Roger Fowler (1938–1999) was a world-renowned and long-serving British Linguist, and was professor of English and Linguistics at the University of East Anglia. He is well known for his works in stylistics. Together with Bob Hodge, Gunther Kress and Tony Trew, he authored the influential book Language and Control, which gave rise to the discipline of critical linguistics. He was educated at University College, London.
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)