Simon Statham

List of John Benjamins publications in which Simon Statham is involved.

Titles

Practising Stylistics: Essays in Honour of Paul Simpson

Edited by Clara Neary, Simon Statham and Peter Stockwell

Practising Stylistics marks the career of Professor Paul Simpson, a leading figure in the discipline of stylistics, and one who embodies the practical and rigorous linguistic analysis of literary works and social discourse. A prominent figure in the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA) since… read more

[Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 45] 2026. xv, 285 pp. + index

Redefining Trial by Media: Towards a critical-forensic linguistic interface

Simon Statham

Redefining Trial by Media: Towards a critical-forensic linguistic interface applies a range of linguistic models to recast trial by media not as a sensationalist and infrequent phenomenon, but as a systematic and routine process. Using critical discourse analysis and cognitive linguistic models,… read more

[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 67] 2016. xiii, 325 pp.

Articles

Neary, Clara, Simon Statham and Peter Stockwell 2026 Introduction: Practising Stylistics Practising Stylistics: Essays in Honour of Paul Simpson, Neary, Clara, Simon Statham and Peter Stockwell (eds.), pp. 1–11 | Chapter

Statham, Simon 2026 Chapter 20. Characterisation and adaptation of the drunken Dr Quirke Practising Stylistics: Essays in Honour of Paul Simpson, Neary, Clara, Simon Statham and Peter Stockwell (eds.), pp. 253–268 | Chapter

Drawing on the stylistic model of narrative communication offered by Simpson and Montgomery (1995), in this chapter Simon Statham assesses the characterisation of John Banville’s/Benjamin Black’s Dr Quirke. Focusing on selected scenes when the enigmatic and often inebriated pathologist is drunk,… read more