Michael Henry 'Mick' Short (born 1945) is a
British linguist
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Lingui ...
. He is currently an
honorary professor at the Department of Linguistics and English Language of
Lancaster University, United Kingdom. His research focuses on
applied linguistics
Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field which identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems. Some of the academic fields related to applied linguistics are education, psychology, communication res ...
with a special focus on
stylistics
Stylistics, a branch of applied linguistics, is the study and interpretation of texts of all types and/or spoken language in regard to their linguistic and tonal style, where style is the particular variety of language used by different individu ...
.
Career
In 1979 he founded the Poetics and Linguistics Association where he and acted as the treasurer from 1979 to 1982, and later served on the committee. The association started a journal, ''Parlance'', at his instigation, and it was produced at Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University between 1988 and 1991.
In 1985, Short co-founded the journal ''
Language and Literature''.
In 2006 he organised the Style in Fiction Symposium in Lancaster.
Awards
In 2000 Short was awarded with the
National Teaching Fellowship.
In 2005 Short and
Geoffrey Leech
Geoffrey Neil Leech FBA (16 January 1936 – 19 August 2014) was a specialist in English language and linguistics. He was the author, co-author, or editor of over 30 books and over 120 published papers. His main academic interests were English ...
's book ''Style in Fiction'' was awarded the PALA 25th anniversary Book Prize as the most influential book in the field of
stylistics
Stylistics, a branch of applied linguistics, is the study and interpretation of texts of all types and/or spoken language in regard to their linguistic and tonal style, where style is the particular variety of language used by different individu ...
.
Publications
Short has publications in several major journals such as ''Applied Linguistics'', ''The Journal of Literary Semantics'', ''
Language and Literature'', ''Language and Style'', ''Narrative'', ''Poetics'', ''Style'', and ''Text''.
Short's most famous publication is entitled ''Style in Fiction'', co-authored with Geoffrey Leech. The book was first published in 1981 and has sold more than 30,000 copies worldwide.
Bibliography
Books
* Culpeper, J., Short, M., Verdonk, P., Culpeper, J. (Ed.), Short, M. (Ed.), & Verdonk, P. (Ed.) (1998). ''Exploring the language of drama : from text to context''. London: Routledge.
* Semino, E., & Short, M. H. (2004). ''Corpus stylistics: speech, writing and thought presentation in a corpus of English writing''. London: Routledge.
* Leech, G., & Short, M. (2007). ''Style in fiction : a linguistic introduction to English fictional prose''. (English language series). Harlow: Pearson Longman.
Articles
* Heywood, J., Semino, E., & Short, M. H. (2002). "Linguistic metaphor identification in two extracts from novels". Language and Literature, 11(1), 35–54.
* Short, M. H., Halász, L., & Varga, A. (2002). "A cross-cultural study of fictional and non-fictional text understanding". Poetics, 30(3), 195–219. do
* Short, MH & Archer, D 2003, "Designing a world-wide web-based stylistics course and investigating its effectiveness". Style, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 27–64.
* Semino, E., Heywood, J., & Short, M. H. (2004). "Methodological problems in the analysis of a corpus of conversations about cancer". Journal of Pragmatics, 36(7), 1271–1294. do
* McIntyre, D., Bellard-Thomson, C., Heywood, J., McEnery, A. M., Semino, E., & Short, M. H. (2004). "Investigating the presentation of speech, writing and thought in British English : a corpus-based approach". ICAME Journal, 28, 49–76.
* Short, M. H., Busse, B., & Plummer, P. (2006). "Afterword". Language and Literature, 15(3), 321–322.
* Short, M. H., Busse, B., & Plummer, P. (2006). "Preface: The web-based Language and Style Course, E-learning and Stylistics". Language and Literature, 15(3), 219–233.
* Short, M. H. (2006). "E-learning and Language and Style in Lancaster". Language and Literature, 15(3), 234–256. do
References
External links
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1945 births
Living people
Applied linguists
Linguists from the United Kingdom
Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University