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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the many people who have played a part in this book. We
are grateful to the general editors, Gerd Antos and Karlfried Knapp for concep-
tualizing this series of handbooks and for inviting us to edit this volume. We are
also grateful to the chapter authors for the time and effort they have put into
their writings, and for the numerous ways in which they have worked so collab-
oratively with us.
We would like to thank Barbara Karlson and Wolfgang Konwitschny at
Mouton de Gruyter for their efficient handling of the publication process, and
for their speedy responses to our queries. We are grateful to Sue Lightfoot for
indexing the volume for us so efficiently.
Finally, we would like to thank our families and friends for their support and
encouragement throughout the project.
A big ‘thank you’ to all of you!

July 2007 Helga Kotthoff and Helen Spencer-Oatey