James E. Alatis is distinguished professor of linguistics and modern Greek, and dean emeritus, School of Languages and Linguistics at Georgetown University, as well as director of the MAT Program and department vice-chair. Heidi E. Hamilton is associate professor of sociolinguistics at Georgetown University. Ai-Hui Tan is the coordinator of the Georgetown Round Table on Languages and Linguistics, 2000.

• OpeningIntroduction to the volumeJames E. Alatis, Georgetown UniversityWelcoming RemarksHeidi E. Hamilton, Georgetown UniversityPlenary speechesThe talk of learning professional workShirley Brice Heath, Stanford UniversityLinguistics, education, and the Ebonics firestormJohn R. Rickford, Stanford UniversityDateline, deadline: Journalism, language, and the reshaping of time and place in the millenial world Alan Bell, Auckland University of TechnologyBreaking into language and law: The trials of the insider-linguist Roger W. Shuy, Georgetown UniversityThe (socio)linguistic turn in physician-patient communication researchRichard M. Frankel, The Fetzer Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Holy tower of Babel: The language and linguistics of machinesLee Lubbers, SJ, Satellite Communications for Learning (SCOLA)Selected Conferences PapersLanguage policy and mother-tongue education in South Africa:The case for a market-oriented approachNkonko M. Kamwangamalu, University of Natal, South AfricaLanguage mixing at home and school in a multilingual community(Mandra Mountains, Cameroon)Leslie C. Moore, University of California, Los AngelesExploring children's spontaneous accomplishments of reading activityLaura Sterponi, University of California, Los AngelesInvolvement strategies in news analysis roundtable discussions Stacy Krainz, State University of New York at BuffaloHelping a jury understand witness deceptionDavid Singleton, University of Texas at ArlingtonCoherence in operating room tea and cockpit communication:A psycholinguistic contribution to applied linguisticsPatrick Grommes and Rainer Dietrich, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, GermanyLinguistic approaches in information retrieval of medical texts Anne-Marie Currie, Jocelyn Cohan and Larisa Zlatic, Synthesys Technologies, Inc.Linguistics and speech-language pathology: Combining research efforts towards improved interventions for bilingual childrenAdele W. Miccio, Carol Scheffner Hammer and Almeida Jacqueline Toribio, The Pennsylvania State University, University ParkClosing GURT 2000 closing panel discussion, May 6, 2000Heidi E. HamiltonAppendix A Individual presentations and colloquia at GURT 2000