Roger Fowler (1938–1999) was a world-renowned and long-serving
British
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Linguist
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, and was
professor
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of
English
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and
Linguistics
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at the
University of East Anglia
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. He is well known for his works in
stylistics
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. Together with
Bob Hodge,
Gunther Kress
Gunther Rolf Kress MBE (26 November 1940 – 20 June 2019) was a linguist and semiotician. He is considered one of the leading theorists in critical discourse analysis, social semiotics and multimodality, particularly in relation to their educat ...
and
Tony Trew
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, he authored the influential book ''Language and Control'',
which gave rise to the discipline of
critical linguistics
Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of discourse that views language as a form of social practice. CDA combines critique of discourse and explanation of how it figures within and contributes to the exis ...
. He was educated at
University College, London
, mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £143 million (2020)
, budget = Â ...
.
His Works
* ''An Introduction to Transformational Syntax''
* ''Understanding Language: an Introduction to Linguistics''
* ''Dictionary Of Modern Critical Terms''
* ''Linguistic Criticism''
* ''The Routledge Dictionary Of Literary Terms'' (by Peter Childs and Roger Fowler)
* ''Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms''
* ''Linguistics And The Novel''
* ''The Language of George Orwell (Language of Literature)''
References
1939 births
1999 deaths
Academics of the University of East Anglia
Linguists from England
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