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Professor Geoffrey Leech

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. 2006
  2. Published

    Recent grammatical change in written English 1961-1992: some preliminary findings of a comparison of American with British English.

    Leech, G. & Smith, N., 2006, The Changing Face of Corpus Linguistics. Renouf, A. & Kehoe, A. (eds.). Amsterdam: Rodopi, p. 186-204 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  3. Published

    Exploring grammatical change across the twentieth century: A backward step permits further advance

    Smith, N., Leech, G. & Rayson, P., 05/2006.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  4. Published

    The expression of obligation and necessity in British English across the twentieth century: developments in matching corpora

    Smith, N., Leech, G. & Rayson, P., 08/2006.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  5. 2007
  6. Published

    Longman Communication 3000 and the Longman Defining Vocabulary.

    Bullon, S. & Leech, G., 2007, Longman Communication 3000. Harlow: Pearson Longman, p. 1-7 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  7. Published

    New resources, or just better old ones? The Holy Grail of representativeness.

    Leech, G., 2007, Corpus Linguistics and the Web. Hundt, M., Nesselhauf, N. & Biewer, C. (eds.). Amsterdam: Rodopi, p. 133-149 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  8. Published

    Style in fiction : a linguistic introduction to English fictional prose.

    Leech, G. & Short, M., 2007, Harlow: Pearson Longman. 404 p. (English language series)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  9. Published

    Style in fiction revisited : the beginning of Great Expectations.

    Leech, G., 2007, In: Style. 41, 2, p. 117-132 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    The unique heritage of place-names in North West England

    Leech, G., 2007, Text, Language and Interpretation: Essays in Honour of Keiko Ikegami. Nakao, Y. (ed.). Tokyo: Eihoosha, p. 42-61 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  11. Published

    Politeness : is there an East-West divide?

    Leech, G., 07/2007, In: Journal of Politeness Research. 3, 2, p. 167-206 40 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 2008
  13. Published

    Foreword.

    Leech, G., 2008, Corpus linguistics with BNCweb : a practical guide. Hoffmann, S., Evert, S., Smith, N., Lee, D. & Prytz, Y. B. (eds.). 6 ed. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, p. xiii-xvi (English corpus linguistics ;).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  14. Published

    Language in literature : style and foregrounding.

    Leech, G., 2008, Harlow: Pearson Longman. 222 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  15. 2009
  16. Published

    Change and constancy in linguistic change : how grammatical usage in written English evolved in the period 1931-1991.

    Leech, G. & Smith, N., 2009, Corpus linguistics : refinements and reassessments. Renouf, A. & Kehoe, A. (eds.). Amsterdam: Rodopi, p. 173-200 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  17. Published

    Change in contemporary English : a grammatical study.

    Leech, G., Hundt, M., Mair, C. & Smith, N., 2009, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  18. Published

    Corpus linguistics.

    Leech, G., 2009, The Routledge Linguistics Encyclopedia. Malmkjaer, K. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 104-113 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  19. Published

    Grammar : clauses (and sentences).

    Leech, G., 2009, English language : description, variation and context. Culpeper, J., Katamba, F., Kerswill, P., Wodak, R. & McEnery, T. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave, p. 151-169 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  20. Published

    Grammar : phrases (and clauses).

    Leech, G., 2009, English language : description, variation and context. Culpeper, J., Katamba, F., Kerswill, P., Wodak, R. & McEnery, T. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 130-150 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  21. Published

    Grammar : words (and phrases).

    Leech, G., 2009, English language : description, variation and context. Culpeper, J., Katamba, F., Kerswill, P., Wodak, R. & McEnery, T. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 111-129 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  22. Published

    The coming of ICAME.

    Leech, G. & Johansson, S., 2009, In: ICAME Journal. 33, p. 5-20 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. 2010
  24. Published

    Analysing literature through language : two Shakespearean speeches.

    Leech, G., 2010, Language and style : in honour of Mick Short. McIntyre, D. & Busse, B. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 15-31 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  25. Published

    Grammar on the move : recent changes in English grammatical usage.

    Leech, G., 2010, JACET summer seminar proceedings 9 : English grammar 1900-2000 and Politeness in English. Tokyo: The Japan Association of College English Teachers, p. 1-11 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  26. 2012
  27. Published

    Introduction: English corpus linguistics - Looking back, moving forward

    Hoffmann, S., Rayson, P. & Leech, G., 1/07/2012, In: Language and Computers. 74, p. 1-4 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  28. Published

    English style on the move: Variation and change in stylistic norms in the twentieth century

    Leech, G., Smith, N. & Rayson, P., 1/09/2012, In: Language and Computers. 76, p. 69-98 30 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  29. 2014
  30. Published

    An automated approach to the phrasicon of EFL learners

    de Cock, S., Granger, S., Leech, G. & McEnery, T., 4/02/2014, Learner English on Computer. Granger, S. (ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, p. 67-79 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

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