Whether linguistics is a scientific study is reviewed in the light of what linguists actually do professionally. Personal anecdotes illustrate the linguist's view of speech as the dominant language force and language as the vehicle of social interaction and communication. The work of George K. Zipf is commented on, and Morris Bishop's poem "The…

Discusses development and objectives of language educational centers concerned with the signigicance of applied linguistics in the development of second language learning theory. (RL)

This article describes the visit of the American Linguistics Delegation to the People's Republic of China. The second full week was devoted largely to learning about language and social activities in the provinces. (SW)

Part of the Grade Teacher special report, "Linguistics and the Language Arts.

INFORMATION ON 633 LANGUAGE RESEARCH PROJECTS IS CONTAINED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY, THE FOURTH OF A SERIES PUBLISHED BY LANGUAGE RESEARCH IN PROGRESS (LRIP). PART I COMPRISES A THESAURUS AND CATEGORY LISTING. PART II IS AN ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF INVESTIGATORS AND INSTITUTIONS. PART III IS A NUMERICAL LISTING OF PROJECTS. A FURTHER LIST OF ONGOING…

THIS DOCUMENT IS THE SIXTH REPORT IN THE LANGUAGE RESEARCH IN PROGRESS (LRIP) SERIES, AND LISTS A WIDE VARIETY OF LANGUAGE-RELATED RESEARCH PROJECTS CURRENT BETWEEN AUGUST 1967 AND MARCH 1968. RESEARCH PROJECTS TERMINATED IN THE SIX MONTHS PREVIOUS TO PUBLICATION ARE INCLUDED AS WELL. APPROXIMATELY 280 PROJECTS ARE CROSS-INDEXED BY SUBJECT,…

The author presents this monograph as essentially a "prise de position" with regard to certain of the central questions in current debates over the nature of human linguistic systems and techniques of analyzing and describing them. While it is presumed that the reader is already acquainted with the issues being debated in linguistics in the…

Discusses the accomplishments, or lack of accomplishments, of linguistics to date and makes suggestions for the improvement of linguistics' contribution to the study and teaching of American English. (Available from the University of Alabama Press, Periodicals Department, P.O. Box 2877, University, Alabama 35486.) (AM)

Reviews two recent books on the role of linguistics in foreign language teaching, examining critically claims for the value of linguistics in teaching. Discusses the relation between theory and practice, sociolinguistic considerations, and measuring achievement. Considers what may reasonably be expected from applied linguistics. (Text is in…

This document consists of three issues of DELTA, comprising its entire output for 1998. DELTA is a journal of theoretical and applied linguistics and covers a wide variety of material related to language, speech, and education. The journal publishes only original research and ideas presented in the form of articles, debates, squibs, overviews,…

Continuing series on new methods of teaching languages at the larger universities. (DS)

Special issue devoted to linguistics in teacher preparation and higher education. (VM)

The first section of this annotated bibliography cites general works on teaching, including topics such as psychology, sociology, methods and evaluation. The second section cites works that deal specifically with foreign language teaching, with emphasis on French. (Text is in French.) (CLK)