Principal publications

Key Terms in Semiotics (London-New York: Continuum), 2006 (with Felizitas Ringham).
Le Clézio:Le Procès-verbal (Glasgow: University of Glasgow French and German Publications), 2005.
Dictionary of Semiotics (London-New York: Cassell), 2000 (with Felizitas Ringham).
French Discourse Analysis (Dublin: Philomel), 2000 (with Monique L’Huillier and Raynalle Udris).
Semiotics and Storytelling: An Introduction to Semiotic Analysis (Dublin: Philomel), 1997.
The Search for Gold: Space and Meaning in J.M.G. Le Clézio (Dublin: Philomel), 1995.

‘Spatial Figurativity in Marguerite Duras’ in Duras, lectures plurielles eds. C. Rodgers and R. Udris (Amsterdam: Rodopi), 1998.
‘Smell, Cultural Identity and the Quest for Freedom in J.M.G. Le Clézio’, in Sense and Scent: An Exploration of Olfactory Meaning eds. Bronwen Marin and Felizitas Ringham (Dublin: Philomel), 2003.

‘A.J.Greimas’, ‘Semiotics’, ‘French Literary Theory: Twentieth Century’ in Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism ed. Chris Murray (London-New York: Fitzroy Dearborn), 1999.
‘Senancour’, ‘André Chenier’, ‘French Literary Criticism’ in Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era ed. Chris Murray (London-New York: Fitzroy Dearborn), 2003.

‘Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio’ The Literary Encyclopedia , 21 May, 2009.
'Révolutions: A Novel by J.M.G. Le Clézio’ The Literary Encyclopedia 7 June, 2011.

‘Space and Meaning: An Analysis of a Passage from J.M.G. Le Clézio’s La Guerre’ in La Chouette (London: Birkbeck), 1986.
‘An Introduction to Semiotic Analysis’ in La Chouette (London: Birkbeck), 1995.

Key Terms in Semiotics has translated into Russian and published in 2009 in Moscow.
The Dictionary of Semiotics is currently being translated into Farsi (Persian) by Dr Azita Abbassi (Iran).