Acknowledgements

For help in the preparation of this volume, including the refereeing, we thank the series editor, Joseph Salmons, an anonymous reviewer of the entire volume, and the following colleagues for reviewing individual papers: Elzbieta Adamczyk, Sylvia Adamson, Lieselotte Anderwald, Anita Auer, Joan Beal, Linda van Bergen, Laurel Brinton, Claudia Claridge, Gabriela Csulich, Teresa Fanego, Elly van Gelderen, Nelson Goering, Martin Hilpert, Judith Huber, Marianne Hundt, Andreas Jucker, Marcin Krygier, Ursula Lenker, María-José López-Couso, Warren Maguire, Donka Minkova, Rafał Molencki, Carol Percy, Javier Pérez-Guerra, Peter Petré, Susan Pintzuk, Heinrich Ramisch, Gerold Schneider, Merja Stenroos, Benedikt Szmrecsanyi, Ann Taylor, Gary Thoms, Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ferdinand von Mengden, George Walkden, Anthony Warner, Graham Williams, and Wim van der Wurff. We also thank Anke de Looper at John Benjamins for her help during the genesis of the project, as well as series editor Joe Salmons and copy editor Iman Sheydaei Baghdadeh for their valuable comments during the final editing rounds.

For the organization of the conference itself, many thanks go to the local committee (all members of the department of Linguistics and English language of the University of Edinburgh): Rhona Alcorn, Raffaela Baechler, Linda van Bergen, Claire Cowie, Chris Cummins, Nik Gisborne, Patrick Honeybone, Alpo Honkapohja, Pavel Iosad, John Joseph, Bettelou Los, Warren Maguire, Benjamin Molineaux, Jade Jørgen Sandstedt, Daisy Smith, Graeme Trousdale and Rob Truswell; and to the 100 or so colleagues who helped with the abstract reviewing (see http://​www​.conferences​.cahss​.ed​.ac​.uk​/icehl20​/scientific​-committee/). Colleagues at Edinburgh First helped with the accommodation for the conference and for the delegates, as well as the food and drink: Carla Cumming, Gordon Dow, Anne McCrae and Cassie Mesouani. Practical help with the Book of Abstracts, general conference administration, and assistance during the conference itself was provided by our student volunteers Hawra Al Ali, Laura Arnold, Claire Graf, Yueh-Hsin Kuo, Katerina Pantoula, John Rice-Whetton, Siqing Li, and Chiawei Wang. The Conference Logo Design on the conference merchandise was by Finn Bell of Sableworks Ltd. We also thank our sponsors: John Benjamins, the University of Edinburgh, the Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics, Edinburgh University Press, Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press. Thanks are due as well to Prof. Christina Boswell, Dean of Research, College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences of the university for agreeing to opening the conference. Last but not least, the conference organization is deeply indebted to Steven McGauley of the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences for financial advice, and Julie Anderson from the School’s office for help with innumerable details, from setting up the ePay system to booking the buses for the social programme and ordering the contents of the conference packs.