Books

Linguistics, language and religion (London: Burns Oates / New York: Hawthorn Books, 1965), 191 pp. No ISBN

Articles and contributions

A liturgical language in a linguistic perspective. New Blackfriars, 1964, 148-56.

Computing St Paul.   2 talks, BBC Third Programme, March 1965.

Language and religion.  In L. Sheppard (ed), Twentieth century Catholicism (New York: Hawthorn Books, 1966), 11-28

Linguistics and liturgy, The Church Quarterly  2, 1969, 23-30

Le statut méthodologique de l'analyse linguistique: un problème posé par le langage théologique. Cahiers internationaux de symbolisme 26, 1974, 15-24. (Trans. by E. André).  Revised for Vesey, 1978

Non-segmental phonology in religious modalities. In W.J. Samarin (ed), Language in religious practice (Rowley: Newbury House, 1976), 17-25. Reprinted (sic) in English Tone of Voice, 1975. [See book]

Some current trends in translation theory. The Bible Translator 27, 1976, 322-9. Reprinted in Directions in Applied Linguistics

The problem of language variety: an example from religious language. In G. Vesey (ed), Communication and understanding, 1975-6 Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures (Hassocks: Harvester Press), 195-207. Revision of 'Le statut ...'

Generating theological language. In J.P. van Noppen (ed), Theolinguistics (Free University, Brussels), Studiereeks Tijdschrift VUB, Niuwe Serie 8, 1981, 265-81.

Language in church. The Tablet, 16 June, 570-2. Reprinted in Intercom, Feb 1985, 24-5

A liturgical language in a sociolinguistic perspective. In D. & R.C.D. Jasper (eds), Language and the worship of the church (Basingstoke: Macmillan), 120-46

Why did the crowd think St Peter was drunk? An exercise in applied sociolinguistics. New Blackfriars 79 (No. 924), February 1998, 72-76

Reviews

A.Q. Morton & J. McLeman, Christianity and the computer, New Blackfriars, 1965, 251-2

Speaking of mystery, Times Literary Supplement, August 1973, 10.  (Reviews of P. Ven Buren, The edges of language; G. Ebeling, Introduction to a Theological Theory of Language; P. Helm, The varieties of belief; A. Jeffner, The study of religious language; J. Ladrière, Language and belief). Revised and expanded for ‘Le statut ... ’(1974)

A.C. Partridge, English biblical translation, The Tablet, 7 April 1973, 329-31

W.J. Samarin, Tongues of men and angels, Language in Society 3, 126-31

G. Ebeling, Introduction to a theological theory of language, The Tablet, 1975

P. Levi, The English Bible: from Wycliffe to William Barnes, The Tablet, 1975

G.B. Caird, The language and imagery of the Bible, Times Literary Supplement, 8 August, 902.

B. Wren, What language shall I borrow?, The Tablet, 1990

John F.A. Sawyer and J.M.Y. Simpson (eds), Concise encyclopedia of language and religion (Elsevier, 2001), Journal of Sociolinguistics 6(3), 2002, 449-53

See also: Stylistics