Frontmatter -- EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION -- CONTENTS -- MASTER LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN LINGUISTICS TO 1945 / Cole, Desmond T. -- THE PRESENT STATE OF AFRICAN LINGUISTICS / Schachter, Paul -- WEST ATLANTIC: AN INVENTORY OF THE LANGUAGES, THEIR NOUN CLASS SYSTEMS AND CONSONANT ALTERNATION / Sapir, J. David -- NIGER-CONGO, MANDE / Welmers, Wm. E. -- NIGER-CONGO, GUR / Bendor-Samuel, John T. -- NIGER-CONGO, KWA / Stewart, John M. -- ADAMAWA-EASTERN / Samarin, William J. -- THE BENUE-CONGO LANGUAGES AND ¿J¿ / Williamson, Kay -- NIGER-CONGO, EASTERN BANTU / Kähler-Meyer, Emmi -- THE WESTERN BANTU LANGUAGES / Guthrie, Malcolm -- THE CLICK LANGUAGES OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA / Westphal, E. O. J. -- NILO-SAHARAN AND MEROITIC / Greenberg, Joseph H. -- CHADIC / Terry, Robert R. -- DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LINGUISTICS OF AFRIKAANS: A SURVEY OF MAJOR WORKS AND AUTHORS / Valkhoff, Marius F. -- ARABIC / Blanc, Haim -- PIDGINS AND CREOLES IN AFRICA / Berry, Jack -- COLONIAL LANGUAGE POLICIES AND THEIR LEGACIES / Spencer, John -- LANGUAGE POLICIES OF INDEPENDENT AFRICAN STATES / Whiteley, W. H. -- CHRISTIAN MISSIONS AND LANGUAGE POLICIES / Welmers, Wm. E. -- LANGUAGE TEACHING / Dunstan, Elizabeth -- PROBLEMS OF LITERACY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA / Foster, Philip J. -- ORTHOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS AND CONVENTIONS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA / Tucker, A. N. -- MULTILINGUALISM / Alexandre, Pierre -- LANGUAGES IN CONTACT / Goodman, Morris -- LANGUAGE STANDARDISATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA / Ansre, Gilbert -- SURROGATE LANGUAGES OF AFRICA / Nketia, J. H. Kwabena -- THE LINGUISTIC ASPECT OF STYLE IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES / Nketia, J. H. Kwabena -- Appendix: CHECKLIST OF AFRICAN LANGUAGE AND DIALECT NAMES / Welmers, Wm. E. -- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES -- INDEX OF NAMES