Four papers on linguistics include: "The Teacher-Research Relationship: Multiple Perspectives and Possibilities" (Teresa Pica), on the research relationships of researchers and language teachers; "Politeness in the Speech of Korean ESL Learners" (Nancy Bell), focusing on the speech acts of disagreeing, requesting, and making suggestions; "Openings and Closings in Telephone Conversations between Native Spanish Speakers" (Serafin M. Coronel-Molina), examining Hispanic cultural patterns of conduct for telephone use; and "A Study on the Learning and Teaching of Hanzi-Chinese Characters" (Shu-han C. Wang), a study of how hanzi was taught and learned at an American university, with attention to the relationship between teacher beliefs and practices and students' learning strategies. (MSE)