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Acknowledgments<br />

For this new edition <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> Code Model <strong>of</strong> Communication: A Powerful Metaphor in<br />

Linguistic Metatheory, I have made minor changes, which I hope will make the discussion<br />

more clear. I have also corrected errors in citations and references. I am extremely<br />

grateful to Mae Zook, <strong>of</strong> the Academic Affairs Section <strong>of</strong> <strong>SIL</strong> <strong>International</strong>, for her<br />

assistance in editing. I also appreciate Barbara Thomas, <strong>of</strong> the Graduate Institute <strong>of</strong><br />

Applied Linguistics, for her assistance in tracking down references.<br />

An earlier edition <strong>of</strong> this work served as my dissertation in my Ph.D. studies at <strong>The</strong><br />

University <strong>of</strong> Texas at Arlington, from which I graduated in 1999. I am deeply grateful to<br />

Kenneth A. McElhanon, who, along with Thomas N. Headland, Robert J. Reddick,<br />

Donald A. Burquest, Karl J. Franklin, and Andrew F. Gallman, gave me guidance during<br />

my dissertation research. Dr. Reddick deserves special mention, as his insightful teaching<br />

on <strong>code</strong> <strong>model</strong> presuppositions in discourse studies served as a springboard for this study.<br />

I am also grateful for helpful assistance from the late Dr. Kenneth L. Pike and his wife,<br />

Evelyn Pike, who graciously provided opportunities for me to discuss with them the<br />

history <strong>of</strong> linguistics.<br />

Finally, I wish to thank my wife, forever-friend and long-suffering editor, Laura<br />

Blackburn. Completion <strong>of</strong> this study would have been impossible were it not for her love<br />

and constant encouragement. Similar gratitude is extended to my children, who suffered<br />

patiently through their daddy’s incessant jabbering about theory (“Daddy, what are you<br />

talking about?”).<br />

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Perry L. Blackburn<br />

May 18, 2007

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