| The meaning of an intonation in Australian English | Gregory R. Guy & Julia Vonwiller | 1-17 |
| The component functions of the high rise terminal contour in Australian declarative sentences | Keith Allan | 19-32 |
| Full-verb inversion in English | John Penhallurick | 33-56 |
| Phrasal discontinuity in Polish | Anna Siewierska | 57-71 |
| Warlpiri baby talk | Mary Laughren | 73-88 |
| Word meaning and belief (S. G. Pulman) | Robyn Carston | 89-99 |
| Principles of pragmatics (Geoffrey Leech) | Anna Wierzbicka | 99-109 |
| The social context of creolization (Ellen Woolford & William Washabaugh, editors) | R. B. Le Page | 109-116 |
| Generative studies in creole languages (Pieter Muysken, editor) | Suzanne Romaine | 116-123 |
| Language in sign: An international perspective on sign language (J. G. Kyle & B. Woll, editors) | Adam Kendon | 123-127 |
| Linguistic controversies: Essays in linguistic theory and practice in honour of F. R. Palmer (David Crystal, editor) | R. M. W. Dixon | 128-131 |
| Hopi time: A linguistic analysis of the temporal concepts in the Hopi language (Ekkehart Malotki) | Bernard Comrie | 131-133 |
| Understanding and producing speech (Edward Matthei & Thomas Roeper) | Jeff Pittam | 133-136 |
| Australian Aboriginal languages (Colin Yallop) | Michael Walsh | 136-138 |
| The Esperanto movement (Peter G. Forster) | Mark Garner | 138-141 |