KATHRYN BANKS is Lecturer in French, Durham University, UK
JOHN BARNDEN is Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Birmingham, UK
JONATHAN CHARTERIS-BLACK is Professor of Linguistics, University of West of England, UK
PAUL CHILTON is Professor of Linguistics, Lancaster University, UK
DAVID COWLING is Professor of French, Durham University, UK
CHRIST'L DE LANDTSHEER is Professor of Communication Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium
ROSLYN FRANK is Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa, USA
RAYMOND W. GIBBS is Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa-Cruz, USA
HONESTO 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, UK
NELYA KOTEYKO is a Research Fellow, Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham, UK
ZOLTÁN KÖVECSES is Professor of Linguistics, Department of American Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
JULIA E. LONERGAN, University of California, Santa-Cruz, USA
BRIGITTE NERLICH is Professor of Science, Language and Society, University of Nottingham, UK
GERARD STEEN work in the Department of Language and Communication at VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
MICHAEL WHITE is Professor of English, Escuela Universitaria de Estudios Empresariales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid,Spain
JEFFREY ZAVADIL, Department of Political Science, Arizona State University, USA