PART ONE:MAJOR LANGUAGES OF NORTH AMERICA 1
English 3
The English Language in the United States＆by Raven I．McDavid,Jr． 5
The English Language in Canada＆by Walter S．Avis 40
Dialect Studies,Regional and Social＆by Frederic G．Cassidy 75
Approaches to Phonology＆by William S-Y．Wang 101
Approaches to Grammar＆by W．Nelson Francis 122
Approaches to Lexicography and Semantics＆by Allen Walker Read 145
General Educational Aims of Native Language Teaching and Learning＆by Albert H．Marckwardt 206
Linguistics and the Teaching of Reading and Spelling＆by Sumner Ives and Josephine Piekarz Ives 228
Linguistics and Literature＆by Seymour Chatman and Samuel R．Levin 250
English as a Second Language＆by Harold B．Allen 295
French 321
Le francais en Amérique du Nord:Problèmes et réalisations＆par Jean-Paul Vinay 323
Histoire du francais en Amérique du Nord＆par Gaston Dulong 407
French Dialect Geography in North America＆by Ernest F．Haden 422
Bibliographie＆par Jean-Paul Vinay 414
Spanish 465
Spanish in North America＆by Jerry R．Craddock 467
PART TWO:OTHER IMMIGRANT LANGUAGES OF NORTH AMERICA 503
Bilingualism,Language Contact,and Immigrant Languages in the United States:A Research Report 1956-1970＆by Einar Haugen 505
Immigrant Languages,Language Contact,and Bilingualism in Canada＆by J．B．Rudnyckyj 592
PART THREE:NAVITVE LANGUAGES OF NORTH AMERICA 653
General Chapters 655
History of American Indian Linguistics＆by Harry Hoijer 657
American Indian Linguistics Prehistory＆by Mary R．Haas 677
North American Indian Language Contact＆by William Bright 713
Philological Approaches to the Study of North American Indian Languages:Documents and Documentation＆by Ives Goddard 727