setcitestyle{notesep={:},aysep={}}
\bibliographystyle{bib/lsalike}
% define some commands (from the lsalike.sty file not used here) for the bibliography
\def\lsaand{\& }
\def\lsadashify#1{---\hspace*{-2pt}---}
\def\lsadashifynew#1{---\hspace*{-2pt}---}

% metadata
\author{Pierpaolo Frasa\\Dieselstr. 3\\51103 Köln\\Student number: 5031680}
\title{Split Intransitivity in the Arawak Languages}
\newcommand*{\University}{Universit\"at zu K\"oln}
\newcommand*{\ThesisType}{Master's Thesis}
\newcommand*{\Remarks}{in General Linguistics\\Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nikolaus P. Himmelmann}

% load chngcntr before hyperref
\usepackage{chngcntr}

% set up PDF
\usepackage[pdfusetitle,hidelinks]{hyperref}

% fonts
\usepackage{fontspec}
\defaultfontfeatures{Ligatures=TeX} % make dashes and quotes work!
\setmainfont{Linux Libertine O}
\setsansfont{Linux Biolinum O}

% enumeration style
\renewcommand{\labelenumi}{(\alph{enumi})}

% footnote style
\deffootnote[2em]{0em}{-0.8em}{\textsuperscript{\thefootnotemark}}

% for tables
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{pdflscape}

% linguistics package
\usepackage{covington}

% numbering fixes (don't reset equation and footnote numbers each chapter)
\counterwithout{equation}{chapter}
\counterwithout*{footnote}{chapter}

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\begin{document}
\input{title}

\pagenumbering{roman}
\tableofcontents
\listoftables

\clearpage
\pagenumbering{arabic}
% Here be individual chapters (use \input{chapterX/chapter.tex})
\input{chapter1/chapter.tex}
\input{chapter2/chapter.tex}
\input{chapter3/chapter.tex}
\input{chapter4/chapter.tex}

% Here be the bibliography
\bibliography{bib/references}
\end{document}