This volume contains contributions on sociolinguistics that stress the variety of ways in which language is intertwined with the social aspect of human existence. It also addresses translation studies, as well as foreign language teaching and learning, and the possibilities for improving these fields of linguistic endeavour. The volume concludes with studies in formal linguistics, focusing primarily on morphology and phonetics. As a result, the volume offers a comprehensive collection of texts covering the entire spectrum from applied to general approaches to linguistics.