TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF LANGUAGE CHARLES CARPENTER FRIES IN PERSPECTIVE -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- PREFACE -- Table of contents -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: ENGLISH EDUCATION -- EDUCATION OF ENGLISH TEACHERS -- REFERENCES -- CHARLES CARPENTER FRIES AND THE TEACHING OF LITERATURE -- REFERENCES -- CHARLES FRIES AND READING -- REFERENCES -- AMERICAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR -- REFERENCES -- PART TWO: LINGUISTICS AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE -- C.C.FRIES' VIEW OF LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS -- FOOTNOTES -- REFERENCES -- C.C.FRIES' SIGNALS MODEL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR -- FOOTNOTES -- REFERENCES -- SLOT IN REFERENTIAL HIERARCHY IN RELATION TO CHARLES C. FRIES' VIEW OF LANGUAGE -- REFERENCES -- SIGNALS OF SEQUENCE AND THOUGHT -- REFERENCES -- CHARLES C. FRIES ON 'MEANING' IN STRUCTURAL LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY -- FOOTNOTES -- REFERENCES -- THE IMPACT OF C.C. FRIES' WORK IN HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS -- REFERENCES -- CHARLES C. FRIES AND THE EARLY MODERN ENGLISH DICTIONARY -- FOOTNOTES -- C.C. FRIES ON STANDARD ENGLISH -- REFERENCES -- FRIES AND LINGUISTIC GEOGRAPHY -- FOOTNOTES -- REFERENCES -- FRIES' FUNCTIONALISM -- FOOTNOTES -- REFERENCES -- PART THREE: ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE -- CHARLES C.FRIES AND JEROME S. BRUNER : COMMON-SENSE AND COGNITION IN LEARNING -- REFERENCES -- CHARLES FRIES AND CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS -- REFERENCES -- PATTERN-PRACTICE REVISITED -- REFERENCES -- LEGACY FROM A LAST CHAPTER -- REFERENCES -- NATIVE SPEAKER PERFORMANCEAND THE CLOZE TEST, A QUEST FOR VALIDITY -- REFERENCES -- LISTENING COMPREHENSION IN C.C. FRIES' ORAL APPROACH -- REFERENCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES C. FRIES -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS.