Frontmatter -- PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONFERENCE -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: THE DIMENSIONS OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS -- A PROPOSAL FOR THE STUDY OF FOLK-LINGUISTICS -- ON THE ETHNOLOGY OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE -- LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE PLANNING -- DIALECT DIFFERENCES AND SOCIAL DIFFERENCES IN AN URBAN SOCIETY -- HYPERCORRECTION BY THE LOWER MIDDLE CLASS AS A FACTOR IN LINGUISTIC CHANGE -- TWO TYPES OF LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY (WITH EXAMPLES FROM AMERINDIAN ETHNOGRAPHY) -- SYNTAX AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE: TRUK AND PONAPE -- SELF-ANNULLING PRESTIGE FACTORS AMONG SPEAKERS OF A CREOLE LANGUAGE -- STRUCTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF RUSSIAN PRONOMINAL USAGE -- SOCIO-CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING SYSTEMS FOR PRELITERATE PEOPLES -- THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL STATUS OF GUARANI IN PARAGUAY -- THE STATUS OF HINDI AS A LINGUA FRANCA -- NATIONAL SOCIOLINGUISTIC PROFILE FORMULAS