My latest article, on Cognitive Grammar and readers’ responses to Mary Borden’s ‘Belgium’, is open access and available here ⁦⁦Language and Literature⁩ #CG journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Thank you to everyone for the outburst of support in our fight against the closure of Linguistics University of Huddersfield. We now have a petition against the proposed redundancies which we’d be grateful if you would sign and share: chng.it/Zd4cKwcgYS

Many congratulations to He Huang 北京师范大学, winner of this year’s PALA Prize for best article published in Language and Literature by an early career scholar: “Clause complexing and characterisation: Joyce’s ‘Two Gallants’ revisited” (Vol. 30, Issue 1).

We are pleased to share the programme of English Linguistics research and work-in-progress seminars for the rest of this term. All welcome!

Great to read this about our #ASRG #ACAL symposium in ‘This year’s work in stylistics 2021’ by @HazelLinguist in Language and Literature. Thanks, Hazel!

Recently I have been asked what was the linguistics book I hold dearest. Very difficult question, but, judging by how well-eared it is and how it bends like an accordion, I think I’ll go for Leech & Short 1981. What’s yours?

You often see people complaining about Reviewer 2. I'll do the opposite. Just received reviews for a Language and Literature submission. Looots to revise, but jeez these are some of the best reviews I've ever had! So grateful to get such in-depth comments

Doing your PhD or just qualified in Stylistics? Come and work with us here Nottingham English - we’re lovely! Full 12-months fixed term; 0.8 time but decent wonga; and I’ll do my very best to help set you up for the rest of your career. jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

It’s been a busy few weeks so I’ve only just got to opening the latest Language and Literature. And it’s a wonderful, bumper issue including this superb article by my English at Aston University and #ASRG colleague Dr Megan Mansworth

Weekend reading sorted thanks to Language and Literature! #stylistics

I only just heard of the passing of David Hoover. A lovely brilliant dry witty erudite scholar gentleman and stylistician. RIP

Please send me an email if you’d like to look into pursuing a PhD under my supervision starting in Sept 2024 Deadlines for scholarships are Jan 2024. International applicants very welcome. I prioritise research proposals over CVs. See my bio for some relevant research topics

Aston Stylistics Research Group ‘Applied Stylistics 2024’. Call for Papers now open! PALA Language and Literature University English English at Aston University Social Sciences and Humanities at Aston University appliedstylistics.wordpress.com/applied-stylis…

Longer/harder to deliver than any of my offspring, my new textbook with Brian Walker is finally out! 'Stylistics: Text, Cognition and Corpora' is an innovative blend of corpus & cognitive approaches to stylistic analysis Palgrave Language and Linguistics link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

#OTD 127 years ago, Roman Jakobson (1896-1982) was born 🥳 Zaum poet, a key figure in the Prague and Moscow Linguistic Circles, known for his markedness theory, describing the six functions of language as well as for coining the term "structuralism". #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

ASRG Applied Stylistics 2024 Symposium on Friday 19th January 2024. Bookings now open for this hybrid event! PALA Language and Literature Literary Semantics University English store.aston.ac.uk/conferences-an…

This is now out in the actual world! Also, if you buy it today (only) you get it for half price in Edinburgh University Press ’s St Andrews Day sale

Reminder that the PALA 2024 CFP DEADLINE IS 15TH JAN. 2024: tinyurl.com/5x5uakhh Proposals invited for the general programme & the 6 SIGs: · Crime Writing · Telecinematic Stylistics · Pragmatics & Literature · Stylistic Study of Empathy · Stylistics & Health · Ecostylistics.

Aston Stylistics Research Group Social Sciences and Humanities at Aston University is hosting an online ‘Stylistics in Education’ symposium in the autumn. Details/CfP here! PALA Literary Semantics National Association for the Teaching of English Team English BAAL: British Association for Applied Linguistics BERA English Association appliedstylistics.wordpress.com/stylistics-in-…

I’ll be at this. Andy Long - are you coming? It’s at your gaff. Very much looking forward to it!