Front Matter -- The first grammar of a Philippine language? The anonymous Arte de la Lengua Sambala y Española [Grammar of the Sambal and Spanish languages] (1601) -- The Vocabulario de Lengua Tagala of Fr. Pedro de San Buenaventura (1613) -- Hispanic Philippine historiography: a brief description of the structure of the Calepino Ylocano (18th C.) -- Oyanguren de Santa Inés's grammar of Tagalog (Tagalysmo Elucidado 1742): towards a reconstruction of 18th century reflections on comparative typology* -- Subject, Topic, Passive and Perspective in Functional (Discourse) Grammar and in Philippine Missionary Grammar* -- Wilhelm von Humboldt and the role of the verb in Tagalog -- Seidenadel's grammar of Bontoc Igorot: one hundred years on -- The Diccionario español-chamorro (1865) by Padre Fray Aniceto Ibáñez del Cármen: a historiographical characterization of a pedagogic-lexicographic discourse type in late colonial Austronesia -- The Gramática chamorra -- German and Dutch contributions to Chamorro studies (1800-1920) -- The mysterious H. Who was the author of Die Chamoro Sprache? -- Back Matter