A sampling of some of the diverse studies recently carried out by investigators with varying divergent yet partially overlapping interests in the Spanish language. This book includes information on: Recent trends in Hispanic linguistics / Frank Nuessel; African influence on Hispanic dialects / John Lipski; The Spanish teacher as dialectologist / Mark G. Goldin; Noun gender categories in Spanish and French / Richard V. Teschner. This book is published by SIL International and is part of our series on Linguistics.