ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSJune 16th, 2014
FiledJune 16th, 2014Apart from the efforts of the author herself, the success of any project depends largely on the encouragement and guidelines of many others. I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the people who have been instrumental in the successful completion of this thesis. I would like to express my deepest appreciation to my supervisors, Marjo van Koppen and Heidi Klockmann for their useful comments, remarks and their overall engagement in the writing of this thesis. Without their guidance and persistent help, this thesis would not have been possible. I really enjoyed working with you and giving my contribution to the Uniformity of Linguistic Variation project. Furthermore, I would like to thank my colleague and flatmate, but above all my friend, Anton Nguyen for introducing me to the project, as well as for the support along the way. I am also deeply grateful to my informants, who have (un)willingly shared their precious time and completed my (long and exhausting) surv