diff --git a/src/prelude/Predef.gf b/src/prelude/Predef.gf
index ec7d02140..b4dcbc5e9 100644
--- a/src/prelude/Predef.gf
+++ b/src/prelude/Predef.gf
@@ -36,9 +36,12 @@ resource Predef = {
   oper toStr  : (L : Type) -> L -> Str = variants {} ; -- find the "first" string
   oper mapStr : (L : Type) -> (Str -> Str) -> L -> L = variants {} ; 
                -- map all strings in a data structure; experimental ---
-  oper nonExist : Str = variants {} ;  -- a placeholder for non-existant morphological forms
-  oper BIND : Str = variants {} ;  -- a token for gluing
-  oper SOFT_BIND : Str = variants {} ;  -- a token for soft gluing
-  oper CAPIT : Str = variants {} ;  -- a token for capitalization
+
+  oper nonExist : Str = variants {} ;    -- a placeholder for non-existant morphological forms
+  oper BIND : Str = variants {} ;        -- a token for gluing
+  oper SOFT_BIND : Str = variants {} ;   -- a token for soft gluing
+  oper SOFT_SPACE : Str = variants {} ;  -- a token for soft space
+  oper CAPIT : Str = variants {} ;       -- a token for capitalization
+  oper ALL_CAPIT : Str = variants {} ;   -- a token for capitalization of abreviations
 
 } ;
diff --git a/src/prelude/Prelude.gf b/src/prelude/Prelude.gf
index d725df077..ab1fccba8 100644
--- a/src/prelude/Prelude.gf
+++ b/src/prelude/Prelude.gf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 -- This file defines some prelude facilities usable in all grammars.
 
-resource Prelude = Predef[nonExist, BIND, SOFT_BIND, CAPIT] ** open (Predef=Predef) in {
+resource Prelude = Predef[nonExist, BIND, SOFT_BIND, SOFT_SPACE, CAPIT, ALL_CAPIT] ** open (Predef=Predef) in {
 
 oper