KATHRYN BANKS is Lecturer in French, Durham University, UKJOHN BARNDEN is Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Birmingham, UKJONATHAN CHARTERIS-BLACK is Professor of Linguistics, University of West of England, UKPAUL CHILTON is Professor of Linguistics, Lancaster University, UKDAVID COWLING is Professor of French, Durham University, UKCHRIST'L DE LANDTSHEER is Professor of Communication Sciences, University of Antwerp, BelgiumROSLYN FRANK is Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa, USARAYMOND W. GIBBS is Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa-Cruz, USAHONESTO HERRERA-SOLER is Associate Professor of English, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empreariales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain VERONIKA KOLLER is Lecturer in English Language, Lancaster University, UKNELYA KOTEYKO is a Research Fellow, Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham, UKZOLTÁN KÖVECSES is Professor of Linguistics, Department of American Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, HungaryJULIA E. LONERGAN, University of California, Santa-Cruz, USABRIGITTE NERLICH is Professor of Science, Language and Society, University of Nottingham, UKGERARD STEEN work in the Department of Language and Communication at VU University, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsMICHAEL WHITE is Professor of English, Escuela Universitaria de Estudios Empresariales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid,SpainJEFFREY ZAVADIL, Department of Political Science, Arizona State University, USA