Contents: On the linguistic study of languages, by W. Sidney Allen.- Linguistic typology, by C.E. Bazell.- The study of the mother-tongue, by Randolph Quirk.- The place of phonetics in the university, by N.C. Scott.- The study of the present-day English language, by P.D. Strevens.
Five inaugural lectures by Peter Strevens. Published by Oxford U.P in 1966. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.