Acknowledgements

This book originated in a panel on turn-initial particles at the International Conference of Conversation Analysis at UCLA in summer 2014. The panel itself was a highly cooperative and collegial affair, and so it has remained ever since. Each contribution to this volume has been read and commented upon by several other authors, and we thank everybody for the very considerable improvements that have resulted from their efforts. The series editors Sandra Thompson and Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen have carefully read and evaluated the contents of the volume, and we thank them for their wisdom, insight and support. We thank our background people – Chris Carling, Maiju Viitanen, Jonna Malaska, and Jenni Fabritius – for their heroic efforts in converting messy files into beautifully formatted documents. Finally Isja Conen at Benjamins has been a tower of strength in steering this volume safely into harbor.

Helsinki and Los Angeles, September 2017