This is a book about the human propensity to think about and experience the world through
stories.'Why do we have stories?','How do stories create meaning for us?', and 'How is …

We suggest an innovative approach to literary discourse by using corpus linguistic methods
to address research questions from cognitive poetics. In this article, we focus on the way that …

This paper introduces the web application CLiC, which we developed as part of a research
project bringing together insights from both cognitive poetics and corpus stylistics, with …

It is easy to see why stylistics might potentially have close links with translation: both are
concerned with the fine linguistic detail of a text and how it can be seen as a reflection of a …

This article explores reading in the English classroom through a cognitive linguistic lens. In
particular, we consider how students' ability to engage with a text, which we term authentic …

Preface i set out, in this book, as I did in the research that preceded it, to find answers to
some pressing questions about the translation of Holocaust poetry. I wanted to know, first …

This chapter marks the distinction between language in dystopia and the language of
dystopia. It analyses the accessibility of dystopian worlds, explores the projection of …

The Language of Surrealism explores the revolutionary experiments in language and mind
undertaken by the surrealists across Europe between the wars. Highly influential on the …

Recent investigations into ethical experiences of fictional narratives have discussed the
'positions' that readers adopt in relation to the author, narrator and characters. This article …

Studying Fiction provides a clear rationale alongside ideas and methods for teaching
literature in schools from a cognitive linguistic perspective. Written by experienced linguists …