This document consists of the three 1988 issues of the normally quarterly journal "Notes on Linguistics." These issues include the following significant articles: "The Role of the Field Linguist" (Bernard Comrie); "Relational Grammar: An Update Report" (Stephen A. Marlett); "Tone and Stress Analysis by Computer" (Geoffrey Hunt); "Correlations Between Vocabulary Similarity and Intelligibility" (Joseph E. Grimes); "A Sentence-Based Method for Intelligibility Testing" (Larry B. Jones); "Computing in Linguistics: Studying Morphophonemic Alternation in Annotated Text, Part One" (Gary F. Simons); "A Brief Note Regarding Discourse-Centered Ph.D. Studies at [University of Texas at Arlington" (Robert E. Longacre); "CV-Analysis" (Ursula Wiesemann); "Roots and Concerns of Typological/Functional Linguistics" (Thomas E. Payne); "On the Renarrative Mood in Bulgarian" (Aleksander B. Milch); "Niger-Congo Noun Class Systems" (Ursula Wiesemann); "Correlations Between Vocabulary Similarity and Intelligibility" (Barbara F. Grimes); "How to Make Your Junior Partner an Equal Partner" (Francis L. Gralow); "Categorized and Prioritized Bibliography on Language Typology" (Thomas E. Payne); "Researching the Verb" (Ursula Wiesemann); "Comments on Analyzing Expository Discourse" (Sherri Brainard); "In Pursuit of Discourse Particles" (Linda K. Jones); and "The Function of the Glottal Stop in Gahuku" (Ellis W. Deibler, Jr.). Conference summaries, book reviews, and professional announcements are also included. (MSE)