Synopsis Competency and fluency in English language are understood as requirements of getting ahead. Hence, making oneself proficient in English language has become a burning passion of almost all students and learners. Though there is no scarcity of books on English language, the book "Modern Approaches to Applied Linguistics" is a unique presentation as it delves with the subject in illustrious and lucid manner. The book encompasses all fundamental aspects such as languages, linguistics, philology, phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, morphology, pragmatic implications and features, inter alia, many more topics. Linguistic and typological comparisons are added attractions to the book. The captioned book also contains a chapter on wider horizon and perspectives of linguistics and its relations with other fields of knowledge, thereby depicting how people all over the world are united through the medium of language. This book is an attempt to make the reader, student, teacher an expert of the subject. Therefore, it is a must for them.