- Dedication
This Number of Languageis dedicatedto the memory of
WILLIAM BRIGHT1928–2006
Emeritus Professor of Linguisticsat the University of California, Los Angeles
Professor Adjoint in Linguisticsat the University of Colorado
Presidentof the Linguistic Society of Americain 1989
Editor of this journalfrom 1966 to 1987 [End Page 491]