This article discusses the role of boundaries in Yuman languages and gives a general idea of Yuman phonology. Basic units in the morphology and syntax are also delimited, as a result of the examination of boundaries. (CLK)

Diachronic and comparative study of the Pequot language from sources compiled by Ezra Stiles in 1762 and Frank G. Speck in 1928; preliminary version of this article presented at the 11th Conference on American Indian Languages, December 2, 1972, Toronto, Canada. (RS)

Funds supporting the research for this paper was made available by a National Science Foundation Science Development Grant. (VM)

Jane Rosenthal's paper on relative clauses in Classical Nahuatl is discussed, and it is argued that she misses an important generalization. An alternative analysis to a class of relative pronouns and new rules for the distribution of relative pronouns are proposed. (SC)

Paper presented at the Seventh International Conference on Salish Languages, Bellingham, Washington, August 1972; research supported by the National Science Foundation. (DD)

This article is a study examining the relationship between the Salish and Nez Perce languages, including a syntactic, semantic and phonological comparison. A historical and social background is also included. (CLK)

Examines the color systems of various Miwok languages and attempts a reconstruction of the Proto-Miwok color system. (AM)

The article determines the linguistic affiliation of the Nakipa and Yakakwal peoples, who became extinct before the turn of the century, as Paopai and Kiliwa, respectively. The article uses ethnohistoric and historic sources to explain the theory. (Author/NCR)

This article proposes a California Penutian etymology for two distinct roots meaning "two," and shows some of the transformations of morphological material which have characterized innovations in language subgroups related to California Penutian. This provides important evidence for the history of California Penutian. (CLK)