BEATRIX BUSSE teaches English linguistics at the Department of English at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, GermanyRONALD CARTER is Professor of Modern English Language, University of Nottingham, UKURSZULA CLARK is Senior Lecturer in English, University of Aston, UKOLÍVIA FIALHO is a PhD Student in Comparative Literature at the University of Alberta, CanadaJOANNA GAVINS is Lecturer in English Language and Literature, University of Sheffield, UKDAVID L. GUGIN is Assistant Professor of English, Department of Language and Literature, American University of Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesGEOFF HALL is Senior Lecturer, Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS), University of Wales Swansea, UKDAVID IAN HANAUER is Associate Professor, Graduate Program of Composition and TESOL, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USADONALD E. HARDY is Professor of Linguistics, University of Nevada, Reno, USA JANE HODSON is a Lecturer in the Department of English, University of Sheffield, UKBILL LOUW is Senior Lecturer in Modern English Language , University of Zimbabwe, ZimbabweJOHN MCRAE is Special Professor of Language in Literature Studies, School of English Studies, University of Nottingham, UK ROCÍO MONTORO is Lecturer in English Language, University of Huddersfield, UKAIKATERINI NOUSI is currently teaching German in GreecePATRICIA PLUMMER teaches British and Anglophone Literature and Culture at the Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz,GermanyPATRÍCIA ANDRÉA DO PRADO RIOS teaches English Language and Literature, Comparative Literature and works in teacher-training courses in BrazilMICK SHORT is Professor of English Language and Literature, Lancaster University, UKPAUL SIMPSON is Professor of English Language, School of English, Queen's University Belfast, UKPETER STOCKWELL is Professor of Literary Linguistics, University of Nottingham, UKWILLIE VAN PEER is Professor of Intercultural Hermeneutics at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, GermanyJUDIT ZERKOWITZ works at the Department of English Applied Linguistics at the School of English and American Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary