Foreward

Links & Letters, 1, 1994 5 Foreword Welcome to Links & Letters! 'Velcome to a journal which aims at opening up al1 closed doors in the different fields of 'English Philolod. Please dare to read the articles on syntax, morphology or computational linguistics even if you are not a 'crazy' phonetician! This is our wish and our goal. It is not an easy task and this is why we ask you to be lenient with us if some concept or technical term has gone by insufficiently explained. We all, reviewers, editors and authors, still need some training in this search for the clear and enjoyable article for the unspecialised eyes. Al1 participants in this enterprise - especially contributors to this issue - must be thanked for their effort in malung complex areas sound simple and accessible. The aim of this first issue was to touch upon different areas in English linguistics. You will find a variety of articles ( on pragmatics, syntactic theory, morphological theory, computational linguistics, methodology for English language teaching) and reviews of books of different linguistic fields. The issue also includes an interview, A talk with Neil Smith , who we thought the perfect interviewee for this journal and this issue. He is well known for his work in many different fields within linguistics (pragmatics, phonology, language acquisition) and his answers will give the 'uninitiated' very clear clues of what linguistics is about. You will also find a section called Notes and News, which we wish to open up for future short notices, squibs, comments on aspects related to the topic of each issue. In it, arnong other things, you will find a note about the content of next issue. We hope our effort has been worthwhile; it will have been if the letters on the pages of this volume succeed in linking us al1 together. Mireia Llinhs i Grau Coordinator