Acknowledgments

The idea for this volume came from a conversation with Stefan Vranka of Oxford University Press, whom we wish to thank for supporting the editing work through its various stages. Moreover, we are grateful to the publisher and its staff at Oxford University Press, in the United Kingdom and the United States, and in particular to Sarah Green, publishing editor of OUP’s service provider Newgen Publishing UK Ltd., and our copy-editor Jennifer McIntyre. We would also like to thank Ms. Allister Humphrey (research assistant at the University of Würzburg) who assisted us with reviewing the English of the non-native speaker authors, and Ms. Veronika Appel (student assistant at the University of Würzburg) who assisted us with the index.

Rita Lucarelli                Martin Andreas Stadler