This book is a collection of papers written in honour of Professor Elżbieta Mańczak-Wohlfeld on the occasion of her 70th birthday. The chapters that follow have been written by linguists affiliated with different universities in Poland and abroad, all of whom wish to pay tribute to Elżbieta’s outstanding work and contribution to language contact scholarship. The papers focus in large measure on contact linguistics, but some of them address also other phenomena.

An eminent linguist and a dedicated academic teacher, Elżbieta has continued to inspire both her students and colleagues, including the editors of this volume. As a committed academic, she has nurtured a generation of linguists, who will surely look back with appreciation and gratitude at the time she spent with them, sharing her expertise and passion for scientific inquiry. As Head of the Chair for English Linguistics at the Institute of English Studies at the Jagiellonian University, Elżbieta has always shown readiness to assist her students and fellow academics with unobtrusive advice. We, her colleagues, are ever mindful that her unfailing support has helped us to pursue our personal and professional endeavors. A paragon of exactitude, Elżbieta is also known for her kindness, friendliness and organisational talents.

Before Elżbieta earned the well-deserved reputation of a distinguished scholar, she graduated in 1973 from the then English Philology Department at the Jagiellonian University and afterwards, in 1977, she completed her doctoral studies in English linguistics at the University of Warsaw (title of her PhD dissertation: “Imperative sentences in English”). Since 1977, Elżbieta has been affiliated with the Jagiellonian University, where she obtained both her post-doctoral degree (1992) and professorship (1996). A year later, in 1997, she was appointed Associate Professor and in 2008 she became a Full Professor.

Elżbieta has authored over 160 publications, including four books: Analiza dekompozycyjna zapożyczeń angielskich w języku polskim (1992), Angielskie elementy leksykalne w języku polskim (1994), Tendencje rozwojowe współczesnych zapożyczeń angielskich w języku polskim (1995) and Angielsko-polskie kontakty językowe (2006).