The Editors: Giuliana Garzone is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Milan, Italy. Her main field of investigation is specialized discourse in its different domains. She has co-ordinated research projects and published extensively on legal language, scientific discourse, business communication and political discourse. Her other research interests include translating and interpreting studies.Srikant Sarangi is Professor and Director of the Health Communication Research Centre at Cardiff University. His research interests are in discourse analysis and applied linguistics, language and identity in public life and institutional/professional discourse studies. His publications include six books, five guest-edited journal special issues and over one hundred fifty journal articles and book chapters. He is currently editor of TEXT & TALK; founding editor of Communication & Medicine; and (with C. N. Candlin) of Journal of Applied Linguistics.