Preface to the HTML version
Very shortly it will have been 50 years since The National Language Research Institute (NLRI) was established. Over this period research achievements of the NLRI have been published in a variety of forms. This work includes organized forms of (Survey) Reports, Year-books, interim reports and source materials, Occasional Papers which are compiliations of research papers, and Japanese Linguistics. The present HTML version is a computerized version accessible by the Internet of A Introduction to the National Language Research Institute- A Sketch of its Achievements Third edition (1988), a volume which lists and introduces in an organized form the publications of the research achievements of the NLRI up through 1988. The HTML versions is available on the Internet and was prepared with the hopes that it can be used widely by people all over the world. Furthermore, henceforth, while exploring the possiblities that can be born out of using this media, we are planning to publish the Internet version (HTML version) together with a paper version in the near future as the Fourth Edition which will include information from the past 10 years up through December 20, 1998. By using the Internet, research achievements can be viewed by a great number of people all over the world and we hope can contribute to the research of a great number of researchers. September, 1997 MIZUTANI, Osamu Director-General The National Language Research Institute