Alison Wray

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Alison Wray
Nationality
Evolution of language
, psycholinguistic theory

Alison Wray (born 1960)

formulaic language.[1][2]

Career

Wray has been teaching at

D.Phil. (1988) degrees (both in Linguistics) are from the University of York.[3][4]

Besides her work on formulaic language, Wray is interested in language profiling,

psycholinguistic theory. She also investigates language patterns in people with dementia.[5] Her book, The Dynamics of Dementia Communication (Wray 2020) won the 2021 Book Prize of the British Association for Applied Linguistics[6] and was runner up in the American Association for Applied Linguistics Book Award 2021-22.[7]

In 2014, Wray was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[8]

Bibliography

  • Formulaic Language: Pushing the Boundaries (2008)[9]
  • Formulaic Language and the Lexicon (2002)[10]
  • Wray, Alison (ed.) (2002). Transition to Language. Oxford University Press UK.[11]
  • The Dynamics of Dementia Communication (2020) Oxford University Press.

References

  1. ^ "Google Scholar citations - Alison Wray". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  2. ISSN 0142-6001
    .
  3. ^ "Biography of Professor Alison Wray". Cardiff University. 15 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Professor Alison Wray - People - Cardiff University". Cardiff University. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  5. ^ "Linguistic markers of risk for future Alzheimer's Disease". Health Research Authority. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  6. ^ Linguistics, British Association for Applied. "Book Prize". BAAL. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  7. ^ "Book Award - American Association For Applied Linguistics". www.aaal.org. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  8. ^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Alison Wray". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  9. ISBN 978-0-19-442245-1. Archived from the original
    on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
  10. ^ "Review of Alison Wray". Lextutor. 15 April 2002.
  11. OCLC 48532303.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
    )

External links
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