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William Bernard McGregor

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William Bernard McGregor

School of Communication and Culture - Linguistics
Jens Chr. Skous Vej 2
building 1485, 617
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
linwmg@cc.au.dk
Phone: +4587162153

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Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (elected 1999)

Member, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (from December 1986)

Research areas

Language and communication > Linguistics (grammar etc) > Functional linguistics Semiotic grammar Linguistic Typology
Language and communication > Linguistics (grammar etc) > Semantics (cognitive semantics, formal semantics etc) semantics of grammar mood and modality
Language and communication > Language, Thought and Society (psycho/sociolinguistics) > Sociolects (child language, language of adolescents, immigrants, specialised language etc) special registers (mother-in-law) language endangerment
Language and communication > Language, Thought and Society (psycho/sociolinguistics) > Language history (comparative linguistics, etymology) comparative Bunuban comparative Nyulnyulan comparative Worrorran grammaticalisation
Language and communication > Linguistics (grammar etc) > Syntax complementation constructions compound verb constructions mood and subordination
Language and communication > Linguistics (grammar etc) > Morphology ergative case-marking optional case-marking
Language and communication > Language, Thought and Society (psycho/sociolinguistics) > Psycholinguistics classification language and theory of mind symbolic cognition

Latest publications

Published
Neo-Firthian approaches to linguistic typology
Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › peer-review
Published
Thought complements in Australian languages
Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Published
Grammaticalisation patterns in Nyulnyulan languages
Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

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Latest activities

Post-Firthian perspectives on linguistic typology
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
The triadic actional frame and its relevance to language
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Emergence of optional accusative case marking in Khoe languages
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution

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A NEW HANDBOOK ON THE DIVERSITY IN SIGN LANGUAGES AND DEAF COMMUNITIES
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Danish researchers pioneer comparative research on sign language
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Ny håndbog om tegnsprogs og døves mangfoldighed
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