PART ONE：LINGUISTICS IN EAST 1
China 1
Historical Linguistics＆by Nicholas Cleaveland Bodman 3
Descriptive Linguistics＆by Kun Chang 59
Dialectology＆by Soren Egerod 91
Language and Script Reform＆by John DeFrancis 130
National Languages＆by Kun Chang 151
Linguistics in Taiwan＆by Fang-Kuei Li 177
Bibliography of Chinese Linguistics＆by William S-Y．Wang 188
Japan 501
Historical Linguistics，Including Affiliations with Other Languages＆by Tsukishima Hiroshi 503
Descriptive Linguistics in Japan＆by Hattori Shiro 530
Dialectology＆by Willem A．Grootaers 585
Studies of the Ainu Language＆by Tamura Suzuko 608
Postwar Studies of the Chinese Language＆by Tōdō Akiyasu 633
The Study of English in Japan＆by Ota Akira 645
Languages of South East Asia＆by Mineya Tōru 683
The Writing System：Historical Research and Modern Development＆by Yamada Toshio 693
Korea，Mongolia，Tibet 733
Linguistics in the Republic of Korea＆by Fred Lukoff 735
The Mongolian Peoples Republic＆by Nicholas Poppe 758
Tibet＆by Turrell V．Wylie 766
PART TWO：LINGUISTICS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA 775
Burma＆by William S．Cornyn 777
Thailand and Laos＆by William J．Gedney 782
Vietnam＆by Laurence C．Thompson and David D．Thomas 815
Indonesia and Malaysia＆by E．M．Uhlenbeck 847
Linguistics in Cambodia and on Cambodian＆by Judith M．Jacob 899
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 920
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF TRANSCRIPTION 927
INDEX OF LANGUAGES 939
INDEX OF NAMES 953