Acknowledgements
This book started life at the University of Birmingham during my time as a
PhD student. Many thanks are due to Martin Hewings for his kindness and
encouragement. I couldn’t have asked for more. Thanks are also due to
Richard Cauldwell for his guidance in how to transcribe and for giving me
some of his unpublished papers. Almut Koester and Paul Tench both
deserve my gratitude for pointing out omissions in my work and for forcing
me to think through my arguments. Paul Tench’s careful reading of this
book and his detailed and constructive feedback has helped me enormously.
Any errors which remain, are needless to say, entirely mine. Thanks are also
due to Nik Coupland, Alison Wray and Adam Jaworski for much useful
advice. Through the process of writing this book Georgia Eglezou has been
an invaluable support and it is to her that I dedicate this book.