William Bernard McGregor

Research output

Research output per year 2000 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2024

• 41 Journal article
• 33 Book chapter
• 12 Book
• 5 Poster
• 25 More
  • 4 Anthology
  • 4 Encyclopedia entry
  • 4 Paper
  • 3 Review
  • 2 Article in proceedings
  • 2 Preface/postscript
  • 2 Letter
  • 2 Literature review
  • 1 Conference abstract in proceedings
  • 1 Editorial

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  On the expression of mistaken beliefs in Australian languages

  McGregor, W. B., May 2024, In: Linguistic Typology. 28, 1, p. 101-145 45 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Expression 100%
  • Australian languages 100%
  • Morpheme 100%
  • Sensation of Hearing 50%
  • Verbs 33%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  17 Downloads (Pure)
• 2023

  Introduction: Reconnecting form and meaning: Lexis and grammar from cognitive-functional and usage-based perspectives

  Gentens, C., Ghesquiere, L., McGregor, W. B. & Van Linden, A., 2023, Reconnecting Form and Meaning: In honour of Kristin Davidse. Gentens, C., Ghesquière, L., McGregor, W. B. & Van linden, A. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 1-13 13 p. (Studies in Language Companion Series, Vol. 230).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Zero-marking or nothing to mark? The case against absolutive "Case" in Gooniyandi

  McGregor, W. B., 2023, Reconnecting Form and Meaning: In honour of Kristin Davidse. Gentens, C., Ghesquière, L., McGregor, W. B. & Van Linden, A. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 237-265 29 p. (Studies in Language Companion Series, Vol. 230).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Case marker 100%
  • absolutive case 100%
  • Ergativity 40%
  • ergative case 20%
• 2022

  Foreign language learning and the mismatch negativity (MMN): A longitudinal ERP study

  Højlund, A., Horn, N. T., Sørensen, S. D., McGregor, W. B. & Wallentin, M., Dec 2022, In: NeuroImage: Reports. 2, 4, 100138.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Event-Related Potential 100%
  • Mismatch Negativity 100%
  • Language Learning 100%
  • Electroencephalography 66%
  • Behavior (Neuroscience) 33%
• 2021

  Neo-Firthian approaches to linguistic typology

  McGregor, W. B., Jun 2021, Sheffield: Equinox. 240 p. (Key Concepts in Systemic Functional Linguistics).

  Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research › peer-review

• Thought complements in Australian languages

  McGregor, W. B., Jul 2021, In: Language Sciences. 86, 101398.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • matrix clause 100%
  • Australian languages 100%
  • Tradition 50%
  • Corpus 50%
  • Framing 50%
  6 Citations (Scopus)
• 2020

  Grammaticalisation patterns in Nyulnyulan languages

  McGregor, W. B., 2020, Grammaticalization Scenarios from Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific: Grammaticalization Scenarios, vol. 2. Bisang, W. & Malchukov, A. L. (eds.). Berlin: De Gruyter, p. 1077-1108

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Universals

  McGregor, W. B., 2020, Handbook of Pragmatics: 23rd Annual Installment. Östman, J.-O. & Verschueren, J. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 221-244

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
• 2019

  Context and perceptual asymmetry effects on the mismatch negativity (MMNm) to speech sounds: an MEG study

  Højlund, A., Gebauer, L., McGregor, W. B. & Wallentin, M., 28 May 2019, In: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. 34, 5, p. 545-560 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Sensation of Hearing 100%
  • Mismatch Negativity 100%
  • Magnetoencephalography 100%
  • Underspecification 33%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Missionary and other traditions in Australia

  McGregor, W. B., 2019, The Cambridge World History of Lexicography. Considine, J. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 682-705 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Reported speech as a dedicated grammatical domain - And why defenestration should not be thrown out the window

  Mcgregor, W. B., May 2019, In: Linguistic Typology. 23, 1, p. 207-219 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Review › Research › peer-review

  Open Access
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• The evolutionary origins of interpersonal grammar

  McGregor, W. B., May 2019, In: Functions of Language. 26, 1, p. 112-135 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Emergence of optional accusative case marking in Khoe languages

  McGregor, W. B., 2018, Diachrony of differential argument marking. Seržant, I. A. & Witzlack-Makarevich, A. (eds.). Berlin: Language Science Press, p. 243–279 37 p. (Studies in Diversity Linguistics ).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
  43 Citations (Scopus)

• The diachrony of classification systems

  McGregor, W. B. (Editor) & Wichmann, S. (Editor), 2018, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 362 p. (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory).

  Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research › peer-review

• The history of verb classification in Nyulnyulan languages

  McGregor, W. B., 2018, The diachrony of classification systems. McGregor, W. B. & Wichmann, S. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, Vol. 342. p. 315-352 37 p. (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
• 2017

  Father Worms’s contribution to Australian Aboriginal anthropology

  McGregor, W. B., 2017, German ethnography in Australia. Peterson, N. & Kenny, A. (eds.). Canberra: ANU Press, p. 329-356 28 p. (Monographs in Anthropology).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

• Grammar

  McGregor, W. B., 2017, Handbook of mereology. Burkhardt, H., Seibt, J., Imaguire, G. & Gerogiorgakis, S. (eds.). Munich: Philosophia Verlag, p. 244-247 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Communication

• Grammaticalization of ergative case marking

  Mcgregor, W., 2017, The Oxford Handbook of Ergativity. Coon, J., Massam, D. & Travis, L. D. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 447-464 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• There’s grammar and there’s grammar just as there’s usage and there’s usage

  McGregor, W. B., 1 Jan 2017, In: English Text Construction. 10, 2, p. 199-232 34 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Unusual manner constructions in Shua (Khoe-Kwadi, Botswana)

  Mcgregor, W., 26 Jul 2017, In: Linguistics. 55, 4, p. 857-897 41 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Clause 100%
  • Entity 66%
  • Verbs 33%
  • Distinctiveness 33%
  • main clause 33%
  7 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  Foreign sound learning and mismatch negativity (MMN): a longitudinal ERP study

  Højlund, A., Horn, N. T., Sørensen, S. D., Mcgregor, W. & Wallentin, M., 19 Aug 2016.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research › peer-review

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• Review of Vossen, Rainer, (ed.). 2013. The Khoesan languages. The Routledge Language Family Series. London and New York: Routledge. xx + 508 $US 380 $UK 235

  Mcgregor, W., 2016, In: Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. 37, 1, p. 165–172 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Literature review › Research › peer-review

• Shua spatial language and cognition: a prolegomenon

  Mcgregor, W., 2016, Khoisan languages and linguistics: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium, July 13-17, 2014, Riezlern/Kleinwalsertal,. Shah, S. & Brenzinger, M. (eds.). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, p. 243-276 34 p. (Research in Khoisan Studies; No. 34).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
• 2015

  Danish Sign Language

  McGregor, W., Niemelä, J. B. & Bakken Jepsen, J., 30 Sept 2015, In: NyS. p. 195-234 40 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Four counter-presumption constructions in Shua (Khoe-Kwadi, Botswana)

  Mcgregor, W., 2015, In: Lingua. 158, p. 54-75 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Intensive foreign language learning reveals effects on categorical perception of sibilant voicing after only 3 weeks

  Nielsen, A. H., Horn, N. T., Derdau Sørensen, S., Mcgregor, W. & Wallentin, M., 9 Dec 2015, In: i-Perception. 6, 6, p. 1-26 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

  241 Downloads (Pure)

• Introduction: Sign Languages, with an Emphasis on Languages

  Bakken Jepsen, J., De Clerck, G., Lutalo-Kiingi, S. & McGregor, W., 30 Sept 2015, Sign Language of the World: A Comparative Handbook. Bakken Jepsen, J., De Clerck, G., Lutalo-Kiingi, S. & McGregor, W. B. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: De Gruyter, p. 1-19 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Linguistics: An introduction. Answer key

  Mcgregor, W., 26 Feb 2015, London: Bloomsbury Academic. 152 p.

  Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Education › peer-review

• Linguistics: An introduction

  Mcgregor, W., 26 Feb 2015, 2. ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 496 p.

  Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Education › peer-review

• Perceptual asymmetry effects on the mismatch response (MMR) to Danish speech sounds

  Nielsen, A. H., Gebauer, L., Mcgregor, W. & Wallentin, M., 10 Sept 2015. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

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• Preface

  Bakken Jepsen, J., De Clerck, G., Lutalo-Kiingi, S. & Mcgregor, W., 30 Sept 2015, Sign languages of the World: A Comparative Handbook. Bakken Jepsen, J., De Clerck, G., Lutalo-Kiingi, S. & B. McGregor, W. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: De Gruyter, p. v-vi 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Preface/postscript › Research

• Review of Culture, Interaction and Person Reference in an Australian Language: An Ethnography of Bininj Gunwok Communication. MURRAY GARDE. Culture and Language Use 11. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2013. Pp. xx + 274. $149.00 (hardcover)

  Mcgregor, W., 2015, In: Anthropological Linguistics. 57, 4, p. 453-455 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Literature review › Research › peer-review

• Sign Languages of the World: A Comparative Handbook

  Bakken Jepsen, J. (Editor), De Clerck, G. (Editor), Lutalo-Kiingi, S. (Editor) & Mcgregor, W. (Editor), 30 Sept 2015, De Gruyter. 1000 p.

  Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Anthology › Research › peer-review

  43 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  A longitudinal study of adult foreign language learning

  Nielsen, A. H., Horn, N. T., Sørensen, S. D., Mcgregor, W. & Wallentin, M., 19 Sept 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

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  137 Downloads (Pure)

• Asymmetry effects on the mismatch response (MMR) to speech sounds: an MEG/ERF study of [t] vs. [d]

  Nielsen, A. H., Gebauer, L., Mcgregor, W. & Wallentin, M., 29 Aug 2014. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

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  154 Downloads (Pure)

• Connate roles in Nyulnyul: Non-nuclear grammatical relations within the core

  Mcgregor, W., 2014, Non-nuclear cases. Delbecque, N., Lahousse, K. & Van Langendonck, W. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, Vol. Volume 6. p. 67-93 25 p. (Case and Grammatical Relations Across Languages, Vol. 6).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Grammatical Relation 100%
  • Logical Relation 16%

• Numerals and number words in Shua

  Mcgregor, W., 2014, In: Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. 35, 1, p. 45-90 46 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Shua kinship terminology

  Mcgregor, W., 2014, Southern African Khoisan kinship systems. Barnard, A. & Boden, G. (eds.). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, p. 39-62 24 p. (Research in Khoisan Studies).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• "TA-DA!": Directional asymmetry in the brain's perception of speech sounds:an MMR study of [t] vs. [d]

  Nielsen, A. H., Gebauer, L., Mcgregor, W. & Wallentin, M., 18 Sept 2014. 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Magnetoencephalography 100%
  • Speech Perception 100%
  201 Downloads (Pure)

• The 'say, do' verb in Nyulnyul, Warrwa, and other Nyulnyulan languages is monosemic

  Mcgregor, W., 2014, Events, arguments, and aspects: topics in the semantics of verbs. Robering, K. (ed.). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 301-327 27 p. (Studies in Language Companion Series (SLCS), Vol. 152).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
• 2013

  Comparing linguistic systems of categorisation

  Mcgregor, W., 2013, Approaches to measuring linguistic differences. Borin, L. & Saxena, A. (eds.). Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, p. 387-427 40 p. (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, Vol. 265).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Complementation as interpersonal grammar

  Mcgregor, W., Aug 2013, In: WORD: Journal of the International Linguistic Association. 59, 1, p. 25-53 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Grammaticalisation of verbs as temporal and modal markers in Australian languages

  Mcgregor, W., Aug 2013, Diachronic and typological perspectives on verbs. Josephson, F. & Söhrman, I. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 107-132 25 p. (Studies in Language Companion Series).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Kin terms and context among the Gooniyandi

  Mcgregor, W., 18 Apr 2013, In: Anthropological Linguistics. 54, 2, p. 1-26 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Lexical categories in Gooniyandi, Kimberley, Western Australia

  Mcgregor, W., 2013, Flexible word classes: typological studies of underspecified parts of speech. Rijkhoff, J. & van Lier, E. (eds.). Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, p. 221-246 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Long-term memory traces for language sounds are highly context-sensitive: an MEG/ERF study

  Nielsen, A. H., Gebauer, L., Mcgregor, W. & Wallentin, M., 8 Nov 2013. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research › peer-review

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• Optionality in grammar and language use

  Mcgregor, W., 2013, In: Linguistics. 51, p. 1147-1204 57 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  33 Citations (Scopus)

• Phonemic versus allophonic status modulates early brain responses to language sounds: an MEG/ERF study

  Nielsen, A. H., Gebauer, L., Mcgregor, W. & Wallentin, M., 10 Nov 2013. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research › peer-review

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• There are existential constructions and existential constructions: presumption invoking existentials in English

  Mcgregor, W., 2013, In: Folia Linguistica. 47, 1, p. 139-181 42 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• When Pinocchio's nose does not grow: belief regarding lie-detectability modulates production of deception

  Sip, K. E., Carmel, D., Marchant, J. L., Li, J., Petrovic, P., Roepstorff, A., McGregor, W. B. & Frith, C. D., 4 Feb 2013, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7, p. 1-11 11 p., 16.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Deception 100%
  • Nose 100%
  • Behavior (Neuroscience) 14%
  • Hippocampus 14%
  • Cingulate Cortex 14%
  22 Citations (Scopus)