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William B. McGregor

William B. McGregor

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
47
Citations
6152
World Ranking
3467
National Ranking
25

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

William B. McGregor is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Arts and Humanities, Psychology, and Social Sciences. They have contributed extensively to subfields such as Language and Linguistics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Linguistics and Language, General Health Professions, and Anthropology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
  • Linguistic Variation and Morphology
  • Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
  • Categorization, perception, and language
  • Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
  • Australian Indigenous Culture and History
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception

William B. McGregor has authored several recent papers, including:

  • Thought complements in Australian languages, 2021, Language Sciences
  • The discourse basis of ergative marking in Gooniyandi, 2023, Americanae (AECID Library)
  • On the expression of mistaken beliefs in Australian languages, 2023, Linguistic Typology

Beyond journal articles, their book publication includes Reconnecting Form and Meaning (2023) published by John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with William B. McGregor are:

  • Caroline Gentens
  • Lobke Ghesquière
  • An Van linden
  • Andreas Højlund
  • Nynne Thorup Horn

Their research has appeared in various publication venues such as:

  • Language Sciences
  • Neuroimage Reports
  • Linguistic Typology
  • Americanae (AECID Library)
  • Journal of Historical Linguistics

William B. McGregor was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Detecting deception: the scope and limits

    Kamila E Sip;Andreas Roepstorff;Andreas Roepstorff;William McGregor;Chris D Frith;Chris D Frith

  • The grammar of inalienability : a typological perspective on body part terms and the part-whole relation

    Hilary Chappell;William McGregor

  • Focal and optional ergative marking in Warrwa (Kimberley, Western Australia)

    William B. McGregor

  • Alienability, Inalienability and Nominal Classification

    Hilary Chappell;William McGregor

  • Verb Classification in Australian Languages

    William B. McGregor

  • Prolegomena to a theory of inalienability

    Hilary Chappell;William McGregor

  • Optional ergative case marking systems in a typological-semiotic perspective

    William B. McGregor

  • The languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia

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  • A functional grammar of Gooniyandi

    William B. McGregor

  • The grammar of reported speech and thought in Gooniyandi

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  • Ergative Marking of Intransitive Subjects in Warrwa

    William B. McGregor

  • Body parts in Kuniyanti clause grammar

    William B. McGregor

  • The semantics of ergative marking in Gooniyandi

    William McGREGOR

  • Encountering Aboriginal languages : studies in the history of Australian linguistics

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  • Reflexive and reciprocal constructions in Nyulnyulan languages

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  • Grammars of Space: Prolegomenon to a Warrwa grammar of space

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  • The production and detection of deception in an interactive game.

    Kamila E. Sip;Morten Lynge;Mikkel Wallentin;William B. McGregor

  • The grammar of nominal prefixing in Nyulnyul

    Unknown

  • Nyibayarri, Kimberley tracker

    Jack Bohemia;William McGregor

  • 2. A desiderative complement construction in Warrwa.

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  • Quantifying depictive secondary predicates in Australian languages

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  • Phrase fracturing in Gooniyandi

    William McGregor

  • Theory of Mind in adults with right hemisphere damage: What's the story?

    Ethan Weed;William McGregor;Jørgen Feldbæk Nielsen;Andreas Roepstorff

  • Daisy Bates’ Documentations of Kimberley Languages

    William B McGregor

  • Typology of Ergativity

    William B. McGregor

  • What if I Get Busted? Deception, Choice, and Decision-Making in Social Interaction

    Kamila E. Sip;Joshua C. Skewes;Jennifer L. Marchant;William B. McGregor

  • Optionality in grammar and language use

    William B. McGregor

  • Inalienable possession in Paamese grammar

    Terry Crowley;Hilary Chappell;William McGregor

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Roepstorff
Andreas Roepstorff Aarhus University
Chris D. Frith
Chris D. Frith University College London
Uta Frith
Uta Frith University College London
Predrag Petrovic
Predrag Petrovic Karolinska Institute

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