Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my students and colleagues for their valuable feedback. A special gratitude to the anonymous reviewers who have provided me with priceless advice on how to improve the content of this book. I would also like to express my gratitude to everyone at John Benjamins, and to John W. Schwieter for facilitating the completion of this project. Least but not last a big thank you to Ayah, Carl, Gaia, and Khawlah for their contributions to this book. Finally, I would like to thank colleagues at AUS for their support of my work when I was Head of the English Department.