This volume contains working papers on a variety of topics in linguistics. They include: "A View of Phonology from a Cognitive and Functional Perspective" (Joan Bybee); "The Geography of Language Shift: Distance from the Mexican Border and Spanish Language Claiming in the Southwestern United States" (Garland D. Bills, Eduardo Hernandez-Chavez, Alan Hudson); "Rethinking the 'Power Semantic': Alternatives for the Analysis and Interpretation of Non-Reciprocal T/V Address" (Scott Schwenter); "Prototype Theory in Language and Cognition" (Patricia Escarraz); "Sociolinguistic Competence in Context: The Formality Factor" (Robin Dale Zuskin); "Male/Female Speech Patterns: Singularity versus Diversity" (Anne Wiltshire); "Supplementing the Binding Theory: On the Question of Proper Binding" (Hector A. Torres); "Some Considerations of the Use of Indices with Pronouns and Wh- Traces" (Carolyn Kennedy); "Toward a Better Understanding of Universal Grammar: Evidence from Child Language" (Teresa M. Meehan); and "Re-Examination of the Notion of Proper Binding: The Interpretation of Reflexives in Japanese" (Teruo Ueno). (MSE)