Acknowledgements

This book took shape during two inspiring workshops held in Mannheim and Helsinki in 2017. We are grateful to the Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache in Mannheim and the University of Helsinki’s Centre of Excellence in Research on Intersubjectivity in Action for generously funding these workshops, and we thank the researchers who accepted our invitation and quickly shared in our enthusiasm for okay. Each contribution has been read and commented upon by several other authors, and we thank everybody for their extraordinarily collegial efforts in thus shaping the whole volume. Sandra Thompson carefully read and evaluated the project at different stages, and we thank her for her insight and support. We are most grateful to Kerttu Pihlajamaa for her efficient work and attention to detail in formatting chapters, generating the bibliography, and assisting with indexes. Our heartfelt thanks also goes to Isja Conen and Patricia Leplae, who guided the volume patiently and competently through the publication process at Benjamins. The research reported in this book rests on all of our participants’ availability and willingness to be recorded and scrutinized. Above all, we are indebted to them.