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Peter Stockwell

Professor of Literary Linguistics, Faculty of Arts

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Expertise Summary

BA English Language and LIterature, PhD (Liverpool) Areas of expertise - literary linguistics; cognitive poetics; stylistics; applied linguistics; science fiction; surrealism.

Research Summary

Visit my homepage for full details of my research in colour. You will be able to download some of my work there.

I also have a page in Academia.edu - with most of my papers and some books available for download.

I work in literary linguistics, which broadly covers the fields of stylistics, narratology, cognitive poetics, and the sociolinguistics of literary reading. View my vodcast about Literary Linguistics.

Selected Publications

  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2009. Texture - A Cognitive Aesthetics of Reading Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2012. 'The surrealist experiments with language'. In: BRAY, J.; GIBBONS, A. AND MCHALE, B., ed., The Routledge Companion to Experimental Literature Routledge.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2010. 'The eleventh checksheet of the apocalypse'. In: BUSSE, B. AND MCINTYRE, D., ed., Language and Style Palgrave. 419-32
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2011. 'Ethics and imagination in literary reading'. In: JONES, R., ed., Discourse and Creativity Pearson. 35-51
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2012. 'Aesthetics'. In: The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction Oxford University Press.
  • GAVINS, J., and STOCKWELL, P.J., 2012. 'About the heart, where it hurt exactly, and how often' Language and Literature. 21,
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2012. 'The surrealist experiments with language'. In: BRAY, J.; GIBBONS, A. AND MCHALE, B., ed., The Routledge Companion to Experimental Literature Routledge.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2012. 'The reader's paradox'. In: BURKE, M. AND CSABI, S., ed., Current Trends in Pedagogical Stylistics Continuum.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2012. 'Peter Stockwell'. In: BUNGAARD, P.; NIELSEN, H.S. AND STJERNFELT, F., ed., Five Questions: Narrative Theories and Poetics
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2011. 'Changing minds in narrative' Style. 45(2), 299-91
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2011. 'Authenticity and creativity in reading lamentation'. In: SWANN, J.; POPE, R. AND CARTER, R., ed., Creativity in Language Palgrave. 203-16
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2011. 'Ethics and imagination in literary reading'. In: JONES, R., ed., Discourse and Creativity Pearson. 35-51
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2011. 'Accommodating identity in cognitive sociolinguistics' Cahiers du CEL: Centre d'Etudes Linguistiques, Lyon.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2011. Cognitive Poetics (Arabic translation) (Trans. Salwa Nugali). King Saud University Press.
  • MULLANY, L. J. & STOCKWELL, P.J., 2010. Introducing English Language: A Resource Book for Students London: Routledge.
  • JACKSON, H. AND STOCKWELL, P, 2010. An Introduction to the Nature and Functions of Language Second edition. Continuum.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2010. 'Review: Rajend Mesthrie, Joan Swann, Ana Deumert and William Leap's Introducing Sociolinguistics (EUP, 2009)' Journal of Sociolinguistics. 13(5), 698-701
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2010. 'Cognitive poetics'. In: HOGAN, P.C., ed., Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences Cambridge University Press. 169-71
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2010. 'The eleventh checksheet of the apocalypse'. In: BUSSE, B. AND MCINTYRE, D., ed., Language and Style Palgrave. 419-32
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2010. 'Humanity and the art of literary linguistics' Acta Linguistica Hafniensis: International Journal of Linguistics. 42(1), 103-16
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2010. 'Language, knowledge and the stylistics of science fiction'. In: KRSTOVIC, J., ed., Short Story Criticism Gale Cengage.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2009. Texture - A Cognitive Aesthetics of Reading Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  • LLAMAS, C. and STOCKWELL, P.J., 2009. 'Sociolinguistics'. In: SCHMITT, N., ed., An Introduction to Applied Linguistics (second edition). Arnold.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2009. 'The cognitive poetics of literary resonance' Language and Cognition. 1(1), 25-44
  • CARTER, R. A. & STOCKWELL, P.J., ed., 2008. The Language and Literature Reader London: Routledge.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2008. 'Situating cognitive approaches to narrative analysis'. In: BRONE, G. AND VANDAELE, J., ed., Cognitive Poetics: Goals, Gains and Gaps Mouton de Gruyter. 119-23
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2008. 'Kognitivna poetika a literarna teoria': (Slovak translation of 'Cognitive poetics and literary theory (2007)' Slovak Review of World Literature Research. 17, 51-66
  • CARTER, R. and STOCKWELL, P.J., 2008. 'Stylistics: retrospect and prospect'. In: CARTER, R AND STOCKWELL, P.J., ed., The Language and Literature Reader Routledge. 291-302
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2008. 'The year's work in stylistics: 2007' Language and Literature. 17(4), 351-63
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2008. 'Cartographies of cognitive poetics' Pragmatics and Cognition. 16(3), 587-98
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2008. 'Review: Dan McIntyre's Point of View in Plays (Benjamins, 2006)' Language and Literature. 17(1), 99-101
  • LLAMAS, C. and MULLANY, L. J. & STOCKWELL, P.J., eds., 2007. The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics London: Routledge.
  • LAMBROU, M. & STOCKWELL, P.J., ed., 2007. Contemporary Stylistics London: Continuum.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J. & TRASK, L., 2007. Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics (3rd edition). London: Routledge.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2007. Sociolinguistics 2nd edition. London: Routledge.
  • LLAMAS, C., MULLANY, L. and STOCKWELL, P.J., 2007. 'Introduction'. In: The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics Routledge. xv-xviii
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2007. 'Cognitive poetics and literary theory' Journal of Literary Theory. 1(1), 135-52
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2006. 'On teaching literature itself'. In: WATSON, G. AND ZYNGIER, S., ed., Literature and Stylistics for Language Learners Palgrave. 15-24
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2006. 'On cognitive poetics and stylistics'. In: VEIVO, H.; PETTERSON, B. AND POLVINEN, M., ed., Cognition and Literary Interpretation in Practice University of Helsinki Press. 267-82
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2006. Poetyka Kognitywna: Wprowadzenie (Polish translation of Cognitive Poetics, by Edyta Podolska-Frej). Towarzystwo Autorow i Wydawcow Prac Naukowych Universitas.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2006. Cognitive Poetics (Japanese translation) (trans. Sigeko Uchida). Tuttle-Mori.
  • ROBSON, M. & STOCKWELL, P.J., 2005. Language in Theory London: Routledge.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2005. 'Texture and identification' European Journal of English Studies. 9(2), 143-53
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2005. 'Invented language in literature'. In: BROWN, K., ed., The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (second edition). Elsevier.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2005. 'Schema theory: stylistic applications'. In: BROWN, K., ed., The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (second edition). Elsevier.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2005. 'Stylistics: language and literature'. In: AARTS, B. AND MCMAHON, A., ed., The Handbook of English Linguistics Blackwell.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2004. 'Surrealist narrative'. In: HERMAN, D.; JAHN, M. AND RYAN, M-L., ed., Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory Routledge.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2004. 'Science fiction'. In: HERMAN, D.; JAHN, M. AND RYAN, M-L., ed., Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory Routledge.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2003. 'Review: Linda Thomas and Sian Wareing's Language, Society and Power (Routledge, 1999)' Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2003. 'Schema poetics and speculative cosmology' Language and Literature. 12(3), 252-71
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2003. 'Surreal figures'. In: GAVINS, J. AND STEEN, G., ed., Cognitive Poetics in Practice Routledge.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2002. Cognitive Poetics: An Introduction London: Routledge.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2002. Sociolinguistics London: Routledge.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2002. 'A stylistics manifesto'. In: CSABI, S. AND ZERKOWITZ, J., ed., Textual Secrets: The Message of the Medium ELTE Press.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2002. 'Miltonic texture and the feeling of reading'. In: CULPEPER, J. AND SEMINO, E., ed., Cognitive Stylistics Bernjamins.
  • LLAMAS, C. and STOCKWELL, P.J., 2002. 'Sociolinguistics'. In: SCHMITT, N., ed., An Introduction to Applied Linguistics Arnold. 150-69
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2001. 'Teaching the future' The English Teacher. 4(2), 3-17
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2000. The Poetics of Science Fiction New York: Longman.
  • BEX, T.; BURKE, M. AND STOCKWELL, P.J., ed., 2000. Contextualized Stylistics Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2000. 'Futuretalk: one small step towards a chronolinguistics' Nottingham Linguistic Circular. 15, 55-68
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2000. '(Sur)real stylistics: from text to contextualizing'. In: BEX, T.; BURKE, M. AND STOCKWELL, P.J., ed., Contextualized Stylistics Rodopi.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2000. 'Review: Cameron and Lowe's Researching and Applying Metaphor (Cambridge University Press, 1999)' Metaphor and Symbol. 4, 275-7
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 2000. 'Towards a critical cognitive linguistics?'. In: COMBRINK, A. AND BIERMANN, I., ed., Discourses of War and Conflict Potchefstroom University Press.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 1999. 'The inflexibility of invariance' Language and Literature. 8(2), 125-42
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 1999. 'Review: Michael Toolan's Total Speech (Duke University Press, 1996)' Language and Literature. 8(1), 78-81
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 1997. 'Review: Lesley Jeffries' The Language of Twentieth Century Poetry (Macmillan, 1993) Language and Literature. 6(1),
  • JACKSON, H. & STOCKWELL, P.J., 1996. An Introduction to the Nature and Functions of Language Cheltenham: Stanley Thornes.
  • LITTLEWOOD, D. & STOCKWELL, P.J., ed., 1996. Impossibility Fiction: Alternativity, Extrapolation, Speculation Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 1996. 'New wor(l)ds' UCE Papers in Language and Literature. 3,
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 1995. 'Review: Carter and McCarthy's Language as Discourse (Longman, 1994)' Language and Literature. 4(1),
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 1994. 'How to create universes with words: referentiality and science fictionality' Journal of Literary Semantics. 23(3), 159-87
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 1994. 'Bad language: towards a poetics of ineptitude' UCE Papers in Language and Literature. 1, 47-57
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 1994. 'To be or not to be a phagocyte: procedures of reading metaphors'. In: SELL, R. AND VERDONK, P., ed., Literature and the New Interdisciplinarity: Poetics, Linguistics, History Rodopi. 65-78
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 1992. 'The metaphorics of literary reading' Liverpool Papers in Language and Discourse. 4, 52-80
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 1992. 'George and the big Baghdad dragon: metaphors of the Gulf War' Liverpool Papers in Language and Discourse. 3,
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 1992. 'Do androids dream of electric sheep? Isomorphic relations in reading science fiction' Language and Literature. 1(2), 79-99
  • SHAW, P. & STOCKWELL, P.J., ed., 1991. Subjectivity and Literature from the Romantics to the Present Day: Creating the Self London: Pinter.
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 1991. 'Language, knowledge and the stylistics of science fiction'. In: SHAW, P. AND STOCKWELL, P.J., ed., Subjectivity and Literature from the Romantics to the Present Day Frances Pinter. 101-12
  • STOCKWELL, P.J., 1990. 'Scripts, frames and nuclear discourse in the Washington superpower summit, December 1987' Liverpool Papers in Language and Discourse. 2, 18-39

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