本词典是当代国外语言学与应用语言学文库中的一册，该词典以英语为主，收入了有关语言与语言学理论的词汇，具有较浓的学术味，并提供了大量的参考材料。

该词典内容全面，专业性强，词条内容少有偏见，无论是语言学的学生还是研究者，本词典都应是必备之工具书。

Preface by Halliday

王宗炎序

序

Preface

Directory of participants

User instructions

List of symbols used in the book

Intermational Phonetic Alphabet

List of abbreviations in the text

List of abbreviations in the bibliographies

Entries

文库索引

Language with approx.16,000 speakers on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Sakhalin and in the Kurile Islands. Its genetic affiliation has not yet been satisfactorily determined.