Introduction / Sandra Lee Mckay and Sau-ling C. Wong
Flowering of America: linguistic diversity in the United States / Reynaldo F. Macias
American linguistic mosaic: understanding language shift in the United States / Calvin Veltman
Bilingualism and language use among Mexican Americans / Guadalupe Valdes
Puerto Ricans in the United States: confronting the linguistic repercussions of colonialism / Ana Celia Zentella
Speaking in Cuban: the language of Cuban Americans / Ricardo Otheguy, Ofelia Garcia, and Ana Roca.
Linguistic situation of Central Americans / John M. Lipski
English language learners of Vietnamese background / Chuong Hoang Chung
Language situation of the Hmong, Khmer, and Laotian communities in the United States / M. G. Lopez
English language learners of Chinese background: a portrait of diversity / Sau-ling C. Wong and M. G. Lopez
Korean Americans' language use / Pyong Gap Min
Language situation of Filipina/os: diversity and complexity / Joan May T. Cordova
Soviet immigrants in the United States: issues in adjustment / Eli Hinkel.
At home with English: assimilation and adaptation of Asian Indians in the United States / Kamal K. Sridhar and S. N. Sridhar
English language learners and educational investments / Sandra Lee McKay
Legal investment in multilingualism / Rachel F. Moran
Investment, acculturation, and language loss / Bonny Norton.
