Acknowledgments

The editing of this book has been a very complex task, as every editor of a collective volume knows, not only as regards content, but also as regards form, particularly format.

The difficulty of our work has been lessened by the generous support and cooperation received from a number of people. We want to express our heartfelt gratitude, therefore, to the following people.

The other authors in the volume, for their cooperation at each stage of our editorial work, and for their willingness to consider our suggestions and those made by the anonymous reviewer.

Klaus-Uwe Panther and Linda Thornburg, the series editors, for their excellent guidance and advice.

The anonymous reviewer of the various papers for her/his suggestion to emphasize the advancements in metonymy research evidenced by each chapter and by the volume as a whole.

Our colleague at the Department of English and German of the University of Córdoba, Ms Eva Lucía Jiménez Navarro, for her most invaluable collaboration in the final stage of this editing process.

The native speakers of American English that have revised the English language proficiency of those parts of the volume written by non-native speakers of English, especially Dr. Andrea Coles-Bjerre and Charles Raymon Reeder, both of whom are also well acquainted with metonymy theory.

The editorial team of John Benjamins, for their assistance, especially at the proofreading stage.