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Acknowledgements
Booksareusuallytreatedasaresultoftheworkofanindividual(anauthor)or
groupofindividuals.Althoughthepersonwhohaswrittenthisbookisknown,the
contentofthebook,theideaspresented,doubtsandconvictionsexpressedherecan
hardlybeascribedtoasingleperson.Inasense,thisbookreflectstheworkofthe
wholefieldofcognitivesemiotics.Specifically,thisbookgrewoutofideasdiscussedin
thecognitivesemioticcommunityduringanumberofseminars,conferences,myfel-
lowshipatLundUniversityandotheromcialorlessomcialmeetings.Overthepast10
yearsorsoIwitnessedtheemergenceofcognitivesemioticsandI(actively)observed
changes(itwasparticipantobservation).Terefore,IowespecialthankstoJordan
ZlatevandGöranSonessonforourmultidimensionalcooperationduringtheseyears.
AlargepartofthebookhasbeenwrittenduringmyfellowshipatLundUni-
versity.IwanttothankJacekPaśniczek(theHeadoftheDepartmentofLogicand
CognitiveScience)andAndrzejŁukasik(theDirectoroftheInstituteofPhiloso-
phy)formakingthisstaypossible.Teysupportedmyapplicationforfinancing
andrelievedmefrommyteachingandadministrationdutiesinLublin.Iamalso
gratefultothemembersoftheCenterforCognitiveSemioticsfortheinvitation
andtheirhospitalityduringmystayinLund.
JacekPaśniczek,ZbysławMuszyńskiandJordanZlatevdevotedtheirtimeand
kindlyreadpartsofadrafofthebook.Teircomments,suggestions(andobjec-
tions)significantlyhelpedmetoimprovethetext.
Specialthanksgotomychildren:AgataandJacek.Agataenrichedthisbook
withillustrations(andsheistheauthorofthebookcover).Jacekhelpedmewith
thetypesettingofthebookaswellaswithindexes.Bothsupportedmeduringmy
workonthebook.Butwordsofappreciationshouldgotoallmyrelatives(inpar-
ticulartomywife,Anna)whopatientlyenduredtheprocessofwritingthebook.
Finally,IwanttoexpressmygratitudetoChristopherGarbowski:hishardwork
onthelinguisticsideofthebookimproveditsignificantly.
Allofthepeoplementionedabovemayconsiderthemselvesascontributingto
thisbook-thankyou.Simultaneously,IwanttostressthatIamtheonlyperson
responsibleforallthepossibleflaws,ambiguitiesormistakes.