Books in the Textual Explorations series

Examining the "gappiness" of language technically known as ellipsis, this text provides an account of the different contexts, both linguistic and situational which affect its use.

Drawing together theories from linguistics, social cognition and literary stylistics, this book focuses on the role of language and characterization in the dialogue of play texts. Containing numerous examples from Shakespeare's plays, the book also considers other genres, such as films and verse.

This is an interdisciplinary and practical approach to the analysis of poetry which focuses on text worlds, namely the contexts, scenarios or types of reality that readers construct in their interaction with the language of texts.

Uses the science of linguistics to explore the literary universe of science fiction. Developing arguments about specific texts and movements throughout the 20th century, the book uses the extreme conditions offered by science fiction to develop new insights into the language of the literary context.