Acknowledgements
Task 1:
Analyse the structure of the following Acknowledgements section.
The writing of an MA thesis is not an easy task. During the time of writing I received
support and help from many people. In particular, I am profoundly indebted to my
supervisor, Dr. James Fung, who was very generous with his time and knowledge and
assisted me in each step to complete the thesis. I am grateful to The School of
Humanities and Social Science of HKUST whose research travel grant made the field
work possible. Many thanks also go to those who helped arrange the field work for me.
And finally, but not least, thanks goes to my whole family who have been an important
and indispensable source of spiritual support. However, I am the only person
responsible for errors in the thesis.
Adapted from Hyland (2004)