Frontmatter -- Preface for Instructors -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- CHAPTER ONE. Linguistic Run-up -- CHAPTER TWO. Blueprint of Study -- CHAPTER THREE. Choosing Aims for Linguistic Inquiry -- CHAPTER FOUR. Formulating Linguistic Problems -- CHAPTER FIVE. Making Linguistic Discoveries -- CHAPTER SIX. Giving Theoretical Linguistic Descriptions -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Giving Linguistic Explanations -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Making Linguistic Projections -- CHAPTER NINE. Justifying Linguistic Hypotheses -- CHAPTER TEN. Criticizing Linguistic Hypotheses -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Reacting to Criticism of Linguistic Hypotheses -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Integration and Diversity of Linguistic Inquiry -- Bibliography -- Index