I am a linguist based at Middlesex University in North London.
I teach a broad range of language and linguistics-related topics, but my main research interests are all connected in some way with linguistic meaning (linguistic semantics and pragmatics). I have a particular interest in how meanings are created and negotiated in specific contexts, and am currently working on research in three areas: intonational meaning, stylistics and the inferential processes involved in writing.
I find questions about language and meaning endlessly fascinating and I'm convinced that everyone else does too.
I have a strong interest in pedagogy, including in developing links between work in schools and in higher education. I am a member of several committees with pedagogical and educational interests and am chairing Subject Centre Special Interest Group working towards the development of an A Level in Linguistics.
I am Director of The Lecture List and I am a freelance writer working in a number of old and new media.
