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Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Editors' Introduction: Pragmatics and Optimality Theory; R.Blutner and H.Zeevat On the Interpretation of Stressed Pronouns; H.de Hoop Optimization in Focus Identification; P.Hendriks Optimality Theoretic Pragmatics and Binding Phenomena; J.Mattausch Particles: Pre-supposition Triggers, Context Markers, or Speech Act Markers; H.Zeevat Input-Output Mismatches in Optimality Theory; D.Beaver and H.Lee On the Optimality Theory Status of 'Unambiguous Encoding'; H-M.Gärtner Relevance and Bidirectional Optimality Theory; R.van Rooy Remarks on the Architecture of Optimality Theory Syntax Grammars; R.Vogel Variation in Demonstrative Choice in Swedish; J.Spenader Learning Constraint Subhierarchies: The Bidirectional Gradual Learning Algorithm; G.Jäger References Index