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This journal includes five papers: "The Co-Occurrence of Quotatives with Mimetic Performances" (Isabelle Buchstaller); "'Who Does She Think She Is?' Constraints on Autonomy in Language Teacher Education" (Anne Heller-Murphy and Joy Northcott); "Effects of Feedback on Performance: A Study of Advanced Learners on an ESP Course" (Tony Lynch and Joan Maclean); "Learner Diary Research with 'Cambridge' Examination Candidates" (Brian Parkinson, Cathy Benson, and Michael Jenkins); and "A Discussion of Language Tables from the 2000 Population Census of Mauritius" (Aaliya Rajah-Carrim). (Papers contain references.) (SM)

This issue contains seven articles, including the following: "Dictionary, Systemicity, Motivation" (Tom Bartlett); "The Nature of the Initial State Zulu L2 Grammar and Subsequent Interlanguage Development" (Sibusisiwe Dube); "Translating the Folk" (Bryan Fletcher); "The Acquisition of the English Article System in Persian Speakers" (Ardeshir Geranpayeh); "Orwell on Language and Politics" (John Joseph); "An Evaluation of the Revised Test of English at Matriculation at the University of Edinburgh" (Tony Lynch); "Features, Cobwebs, or Clines: Towards a Possible Model of Lexical Retrieval in Bilingual Readers" (Valerie Waggot). (References appear at the end of each article.) (KFT)

Papers on applied linguistics and language pedagogy include: "Non-Exact Quantification in Slide Presentations of Medical Research" (Ron Howard); "Modality and Point of View: A Contrastive Analysis of Japanese Wartime and Peacetime Newspaper Discourse" (Noriko Iwamoto); "Classroom Transcripts and 'Noticing' in Teacher Education" (Tony Lynch); "Questions of Presentation: Evaluating Success in EAP Seminar Skills Classes" (Tony Lynch); "Butterflies in the Rain Forest? Ethnography and the Business English Student" (Jill Northcott and Gillian Brown); "Translator, Traitor, Source of Data: Translations of 'Foreign Phrases' as an Awareness-Raising Exercise" (Brian Parkinson); "To Code or Not To Code?" (Brian Parkinson, Parveen Sandhu, Manel Lacorte, Lesley Gourlay); and "Ewebuation" (Joan-Tomas Pujola). (MSE)

Papers on applied linguistics and language pedagogy include: "A Genre Analysis Study of 80 Medical Abstracts" (Kenneth Anderson, Joan Maclean); "Oral Classroom Testing in an Adult French Community Class" (Sheena Davies, Aileen Irvine, Jacqueline Larrieu); "Whose Relevance? Interpretation of Hybrid Texts by a Multiple Audience" (Katalin Egri Ku-Mesu); "Talking the Test: Using Verbal Report Data in Looking at the Process of Cloze Tasks" (Bob Gibson); "Managing Distances: Discourse Strategies of a TV Talk Show Host" (Fumi Morizumi); "Lexical Processing in Uneven Bilinguals: An Exploration of Spanish-English Activation in Form and Meaning" (Carmen Santos Maldonado); and "Japanese Learners' Acquisition and Use of the English Article System" (Toshiaki Takahashi). (MSE)

This monograph contains papers on research work in progress at the Department of Applied Linguistics and Institute for Applied Language Studies at the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). Topics addressed include general English teaching, English for Academic Purposes teaching, Modern Language teaching, and teacher education. Papers are: "Cultural Semantics in a Second-Language Text" (Carol Chan); "The Concealing and Revealing of Meaning in the Cryptic Crossword Clue" (John Cleary); "Learners' Perceptions of Factors Affecting Their Language Learning" (Giulia Dawson, Elisabeth McCulloch and Stella Peyronel); "Japanese Learners in Speaking Classes" (Eileen Dwyer and Anne Heller-Murphy); "Manipulating Reality Through Metaphorizing Processes in Wartime Reporting" (Noriko Iwamoto);"Basing Discussion Classes on Learners' Questions: An Experiment in (Non-)Course Design" (Tony Lynch); "Participant Action Plans and the Evaluation of Teachers' Courses" (Ian McGrath); "Deixis and the Dynamics of the Relationship Between Text and Reader in the Poetry of Eugenio Montale" (Rossella Riccobono); and "Constructivism, Optimality, and Language Acquisition. The Shapes We Make in Each Other's Heads" (Chris Whincop). (Contains chapter references.) (NAV)

The eight papers in this volume, prepared by staff and students of the Institute for Applied Language Studies of Edinburgh University, address a variety of issues in applied linguistics. The papers include: (1) "A Coding System for Analyzing a Spoken Database" (Joan Cutting); (2) "L2 Perceptual Acquisition: The Effect of Multilingual Linguistic Experience on the Perception of a 'Less Novel' Contrast" (Kayoko Enomoto); (3) "Peer Observation and Post-Lesson Discussion" (Sheena Davies and Brian Parkinson); (4) "Are Score Comparisons Across LP Batteries Justified?: An IELTS-TOEFL Comparability Study" (Ardeshir Geranpayeh); (5) "The University of Edinburgh Test of English at Matriculation: Validation Report" (Tony Lynch); (6) "Some Aspects of 'Foreignness' in the Pronunciation of Upper Intermediate Students of Spanish" (Carmen Santos Maldonado); (7) "Interpreting Metonymy" (Anne Pankhurst); and (8) "Measuring Synonymy as an Intra-Linguistic and Cross-Linguistic Sense Relation" (Matutin Sikogukira). Each paper is followed by a reference list. (MDM)

"Edinburgh Working Papers" is intended to show a yearly cross-section of current work in Edinburgh's Department of Applied Linguistics and to elicit reactions and criticism. Articles in this volume include the following: "MSC Common Room Conversations: Topics and Terms" (Joan Cutting); "Speculation and Empiricism in Applied Linguistics" (Alan Davies); "Implementing Innovation in Language Education" (Gibson Ferguson); "Functional Controlled Writing" (Ardeshir Geranpayeh); "Development and Validation of a Translation Test" (Behzad Ghonsooly); "The Design and Validation of a Multi-Level Reading Comprehension Test" (Aileen Irvine); "Questions in Lectures: Opportunities or Obstacles?" (Tony Lynch); "Can Applied Linguists Do Ethnographic Interviews?" (Brian Parkinson); and "Influence of Languages Other than the L1 on a Foreign Language: A Case of Transfer from L2 to L3" (Matutin Sikogukira). (JL)

Edinburgh Working Papers is intended to show a yearly cross-section of current work in Edinburgh's Department of Applied Linguistics and to elicit reactions and criticism. Papers in this compilation include the following: "Asymmetric Resetting of the Non-Empty Topic Parameter by Chinese-Speaking Learners of English"; "The Sociolinguistic Status of English in Malta"; "Interlanguage Phonology: The Perceptual Development of Durational Contrasts by English-Speaking Learners of Japanese"; "Participant Reference in Greek Personal Experience Narratives"; "Reading, Culture, and Cognition"; "Cluster Analysis and the Interlanguage Lexicon"; "Interactional Listening Tasks: A Comparative Study of Strategy and Practice Teaching Approaches"; "Lesson Beginnings"; "Where True Power Lies: Modality as an Indication of Power in Two Institutionalised Domains of Language Use"; "Tense, Aspect and the Busconductor Hines--The Literary Function of Non-Standard Language in the Fiction of James Kelman"; "A Pragmatics of Verbal Irony in Literary Discourse: An Example from Drama"; and "An Investigation into Learners' Reactions to Learner Training for Self-Access Listening." (JL)

A yearly cross-section of current work in Edinburgh University's Department of Applied Linguistics is offered with the aim of eliciting reactions and criticism. Papers in this compilation are: "Discursive Aspects of Metafiction: A Neo-Oral Aura?"; "The Reaction of Learners to Tape-Based Listening Comprehension Materials in French, Spanish and Italian 'Community Classes'"; "Interlanguage Lexis: An Investigation of Verb Choice"; "An Investigation of a Timetabled Self-Access Session in a General English Programme"; "Is It Or Is It Not Interlanguage? A Head-On Confrontation with Non-Native English"; "Conditionals and the Expression of Regret and Relief: Towards a Fragment for a Communicative Grammar"; "Arguments For and Against Free Variation"; "Bibliographic Presentation";"Crosslinguistic Influence in a Bilingual Classroom: the Example of Maltese and English"; "Assessing the Readability of Medical Journal Articles: An Analysis of Teacher Judgments"; and "Literary Discourse and Irony: Secret Communion and the Pact of Reciprocity." (JL)