Examines a family of Spanish compounds formed by the combination of a third-person singular verb form with a following noun, and attempts to show the semantic categories of such compounds. It is argued that speakers of Spanish intuitively categorize unfamiliar "guarda" compounds according to their existing repertoires. (EJS)

Hispanos have an important part to play in the 1980 census. The Spanish-speaking population needs the information provided by the census and the census needs the help Hispanos can give. It is a two-way street that can be mutually beneficial to everyone involved. (Editor/NQ)

Addresses the question of whether eight public libraries can work together to serve a common area. The problem, objectives, personnel, programs, materials, and training involved in setting up shared staffing to provide regional service to Spanish-speaking residents are described. (VT)

Los Comanches de la Serna, a traveling group of 60 young people, keep the songs and dances of their Indian and Spanish heritage alive from generation to generation. (NQ)

This study of the medieval Spanish concept of order examines uses made of the word "y" ("and") in Spanish medieval writing to join words and phrases connoting social, natural and human order. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)

The range of Spanish varieties found among Chicanos is broad and can be expressed in terms of a linguistic continuum where particular varieties or rules are triggered by the presence of social and economic factors which permeate the relationships among speakers involved in a locutionary act. (Author/NQ)

The Hispanic Ad Hoc Coalition on Immigration consists of several Hispanic organizations concerned about immigration issues affecting the Latino community. The article presents their response to President Carter's proposed legislation concerning immigration and the employment of undocumented workers. (Author)

El Midwest Canto Al Pueblo was a successful effort to bring artists, poets, musicians, and cultural workers together in a setting conducive to a free and easy interchange of ideas and directions in order to reaffirm, share, and celebrate the identity of La Raza with el pueblo. The activities during the 10-day festival included poetry readings,…

The economic decline in 1974-76 has had a devastating impact, not only on the employment status of black and white workers, but on their family stability as well. Although the American economy is said to be experiencing some recovery no such recovery has reached the black community. (Author/AM)

An error analysis was conducted with materials published in Spanish in connection with an election in the U.S. Southwest. Most improprieties in the Spanish texts were found to be the result of an inadequate command of Spanish and lack of proficiency in translation skills. (Author/RM)

This analysis examined twentieth-century Spanish American works, geographically distributed throughout the area and including all genres. Results are given by genre and by nation. (RM)

The opinions of various grammarians and linguists about the correct usage of "adonde" and "a donde" are presented. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)

Includes annotations of six of the most beautifully illustrated, well-written, recently published books from Venezuela that are written in Spanish. (DF)

Results of demographic studies and statistics from state and federal courts indicate a growing need for Spanish-English court interpreters with special training in consecutive and simultaneous court interpretation. The five strongest skills which need to be taught in a court interpreter training program are identified and suggestions are given on…

Regardless of the syntactic variation of the direct object "a" in Spanish, a great deal of semantic unity underlies its use. Argues that it carries an invariant meaning that is present in every use of the form, and, concomitantly, its absence before a direct object carries an equally invariant meaning within the systematic semantic structure of…