The papers included in this volume discuss the relationship of sociolinguistics to social interaction, sociolinguistic surveys, the intersection of sociolinguistics with education, and the influence of linguistics and sociology on sociolinguistics. The papers include: "Optional Rules in Grammar" (Fraser); "The Structure of Polylectal Grammars" (Bickerton); "Where Do Grammars Stop?" (Labov); "The Conversational Analysis of Social Meaning: A Study of Classroom Interaction" (Gumperz and Herasimchuk); "On Some Puns with Some Intimations" (Sacks); "The Historical Dimension in the Sociology of Language" (Fishman); "Language Planning and Public Policy: Analytical Outline of the Policy Process Related to Language Planning in India" (Das Gupta); "Sociolinguistic Surveys at the National Level" (Whitely); "Cross-Modal Communication: The Representational Context of Sociolinguistic Information Processing" (Cicourel); "Sociolinguistic Perspectives and Education" (John); "Speech Style and Scholastic Success: The Tentative Relationships and Possible Implications for Lower Social Class Children" (Frender and Lambert); "A Grammarian Looks to Sociolinguistics" (Fillmore); "Rules in Linguistic, Social, and Sociolinguistic Systems and Possibilities for a Unified Theory" (Grimshaw); and "The Scope of Sociolinguistics" (Hymes). (HOD)