Six papers resulting from the fieldwork projects of members of the Summer Institute of Linguistics program at the University of North Dakota include: "A Relational Grammar Approach to Kera Syntax" (Janet K. Camburn), a syntactic study of an Afroasiatic language; "Clitic Doubling and M-Chains in Piraha" (Dan Everett), examining the applicability of Government and Binding Theory and additional principles to Piraha's clitic doubling without a special Case assigner; "A Beginning Sketch of the Huastec Noun Phrase" (Abdias Pablo E., Daniel Everett, James Walker), a preliminary analysis of noun phrases of a Mayan language; "Evidence for a Yaguan-Zaparoan Connection" (Doris L. Payne), which examines the shared features suggesting a genetic relationship between Peba-Yaguan and Zaparoan languages; "Locational Relations in Yagua Narrative" (Thomas E. Payne), an investigation of the role of location and direction in the organization of morphosyntax and discourse of a lowland Peruvian language; and "New Approaches to Coping with Stress: A Case Study in Conchucos Quechua" (Anne M. Stewart), demonstrating the effectiveness of the metrical approach to a stress system not previously studied. (MSE)