In Eskimo there are two different underlying representations on the phonological level for the possessive and transitive constructions, but confusion has resulted from the fact that these have been treated identically. (CK)

Research supported by grants from the University of Arizona and the American Philosophical Society. (RS)

Work sponsored by the National Science Foundation under a series of grants for research on Oregon Indian languages. (VM)

Discusses the laryngealized (aspirated and glottalized) obstruent consonants in the phonological systems of the Quechua dialects of the Cuzco-Puno region and Bolivia. (RM)

Field research into the Heiltsuk language, part of the Kwakiutlic branch of the Wakashan language family, in British Columbia is reported. Some of the features of Heiltsuk phonetics are discussed. (RM)

Central Siberian Yupik Eskimo is the language both of the natives of St. Lawrence Island and of the facing Siberian mainland, with few minor variations. A history of the language is given as it evolved in both countries, as well as a phonological analysis and orthographic developments on both sides. (SCC)