Acknowledgements

We would like to thank our co-organizers of the ICAME 39 conference, Mark Kaunisto, Minna Nevala, Päivi Pahta, Hanna Parviainen, and Paul Rickman for the smooth running of the organization process, as well as the ICAME board for their support. Needless to say, the conference was successful because of the contributions of all presenters, chairs, workshop organizers, and other ICAMErs.

In the preparation of this volume, the expertise and time of the following peer reviewers was invaluable: Gisle Andersen, Alex d’Arcy, Cristiano Broccias, Robert Fuchs, Turo Hiltunen, Mark Kaunisto, Mikko Laitinen, María José López-Couso, Terttu Nevalainen, Carol Percy, Peter Petré, Heike Pichler, Robert Poole, Marco Schilk, Erik Smitterberg, Tanja Säily, Olga Timofeeva, and Rachelle Vessey. They more often than not went the extra mile in giving insightful and expert comments on the manuscripts submitted, and the resulting papers have greatly benefitted from the review process.

We also extend our gratitude to John Benjamins for including our volume in the Studies in Corpus Linguistics series; Ute Römer and Kees Vaes, as well as the rest of the team at Benjamins. Their support during the process has been invaluable.

Arja Nurmi’s contribution for editing this volume was financially supported by the Academy of Finland funded project Democratisation, Mediatisation and Language Practices in Britain, 1700–1950 (project number 295381).