My Publication History
On Science Fiction and Fantasy
Mandala, S. 2024. 'Science Fiction, The Future, and Now: Some Mid-Life Reflections from a Life-Long Fan'. Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research. 11 (1-2): 9-12. https://fafnir.journal.fi/
Mandala, S. 2018. ‘“Listening” to the Neanderthals in William Golding’s The Inheritors: A Sociopragmatic Approach to Fictional Dialogue’. Discourse, Context and Media 23: 62-69. Special Issue: Sociolinguistics of Fiction, edited by Anastasia Stamou. https://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/8295/
Mandala, S. 2011. ‘Star Trek Voyager’s Seven of Nine: A Case Study of Language and Character in a Televisual Text’ in Piazza, R., Rossi, F., and Bednarek, M. (eds.). Telecinematic Discourse: Approaches to the Language of Films and Television Series. Pragmatics and Beyond New Series 211. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 225-247. ISBN 978 90 272 5615 7. https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.211.14man
Mandala, S. 2010. Language in Science Fiction and Fantasy: The Question of Style. London: Continuum. ISBN 9781847063014. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-in-science-fiction-and-fantasy-9781441145482/
Mandala, S. 2008. ‘Representing the Future: Chinese and Codeswitching in Joss Whedon’s Firefly’ in Wilcox, R. and Cochran, T. (eds.). 2008. Investigating Firefly and Serenity: Science Fiction on the Frontier. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. 31-40. ISBN 978 1 84511 654 5. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/investigating-firefly-and-serenity-9781845116545/
Mandala, S. 2007. 'Solidarity and The Scoobies: An Analysis of the -y Suffix in the Television Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.' Language and Literature 16 (1): 53-73. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0963947007072845
On Crime Fiction
Mandala, S. 2012. ‘Crime Fiction as Regional Fiction: An Analysis of Dialect and Point of View in Sheila Quigley’s Bad Moon Rising.’ Style 46 (2): 177-200. https://doi.org/10.5325/style.46.2.0177
On Modern British Drama
Mandala, S. 2017. ‘Pragmatic Stylistics and Dramatic Dialogue: Re-Assessing Gus’s Role in Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter’, in Mildorf, J. and Thomas, B. (eds.). Dialogue across Media. Dialogue Studies Series. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 19-36. ISBN 978 90 272 1045 6. https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027266156-ds.28.02man
Mandala, S. 2007. Twentieth Century Drama Dialogue as Ordinary Talk: Speaking between the Lines. Hampshire, England and Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate Press. ISBN 0 7546 5105 3. https://www.routledge.com/Twentieth-Century-Drama-Dialogue-as-Ordinary-Talk-Speaking-Between-the-Lines/Mandala/p/book/9780754651055?srsltid=AfmBOoot_1KOzhmdPVTuT9GhwVSYn9zNm8Cga6m1X3Qw-MsZfGa6UX8T
On Textbooks and Educational Research
Mandala, S. 2025. 'Reporting to Governance: Effective and Precise Communication while Adhering to the Nolan Principles'. In Birch, T. and Lane, I. et al. (eds.), Advising on Governance in Education. 113-121. AOEA/Critical Publishing.
Mandala, S. 2024. ‘Stylistics, popular culture, and educational research: A systematized review and case study.’ English Text Construction 16 (2): 144-168. Special Issue, Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Language of Pop Culture, edited by Montoro, Rocío. and Werner, Valentin. https://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/16833/
Mandala, S. 2000. ‘Talk in the Mind: Scripted Dialogues and Mental Scripts’, in Coulthard, M., Cotteril, J. and Rock, F. (eds.) Working with Dialogue. Tübingen, Germany: Max Niemeyer Verlag. 347-360. ISBN 3 484 75022 7. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110941265-030
Mandala, S. 1999. ‘Exiting Advice.’ Pragmatics and Language Learning. Monograph Series 9: 89-111. University of Illinois, Division of English as an International Language, Intensive English Institute.