Journal of Foreign Languages(ISSN 1004-5139),a bimonthly hosted by Shanghai International Studies University,and published by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press(Shanghai,China),is concerned with all branches of theoretical linguistics,including syntax,morphology,phonetics/phonology,semantics,pragmatics,and historical,sociological,cognitive(computational and psychological)aspects of language,and linguistic theory.The journal also publishes articles on theories of translation,and provides an excellent survey of recent publications in the