This book contains papers from the 2001 Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics, "Linguistics, Language, and the Real World: Discourse and Beyond." Papers include: "Introduction" (Deborah Tannen); "A Brief History of the Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics" (James E. Alatis); "Some Notes on the Musicality of Speech" (Frederick Erickson); "Laughing While Talking" (Wallace Chafe); "Power Maneuvers or Connection Maneuvers? Ventriloquizing in Family Interaction" (Deborah Tannen); "Uncovering the Event Structure of Narrative" (William Labov); "Linguistics and History: Oral History as Discourse" (Deborah Schiffrin); "The Voice of the Audience in Contemporary American Political Discourse" (Alessandro Duranti); "Narrative in the Construction of Social and Political Identity" (Robin Tolmach Lakoff); "Patients' Voices in the Medical World: An Exploration of Accounts of Noncompliance" (Heidi E. Hamilton); "Discourse of Denial" (Shirley Brice Heath); and "Implementing a District-Wide Foreign Language Program: A Case Study of Acquisition Planning and Curricular Innovation" (G. Richard Tucker and Richard Donato). (Papers contain references.) (SM)