Friendly Metaphors Essays on Linguistics, Literature and Culture in Honour of Aleksander Szwedek

The Editors: Ewa Wełnic graduated from the Department of English at Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań and holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Łódź. She was a director of Canadian Studies Resource Centre at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and from 2001 to 2004 President of the Polish Association for Canadian Studies. She is currently teaching at Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, lecturing on British, American and Canadian literatures. Jacek Fisiak is a linguist and professor ordinarius of English at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, an esteemed contributor to the development of linguistics and English studies in Poland and abroad. He is the author of numerous books and articles published internationally.