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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thisworkstartedfrommyinterestininterculturalcommunication,or
ratherinwhy,despiteapositiveattitudeandopen-mindedness,communica-
tionbetweenpeoplewithdifferentculturesfails.Myintuitiveguesswasthat
theremustbesomebiaswhichweprovokebyusinglanguageinappropriate-
ly,whichgoesunnoticedbutneverthelesslingersandisdiffculttoshakeoff.
Throughoutwritingthisbook,Iunderstoodthatwhenweenterintercultural
communication,mostofusarenotawareoftheculture-specifcconceptuali-
zationsofthewaysinwhichlinguisticresourcesshouldbeusedinresponseto
contextualcues.ThisreflectioncametomethroughtheworkswhichIwidely
citethroughoutthisbook,andwhichformtheprimarysourceofmyinspira-
tionl
Iwouldliketothankanumberofpeoplefortheirsupportalongthedif-
fcultandwindingroadinwritingthisbook.Firstofall,Ineedtoexpressmy
gratitudetothereviewers,ProfessorBarbaraKryk-KastovskyandProfessor
ElizabethWoodward-Smith,whokindlyagreedtoreviewthisbookbefore
publication.Theirdetailedcommentsandsuggestionsontheearlierversion
ofthebookwerenotonlyinvaluable-withoutthem,thisbookwouldhave
nevermadeittoprint.Furthermore,IwouldliketothankProfessorAldona
SopataandProfessorIzabelaProkopfortheirgeneroussupportandsteady
encouragementduringtheprocessofthisbook’spublication.
Theinitialliteraturereviewandcollectionofthedataonwhichtheanal-
ysisinthisvolumeisbasedwasfundedbyaresearchgrantfromtheGerman
AcademicExchangeService(DAAD).Theirsupportisgratefullyacknowl-
edged.IwouldliketoexpressmythankstoProfessorIlseWischer,whowas
myresearchsupervisorattheUniversityofPotsdam(Germany).Ihavealso
beensupportedbytheUniversityofKiel(Germany),whichsponsoredmy
researchstayunderthesupervisionofProfessorMichaelDürning.
Theempiricaldatawhichfeedsmyreasoningontheinterlanguageof
PoleslearningEnglishwouldnothavebeencollectedwithoutProfessorJi-
andaLiu,whogavemepermissiontoapplythemeasurementinstrument,
whichhehadpainstakinglydeveloped.Ialsoneedtoexpressmygratitude
forhiscommentsonthefnalsummaryoftheinstrumentdevelopmentand