Introductory Chapter
1. The Linguistic Epigraphy of Mayan Writing: Recent Advances and Questions for Future Research ~ Søren Wichmann

Part 1. The Language Situation
2. Chontal Linguistic Influence in Ancient Maya Writing: Intransitive Positional Verbal Affixation ~ Zachary X. Hruby and Mark B. Child
3. The Languages of the Dresden Codex: Legacy of the Classic Maya ~ Robert F. Wald

Part II. Phonology
4. The Orthographic Distinction between Velar and Glottal Spirants in Maya Hieroglyphic Writing ~ Nikolai Grube
5. Disharmony in Maya Hieroglyphic Writing: Linguistic Change and Continuity in Classic Society ~ Stephen Houston, David Stuart, and John Robertson
6. On the Representation of the Glottal Stop in Maya Writing ~ Alfonso Lacadena and Søren Wichmann

Part III. Grammar
7. Passive Voice in Classic Mayan Texts: CV[h]C-ah and –n-ah Constructions ~ Alfonso Lacadena
8. On the Morphology of Intimate Possession in Mayan Languages and Classic Mayan Glyphic Nouns ~ Marc Zender
9. Telling Time in Classic-Ch’olan and Acalan-Chontal Narrative ~ Robert F. Wald
10. Tense and Aspect in Mayan Hieroglyphic Script ~ John Robertson, Stephen Houston, and David Stuart
11. A World in a Grain of Sand: 'Secondary Verbs' in the Classic Maya Script ~ Barbara MacLeod
12. The Grammar of the Half-Period Glyph ~ Søren Wichmann
13. The Preferred Argument Structure of Classic Lowland Mayan Texts ~ David F. Mora-Marín

Part IV. Language Materials
14. Ch’olti’: An Analysis of the Arte de la lengua Cholti by Fray Francisco Morán ~ Mareike Sattler

References
General Index
Index of Grammatical Morphemes in the Inscriptions ~ Søren Wichmann

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