Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

I would be very happy to talk to prospective doctoral reserachers interested in any of the following areas: Literary linguistics: stylistic applications of Text World Theory and Cognitive Grammar to literary discourse; cognitive poetics; pedagogical stylistics; stylistics of poetry; stylistics of children’s literature; First World War literature. Language and literature in education: applied cognitive linguistics; studying fiction; discourses about English in educational settings; integrating language and literature; reader response theories and education.