Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreign Language as a Means of Introduction to the Study of Minority Group Cultures in the United States / Sharp, John M. -- Some Cultural Implications of a Mexican American Border Dialect of American English / Ortego, Philip D. -- Desiderata in New Mexican Spanish Research / Bills, Garland D. -- A Lexical Compilation of Rio Grande Valley Spanish: Aspects of Applied Research Techniques in Cross-Cultural Survey Investigation in the United States / Landmann, Robert S. -- The Southwest Spanish Lexicon / Craddock, Jerry R. -- Lexical Usage of, and Attitude toward, Southwest Spanish in the Ysleta, Texas Area / Ramirez, Carina -- Social Factors and Language / Goodman, Paul Wershub / Renner, Kathryn -- Acquisition of English Syntax by Mexican Americans: Grades 1-6 / Hoffer, Bates -- Some Research Problems in Southwestern Spanish Grammar / Hensey, Fritz -- The Phonology of Mexican-American Spanish / Foster, David William -- Literature and Writing for American Indian Students / Allen, Paula / Remley, David A. -- Communication Patterns in the English of Black Students in the Southwest and Elsewhere / Gill, Glenda Eloise -- Elicitation Techniques for Research on Child Bilinguals / Rouchdy, Aleya -- Origin and Present-Day Location of German Speakers in Texas / Gilbert, Glenn G. -- On the Inter-Relatedness of Minority Languages: A Position Paper / Raffler-Engel, Walburga von -- Index