Preface 米米米 Acknowledgments.Writing a book is a long process,and we wish to express our gratitude to those who have helped us along the way.We are,of course,grateful to the students at Bucknell University who suffered through the early versions of the manuscript,as well as those who used later versions.Their comments,suggestions, and detection of errors are most appreciated.We thank Andrew Shaffer for help with the illustrations.We also wish to express our thanks to our colleagues and friends, Gregory Adams,Thomas Cassidy,David Farmer,and Paul McGuire,for helpful conversations.We are particularly grateful to Raymond Mortini for his willingness to carefully read (and criticize)the entire text.The book is surely better for it.We also wish to thank our(former)student editor,Brad Parker.We simply cannot over- state the value of Brad's careful reading,insightful comments,and his suggestions for better prose.We thank Universitat Bern,Switzerland for support provided dur- ing our sabbaticals.Finally,we thank Hannes and Madeleine Daepp for putting up with infinitely many dinner conversations about this text. For the second edition,we wish to thank professors Paul Stanford at The Univer- sity of Texas at Dallas,Matthew Daws at the University of Leeds,Raymond Boute at Ghent University,John M.Lee at the University of Washington,and Buster Thelen for many thoughtful suggestions.In addition to our colleagues who helped us with the first edition,we are grateful to John Bourke,Emily Dryden,and Allen Schweins- berg for their helpful comments.We wish to thank Peter McNamara,in particular, for spotting errors and inconsistencies,for suggestions for other references,and for pointing out sections that were potentially confusing for students.Again,we are grateful to all our colleagues and our students who have helped us to make this a better text. 米米* We thank Hannes Daepp for creating a website to accompany the text.This web- site contains complete solutions to all problems numbered 3n,where n is a positive integer.It also contains corrections to both editions of the text. http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/udaepp/readwriteprove/ Lewisburg,PA Ulrich Daepp December 2010 Pamela Gorkin Authors'e-mails:udaepp@bucknell.edu and pgorkin @bucknell.edux Preface *** Acknowledgments. Writing a book is a long process, and we wish to express our gratitude to those who have helped us along the way. We are, of course, grateful to the students at Bucknell University who suffered through the early versions of the manuscript, as well as those who used later versions. Their comments, suggestions, and detection of errors are most appreciated. We thank Andrew Shaffer for help with the illustrations. We also wish to express our thanks to our colleagues and friends, Gregory Adams, Thomas Cassidy, David Farmer, and Paul McGuire, for helpful conversations. We are particularly grateful to Raymond Mortini for his willingness to carefully read (and criticize) the entire text. The book is surely better for it. We also wish to thank our (former) student editor, Brad Parker. We simply cannot over￾state the value of Brad’s careful reading, insightful comments, and his suggestions for better prose. We thank Universitat Bern, Switzerland for support provided dur- ¨ ing our sabbaticals. Finally, we thank Hannes and Madeleine Daepp for putting up with infinitely many dinner conversations about this text. For the second edition, we wish to thank professors Paul Stanford at The Univer￾sity of Texas at Dallas, Matthew Daws at the University of Leeds, Raymond Boute at Ghent University, John M. Lee at the University of Washington, and Buster Thelen for many thoughtful suggestions. In addition to our colleagues who helped us with the first edition, we are grateful to John Bourke, Emily Dryden, and Allen Schweins￾berg for their helpful comments. We wish to thank Peter McNamara, in particular, for spotting errors and inconsistencies, for suggestions for other references, and for pointing out sections that were potentially confusing for students. Again, we are grateful to all our colleagues and our students who have helped us to make this a better text. *** We thank Hannes Daepp for creating a website to accompany the text. This web￾site contains complete solutions to all problems numbered 3n, where n is a positive integer. It also contains corrections to both editions of the text. http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/udaepp/readwriteprove/ Lewisburg, PA Ulrich Daepp December 2010 Pamela Gorkin Authors’ e-mails: udaepp@bucknell.edu and pgorkin@bucknell.edu