In this collection of articles by 25 linguistic experts, aspects of modern linguistics from language origins to computer programs are covered. Subjects discussed include phonology, morphology and syntax, lexicology and semantics, the origin of language, the English language family, English language history, British and American standard and nonstandard dialects, communication systems, national and international languages, dictionaries and usage, machine translation, computer linguistics, simulated speech, J. R. Firth and British linguistics, the Prague School of Linguistics, American schools of linguistics, glossematics, generative grammar, the nature and history of linguistics, and the relationships between linguistics and anthropology, psychology, literature, and instruction in native and foreign languages. (LH)