Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the following for allowing reproduction of their copyright work:

Chapter 6 of this volume includes excerpts from A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, copyright © 2010 by Jennifer Egan. These are reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved. Any third party use of this material, outside of this publication, is prohibited. Interested parties must apply directly to Penguin Random House LLC for permission.

The extract from the short story ‘Here We Aren’t, So Quickly’ (Foer 2010: 139–144) in Chapter 7 was first published in The New Yorker © 2010 by Jonathan Safran Foer. This has been reprinted here by permission of Jonathan Safran Foer and Aragi Inc.

Cognitive Grammar in Contemporary Fiction is based on my doctoral thesis. I would like to thank my PhD supervisor Peter Stockwell for his continued guidance and encouragement, and my external examiner Sara Whiteley and the editors, Jo Gavins and Sonia Zyngier, for their detailed feedback on earlier versions of this book. I would also like to thank those friends and colleagues who offered their ideas, support and advice throughout the writing process. Particular thanks go to Jess Mason, Marcello Giovanelli and Louise Nuttall.

Finally, I would like to thank Rob for his excellent Tea Making & Management skills, as always.