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Computational Linguistics Volume 35, Number 4（2009） What Science Underlies Natural Language Engineering? Shuly Wintner University of Haifa One of the most thought-provoking proposals I have heard recently came from Lori Levin during the discussion that concluded the EACL 2009 Workshop on the Interaction between Linguistics and Computational Linguistics. Lori proposed that we should form an ACL Special Interest Group on Linguistics. At first blush, I found the idea weird: Isn’t it a little like the American Academy of Pediatrics forming a SIG on Medicine (or on Children)? Second thoughts, howev