Hugo Thomas Bowles

I am currently associate professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. I am a Classics graduate with a PhD in English from the University of Cambridge, UK. My research interests and publications are in the area of English applied linguistics with a strong interest in literary stylistics, language education, English as a lingua franca and English for specific purposes. My research methods include genre, discourse and narrative analysis and their applications to specialised discourse, with an emphasis on literary and legal texts. I am currently researching 19th century law reporting and the history of shorthand in relation to the fictional and non-fictional style of  Charles Dickens.

PUBLICATIONS (last 10 years)

Bowles, H. (in press).Gurney’s shorthand, ‘Boz’ and the Dickenses: a stenographic nickname? The Dickensian.

Bowles, H. (in press). Speech presentation in 19th century law reports and Dickens’s fiction. Proceedings of “Law and Fictional Discourse” conference, University of Yale, May 2015.

Bowles, H. 2015. Samuel Weller, fishmonger. Notes and Queries. doi: 10.1093/notesj/gjv091

Bowles, H. 2015. Learning Through Languaging in ELF Service Encounters. In Languaging in and across Communities: New Voices, New Identities, S. Campagna, E. Ochse, V. Pulcini, M. Solly (eds), 129-146. Bern: Peter Lang.

Bowles, H. 2015. ELF-oriented pedagogy: conclusions. In International Perspectives on English as a Lingua Franca: Pedagogical Insights, H. Bowles and A. Cogo (eds), 194-206, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Bowles, H. and Cogo, A. (eds). 2015. International Perspectives on English as a lingua franca: Pedagogical insights. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Bowles, H. 2014. ELF under pressure: the discourse of air traffic control. Textus XXVII (1), 85-100.

Bowles, H. and Moretti, V. 2013. Narrative and legal identities on a drug user website. In Language in the Negotiation of Justice, G. Tessuto and C. Williams (eds), 167-185. London: Ashgate.

Bowles, H. 2012. Analysing languages for specific purposes discourse. Modern Language Journal vol.96: 43-58.

Bowles, H. 2011. Conversation analysis and the study of literary dialogue. Research on Youth and Language (1): 161-168.

Bowles, H. 2010. Storytelling and drama: exploring narrative episodes in plays. Amsterdam: John Benjamins

Bowles, H. 2010. “Who do you think you are talking to?” Discourse identity in ‘The Birthday Party’. Textus XIII: 53-82.

Bowles, H. 2009. “The untellability of stories in Endgame”, in Guardamagna, D. and Sebellin, R. eds., The Tragic Comedy of Samuel Beckett, Rome: Laterza.

Bowles,H. 2009. Storytelling as interaction in “The Homecoming”. Language and Literature 18(1): 45-60.

Bowles, H. 2008. Sounding phoney: an investigation of operator training in an Italian call centre. Mélanges Pédagogiques n.30: 15-31.

Bowles, H. and Seedhouse, P. 2007. Conversation Analysis and LSP. Berlin: Peter Lang.

Bowles, H. and Seedhouse, P. 2007. Introduction. In Conversation Analysis and LSP, H. Bowles and P. Seedhouse (eds). Berlin: Peter Lang.

Bowles, H.and Seedhouse, P. 2007. Interactional competence and the LSP classroom. In Conversation Analysis and LSP, H. Bowles and P. Seedhouse (eds). Berlin: Peter Lang.

Bowles, H. 2006. Conversation analysis and medical discourse – updating a developing relationship. In Advances in Medical Discourse: oral and written contexts, M. Gotti and F. Salager-Meyer (eds). Bern: Peter Lang

Bowles, H., Douthwaite, J. and Virdis, D. (eds). 2006. Ricerca e didattica nei Centri Linguistici di Ateneo. Cagliari: CUEC

Bowles, H. 2006. Bridging the gap between conversation analysis and ESP – an applied study of the opening sequences of NS and NNS telephone calls. English for Specific Purposes 25(3): 332-357.

Bowles, H. 2006. Dizionario bilingue di psicologia. Roma: Il Pensiero Scientifico.