This essay is a reply to the reviewers of the article I submitted to the journal Cognitive Linguistics in 2016. The paper was on image schemata and was titled: The OBJECT image schema, its role in other image schemata, and their prenatal foundations. 2 The paper was rejected by Cognitive Linguistics on the basis of two negative reviews and one positive. I am professor emeritus of Poznań University, Poland, with 58 years of academic career, author of over 100 works, and in the last decade I have

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... published over 20 1. I would like to express my deep gratitude to Gary Mead, writer and journalist, not only for proofreading, but more for his very illuminating, professional suggestions and friendly advice. Thank you, Gary. 2. Its slightly revised version was published as Szwedek (2018) and is also accessible on my Academia.edu and Researchgate sites.