Preface
by Stephen R. Graubard
 
The Problems of Language
by Ein Ar Haugen
 
The Study of Language
by Morton Bloomfield
 
The Variety of Language
 
The Nature of Language
by William G. Moulton
 
Language Problems of Variation and Repertoire
by Charles Ferguson
 
The Curse of Babel
by Einar Haugen
 
On The Origins and Foundations of Inequality Among Speakers
by Dell Hymes
 
Linguistics and Anthropology
by Karl V. Teeter
 
Language and Its History
by Calvert Watkins
 
The Learning of Language
 
The Neurology of Language
by Eric H. Lenneberg
 
Problems for Education: Language as Curriculum Content and Learning Environment
by Courtney B. Cazden
 
Second Language Learning
by Peter Strevens
 
The Functions of Language
 
Do We Understand Sentences from the Outside-In or from the Inside-Out?
by Eric Wanner
 
Logic and Language
by Edward L. Keenan
 
The Problem of Linguistic Theory in Relation to Language Behavior: A Tribute and Reply to Paul Goodman
by D. Terence Langendoen
 
Language and Interpersonal Relationships
by David G. Hays
 
Automatic Translation of Natural Languages
by Martin Kay
 
The Role of Linguistics in a Theory of Poetry
by Paul Kiparsky