CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PRESENCE AND ABSENCE IN LANGUAGEAND LINGUISTICS -- THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE OF PRAGMATICMARKERS IN NATURALLY-OCCURRING,SCRIPTED AND NON-NATIVE DISCOURSE -- WHAT GETS HIGHLIGHTEDAND HIDDEN IN A GENRE CHAIN -- THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCEOF THE STOLEN GENERATIONS -- WORDS THAT MAKE WHOLE -- THE REFRESHING PRESENCE OF GODIN THE PERSONAL LYRICSOF ANNE BRADSTREET -- "SUCH ABSENCES!" -- BLANK SPACE -- SPECTRAL PRESENCESIN TWO TURN-OF-THE-CENTURYGHOST STORIES -- BEING A SUBJECT IS A HORRIBLE THING -- THE PROBLEM THAT HASA MASCULINE NAME -- "IRONING-BECAUSE-ITS-TUESDAY" -- INTERTEXTUALITY IN THE OPENING SCENESOF VIRGINIA WOOLF'S THE YEARS -- MYTH AND RE-PRESENTATION -- WATERLESS FLOOD AND MYTHLESS MYTH -- THE ARABESQUES OF PRESENCEAND ABSENCE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.