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)

It is argued that the so-called fourth person or obviative of Chippewa and probably other Algonkian languages is the result of a syntactic feature switch rule, and that the "fourth person" label is inapproapriate and misleading. (CK)

Field work for this study was done under the auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics. (RS)

Discussion of phenomenon of shape-differentiation as it appears in the numerical classifiers, classificatory verbs, and body-part suffixes of the Tarascan language. (RS)

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 syntax and morphology of languages of active case or typology, chiefly found in North America (the Nadene, Sioux and Gulf families) and South America (the Tupi-Guarani family). (CK)

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)

A tagmemic analysis of Zuni clauses in terms of their grammatical and sememic structure, that is, the participants in a predication and their relational roles. Special attention is paid to the effects on Zuni transitivity and to the difference between nucleus and margin clauses. (SCC)

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)

The article reports on various methods previously used to discover cognates with computer assistance between 5 Indo-European languages (French, Russian, English, German and Rumanian), and between Shoshone and Northern Paiute, and in one branch of Uto-Aztecan languages. One specific computational procedure currently used is outlined. Tables…