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Theoretical Linguistics Edited by Helmut Schnelle ISSN 0301-4428 3 issues per volume (1 single and 1 double issue) Theoretical Linguistics publishes studies, both of natural and constructed languages, employing formal methods. Linguistic methodology is included as well as the theory of meaning, syntax, phonology, phonetics and graphics, and pragmatics of language use. Theoretical linguistics being, historically, the outcome of independent developments in linguistics, logic, and the philosophy of language, contributions from all these fields are to be found in this journal. Contents ANDRIES W. COETZEE Metathesis in Tiberian Hebrew - A Perspective from Optimality Theory LUTZ GUNKEL Causatives in German VICTOR M. LONGA The Status of Transformations in the Minimalist Program and the Logical Problem of Language Acquisition: An Apparent Disagreement JOHN A. RILEY A Theory of Pronominal Reference Based on Information Theory I ANDRAS CSER On the Feature [Continuant] JAMAL AL-QINAI Expectation vs. Implication in English-Arabic Translation HELMUT SCHNELLE Mental Computation - A Critical Analysis of Some Proposals by M. Bierwisch For subscription information please contact the publisher: Mouton de Gruyter Genthiner Str. 13 10785 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49 30 26005 222 e-mail: ordersMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuedegruyter.de Journals and titles published by Mouton de Gruyter can be ordered via the World Wide Web at: http://www.degruyter.com