The purpose of this collection has been to give its authors an opportunity to present their work at much greater length than is available in the usual conference paper or journal article, As a result, these papers contain details of grammatical treatments and processing details seldom seen outside of book length monographs, Their topics range from discourse theory, through mechanical translation, to deliberate writing and revision,. The authors are also wide ranging internationally, with contributions from Japan, West Germany, and Austria as well as the United States.