PrefaceIt was early in 2013 that we learnt that Michael Zock was retiring after more than 30 years of research. Retired? Michael? For those who have had the chance to know Michael, to work with him or just to share a little bit of his time (during a conference, a dinner, a coffee break, etc.) these two words together make no sense. Michael is a passionate and an experienced researcher, a trusted colleague with a stellar career, an untiring worker, a globetrotter fascinated by different cultures, and an easygoing man disseminating humanistic values wherever he goes.It is thus a great pleasure and honor to present him this festschrift, Language Production, Cognition, and the Lexicon, on the occasion of his retirement. We, the editors, have tried to bring together well-known researchers whose contributions reflect Michael's interests at the crossroads of psycholinguistics, cognitive science, natural language processing, and computer science. We hope and believe that he will like the volume, which contains 30 chapters written by 49 authors from 16 countries on four continents, and that the book will lead to fruitful scientific interaction and exchange.The volume is organized into six different parts, preceded by a personal and introductory chapter presenting Michael's career (by Mark T. Maybury). They include scientific papers grouped into specific domains at the intersection of theoretical and applied research, language engineering, and advanced text technology.