BA English Language and Literature (Liverpool 1988) PhD (Liverpool 1991) FEA (Fellow of the English Association) (from 2012) He works in literary linguistics; cognitive poetics; stylistics; applied linguistics; science fiction; surrealism. he maintains an interest in sociolinguistics and in language education both in the UK and across the world. At the University of Nottingham he is the Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement (Europe).