The seriesHANDBOOKS OF LINGUISTICS AND COMMUNICATIONSCIENCE is designed to illuminate a field which does not only include generallinguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but alsocovers research in the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction. For "classic" linguistics there appears to be a need for a reference base for the rapid advances in research undertaken from a variety of theoretical standpoints.In the more recent branches of communication science the handbooks will give researchers both an overview and orientation. To attain these objectives, the seriescomplies with the following standards comprehensiveness theoretical explicitness reliable documentation of data and findings up-to-date methodology Theeditorsof the series and of the individual volumes, as well as the individual contributors, are committed to these standards. The languages of publication are English, German, and French. Please find at list of all publications in this series here.