Acknowledgements

This edited volume has been kindly supported by the China Studies Centre and the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sydney. I am very grateful for the generous funding and support provided by both the Centre and the School. This edited volume is based on the papers presented to the “5th International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse” in June 2018, which was organised by the Department of Chinese Studies and co-sponsored by the China Studies Centre and the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sydney.

I wish to express my deepest appreciation of all the autors for their contribution to this edited volume as well as their constructive comments on and suggestions for their peers’ chapters in the process of the internal review. This book project is not possible without their generous contribution. I would also like to thank all the external reviewers for their valuable suggestions on reading the manuscript. I am also very grateful to the book series editor of Chinese Language and Discourse, Professor Tao Hongyin, for his support and guidance in organising the international sysmposium and editing this volume. My gratitude also goes to Professor K. K. Luke and Professor Zhuo Jing-Schmidt who provided us with firm support in this project.