Acknowledgements

As editors we would like to thank the two anonymous external reviewers for their time, comments and thoughtful suggestions on the submitted version of this volume. We would also like to thank all the authors for accepting our invitation to contribute to this book and for their dedication, patience and professionalism, especially when it came to meeting all our deadlines in a timely manner. Our appreciation also goes to Anita Fetzer, the editor of Pragmatics and Beyond New Series, for taking on the volume and for her guidance and help. Special thanks go to Isja Conen, Senior Acquisitions Editor at John Benjamins Publishing, for her constant support throughout the entire process without which this project would not have been possible. Finally, on behalf of our contributors, we would like to offer our thanks to all the research participants and email writers of the empirical studies included in this volume. Without them, none of the studies would have been feasible.