Frontmatter -- EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- PART I: GENERAL AND IBERO-AMERICAN LINGUISTICS -- Introduction / Saporta, Sol -- General Perspectives / Coseriu, Eugenio -- Hispanic Phonology / Garcia, Erica -- Lexicography / Martínez, Fernando Antonio -- Hispanic Dialectology / Lope Blanch, Juan M. -- Hispanic Philology / Malkiel, Yakov -- Brazilian Linguistics / Câmara Jr., Joaquim Mattoso -- PART II: LINGUISTICS OF NON-IBERO-AMERICAN LANGUAGES -- Introduction / McQuown, Norman A. -- Classical Languages / Suárez, Jorge A. -- Writing Systems / Barthel, Thomas S. -- Descriptive Linguistics / Grimes, Joseph E. -- Indigenous Dialectology / Mayers, Marvin K. -- Comparative Reconstruction of Indigenous Languages / Longacre, Robert E. -- Creole Linguistics / Hall Jr., Robert A. -- PART III: APPLIED LINGUISTICS -- Introduction / Lado, Robert -- Spanish / Cisneros, Luis Jaime -- Bilingualism / Di Pietro, Robert J. -- Literacy / Lastra, Yolanda -- Foreign Language Teaching in Latin America / Gomes de Matos, Francisco / Wigdorsky, Leopoldo -- Applied Linguistic Research / Contreras, Heles -- Computational Linguistics / Manrique Castañeda, Leonardo -- Linguistic Correctness and the Role of the Academies / Guitarte, Guillermo L. / Torres Quintero, Rafael -- PART IV: SOURCES AND RESOURCES -- The Organization of Linguistic Activities / Lastra, Yolanda -- Present State of Linguistics / Escobar, Alberto -- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES -- INDEX OF LANGUAGES -- INDEX OF NAMES