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Wray, Alison

2025. The emergence of word forms from human protolanguage. Kogan, Vita V., ed. Teaching Linguistics with Games, London: Routledge, pp. 106-117. (10.4324/9781003630487-11)

Wray, Alison

2025. Breaking down the silos: What refugee aid workers and dementia carers might teach each other. Language Teaching: Surveys and Studies 58 (2) , pp. 1-18. 10.1017/S0261444825000084

Wray, Alison

and Merton, Paul 2024. ‘Brain fry’ in Just a Minute: the challenges of talking without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Comedy Studies 15 (2) , pp. 137-153. 10.1080/2040610X.2024.2373579

Wray, Alison

and Bergstrom, Axel 2024. Determiners of social inclusion and exclusion in the dementia context: the perspective of family carers. Pragmatics and Society 15 (1) , pp. 17-32. 10.1075/ps.23051.wra

Wray, Alison

2024. Formulaic sequences and language disorders. Ball, Martin J., Mueller, Nicole and Spencer, Elizabeth, eds. Handbook of Clinical Linguistics, 2nd ed., Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics, Wiley Blackwell, pp. 177-188. (10.1002/9781119875949.ch13)

Wray, Alison

2023. Hidden in plain sound: overlooked repetition in Just a Minute. Yearbook of Phraseology 14 (1) , pp. 33-88. 10.1515/phras-2023-0004

Wray, Alison

2021. Loneliness and dementia: the role of communication. Stern, Julian, Sink, Christopher A., Ho, Wong Ping and Walejko, Malgorzata, eds. Bloomsbury Handbook of Solitude, Silence and Loneliness, Bloomsbury Handbooks, Bloomsbury, pp. 288-298.

Wray, Alison

2021. Why dementia makes communication difficult: a guide to better outcomes. Jessica Kingsley.

Wray, Alison

2021. Dementia research: Prof Alison Wray discusses the importance of communication. Medical News Today

Wallace, Mike

and Wray, Alison

2021. Critical reading and writing for postgraduates (4th edition). Student Success, Sage.

Hughes, Callum, Filimonov, Maxim, Wray, Alison

and Spasic, Irena

2021. Leaving no stone unturned: flexible retrieval of idiomatic expressions from a large text corpus. Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction 3 (1) , pp. 263-283. 10.3390/make3010013

Wray, Alison

, Morris, Lydia, Mansell, Warren, Williamson, Tracey and McEvoy, Phil 2020. Communication Empowerment Framework: An integrative framework to support effective communication and interaction between carers and people living with dementia. Dementia 19 , pp. 1739-1757. 10.1177/1471301218805329

Wray, Alison

2020. The dynamics of dementia communication. Oxford University Press.

Wray, Alison

2020. Dementia communication across language boundaries: developing language awareness. . Youtube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbIxPq3eQoc

Wray, Alison

2019. Multilingual dementia care: defining the limits of translanguaging. Language Awareness 28 (3) , pp. 227-245. 10.1080/09658416.2019.1636801

Wray, Alison

2018. Reconstructed pronunciation. Lawson, Colin and Stowell, Robin, eds. Cambridge encyclopedia of historical performance in Music, Cambridge University Press, pp. 524-526.

Wray, Alison

2018. Concluding question: Why don't second language learners more proactively target formulaic sequences? Siyanova-Chanturia, Anna and Pellicer-Sanchez, Ana, eds. Understanding Formulaic Language: A Second Language Acquisition Perspective, Second Language Acquisition Research Series, London and New York: Routledge, pp. 248-269.

Wray, Alison

2018. Dementia: the "communication disease". [YouTube video]. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uu63PqWGaU

Wray, Alison

2017. Understanding the challenges of dementia communication. . Youtube. Available at: https://youtu.be/u6cchefGn2M

Wray, Alison

2017. Formulaic sequences as a regulatory mechanism for cognitive perturbations during the achievement of social goals. Topics in Cognitive Science 9 (3) , pp. 569-587. 10.1111/tops.12257

Wray, Alison

2017. The language of dementia science and the science of dementia language: linguistic interpretations of an interdisciplinary research field. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 36 (1) , pp. 80-95. 10.1177/0261927X16663591

Buerki, Andreas

, Wray, Alison

and Fitzpatrick, Tess 2016. Linguistic markers and risk of Alzheimer's Disease. Presented at: BRACE Annual Celebration 2016, Filton, UK, 6 June 2016.

Wray, Alison

, Bell, Huw and Jones, Katy 2016. How native and non-native speakers of English interpret unfamiliar formulaic sequences. European Journal of English Studies 20 (1) , pp. 47-63. 10.1080/13825577.2015.1136163

Wallace, Mike

and Wray, Alison

2016. Critical reading and writing for postgraduates (3rd edition). Sage Study Skills Series, Sage.

Wray, Alison

2016. Accommodating 'unaccustomed pragmatic spaces' in Arbib's model Comment on "Towards a Computational Comparative Neuroprimatology: Framing the language-ready brain. Physics of Life Reviews 16 , pp. 101-104. 10.1016/j.plrev.2016.01.014

Wray, Alison

2016. Mechanisms of conflict and aggression in the dementia context. Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 4 (1) , pp. 115-140. 10.1075/jlac.4.1.05wra

Wray, Alison

2015. Why are we so sure we know what a word is? Taylor, John R., ed. The Oxford Handbook of the Word, Oxford Handbooks, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 725-750. (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199641604.013.032)

Wray, Alison

and Wallace, Mike

2015. Developing research expertise in applied linguistics: capacity-building for today’s interdisciplinary challenges. ITL: International Journal of Applied Linguistics 166 (1) , pp. 3-36. 10.1075/itl.166.1.01wra

Wray, Alison

2014. Developing comprehensive criteria of adequacy: the challenge of hybridity. Gómez-González, María de los Ángeles, Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Francisco José, Gonzálvez García, Francisco and Downing, Angela, eds. The Functional Perspective on Language and Discourse : Applications and Implications, Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 19-36.

Wray, Alison

2014. Formulaic language and threat: the challenge of empathy and compassion in Alzheimer's disease interaction. Schrauf, R. W. and Müller, N., eds. Dialogue and dementia: cognitive and communicative resources for engagement, Language and Speech Disorders, London: Psychology Press, pp. 263-286.

Wray, Alison

and Wallace, Mike

2014. Developing social science research expertise: a resource and guide for trainers. [Online]. National Centre for Research Methods. Available at: http://www.restore.ac.uk/researchexpertise/

Wray, Alison

2014. Dementia and language. Chapelle, Carol, ed. The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, Wiley, pp. 1-6. (10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal1441)

Wray, Alison

2013. Mislaying compassion: linguistic triggers for inadequate care-giving in Alzheimer's Disease care. Davis, Boyd H. and Guendouzi, Jacqueline, eds. Pragmatics in Dementia Discourse, Advances in Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 117-145.

Fitzpatrick, Tess, Playfoot, David, Wray, Alison

and Wright, Margaret J. 2013. Establishing the reliability of word association data for investigating individual and group differences. Applied Linguistics n/a 10.1093/applin/amt020

Wray, Alison

2013. Formulaic language. Language Teaching 46 (3) , pp. 316-334. 10.1017/S0261444813000013

Wray, Alison

2013. Formulaic language: Pushing the boundaries (China edition). Oxford Applied Linguistics Series, Shanghai Foreign Language Teaching Press/Oxford University Press.

Wray, Alison

2013. Formulaic sequences. Chapelle, Carol, ed. The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, Vol. 4. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 2200-2205.

Wray, Alison

2012. Formulaic language. Robinson, Peter, ed. Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition, Routledge, pp. 252-256.

Wray, Alison

2012. What do we (think we) know about formulaic language? An evaluation of the current state of play. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 32 (1) , pp. 231-254. 10.1017/S026719051200013X

Wray, Alison

and Bloomer, Aileen 2012. Projects in linguistics and language studies (3rd edition). Hodder Education.

Mac-Giolla Chriost, Diarmait

, Carlin, Patrick Joseph, Davies, Sioned Mair

, Fitzpatrick, Tess, Jones, Anys, Heath-Davies, Rachel, Marshall, Jennifer Jane, Morris, Steve, Price, Adrian, Vanderplank, Robert, Walter, Catherine and Wray, Alison

2012. Welsh for adults teaching and learning approaches, methodologies and resources: a comprehensive research study and critical review of the way forward. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Welsh Government. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/welsh/resources/FINAL%20W...

Wray, Alison

2012. Patterns of formulaic language in Alzheimer's disease: implications for quality of life. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults 13 (3) , pp. 168-175. 10.1108/14717791211264034

Wray, Alison

and Wallace, Mike

2011. Accelerating the development of expertise: a step-change in social science research capacity building. British Journal of Educational Studies 59 (3) , pp. 241-264. 10.1080/00071005.2011.599790

Lindholm, Camilla and Wray, Alison

2011. Proverbs and formulaic sequences in the language of elderly people with dementia. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice 10 (3) , pp. 1-21. 10.1177/1471301211413338

Mollet, Eugene, Wray, Alison

and Fitzpatrick, Tess 2011. Accessing second-order collocation through lexical co-occurrence networks. Herbst, Thomas, Faulhaber, Susen and Uhrig, Peter, eds. Phraseological View of Language: A Tribute to John Sinclair, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 87-122.

Wallace, Mike

and Wray, Alison

2011. Scholarly reading as a model for scholarly writing. Rocco, Tonette S. and Hatcher, Tim, eds. The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing, Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 44-61.

Wallace, Mike

and Wray, Alison

2011. Critical reading and writing for postgraduates. 2nd ed. SAGE Study Skills Series, London: Sage.

Wray, Alison

2011. Formulaic language as a barrier to effective communication with people with Alzheimer's Disease. Canadian Modern Languages Review 67 (4) , pp. 429-458. 10.3138/cmlr.67.4.429

Wray, Alison

2011. Games for studying language origins and change. Kuiper, Koenraad, ed. Teaching Linguistics: Reflections on Practice, London: Equinox, pp. 154-181.

Wray, Alison

2011. Perspectives on Formulaic Language: Acquisition and Communication – Edited by David Wood [Book Review]. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 21 (1) , pp. 127-133. 10.1111/j.1473-4192.2010.00279.x

Mollet, Eugène, Wray, Alison

, Fitzpatrick, Tess, Wray, Naomi R. and Wright, Margaret J. 2010. Choosing the best tools for comparative analyses of texts. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 15 (4) , pp. 429-473. 10.1075/ijcl.15.4.01mol

Wray, Alison

2010. We've Had a Wonderful, Wonderful Thing: formulaic interaction when an expert has dementia. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice 9 (4) , pp. 517-534. 10.1177/1471301210381677

Wray, Alison

and Fitzpatrick, Tess 2010. Pushing speakers to the extreme: the artificial use of prefabricated material in conversation. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching 4 (1) , pp. 37-51. 10.1080/17501220802596413

Wray, Alison

and Fitzpatrick, Tess 2010. Pushing learners to the extreme: the artificial use of prefabricated material in conversation. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching 4 (1) , pp. 37-52. 10.1080/17501220802596413

Wallace, Mike

and Wray, Alison

2009. Complexity theory and emergent change. Case study. Saunders, Mark, Lewis, Philip and Thornhill, Adrian, eds. Research Methods for Business Students. 5th ed., Harlow: Prentice Hall, pp. 102-104.

Wray, Alison

2009. Identifying formulaic language: persistent challenges and new opportunities. Corrigan, Roberta L., Moravcsik, Edith A., Oulali, Hamid and Wheatley, Kathleen M., eds. Formulaic Language: Distribution and Historical Change, Vol. 1. Typological Studies in Language, vol. 82. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 27-52.

Wray, Alison

2009. Preface: A research network model. Fitzpatrick, Tess and Barfield, Andy, eds. Lexical Processing in Second Language Learners: Papers and Perspectives in Honour of Paul Meara, Second Language Acquisition, Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, xi-xvii.

Wray, Alison

2009. Conclusion: Navigating L2 collocation research. Barfield, A. and Gyllstad, H., eds. Researching Collocations in Another Language: Multiple Interpretations, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 232-244.

Wray, Alison

2009. Future directions in formulaic language research. Journal of Foreign languages 32 (6) , pp. 2-17.

Wray, Alison

and Pegg, Christine Ann 2009. The effect of memorized learning on the writing scores of Chinese IELTS test takers. Thompson, P., HOlliday, J. and Taylor, L., eds. IELTS Research Reports, vol. 9. IELTS Australia, pp. 191-216.

Wray, Alison

2009. Hurford, James R. The origins of meaning: language in the light of evolution - 408pp, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007, Hardback, £29.95, ISBN :95978-0199207855 [Book Review]. Functions of Language 16 (2) , pp. 298-308. 10.1075/fol.16.2.07wra

Wray, Alison

2008. Formulaic language: Pushing the boundaries. Oxford Applied Linguistics, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Wray, Alison

and Bloomer, Aileen 2008. Projects in linguistics : a practical guide to researching language (2nd ed.). London: Hodder Arnold.

Wray, Alison

2008. Genes and the conceptualisation of language knowledge. Genomics, Society, and Policy 4 (1) , pp. 58-73. 10.1186/1746-5354-4-1-58

Wray, Alison

2008. The puzzle of language learning: from child’s play to ‘linguaphobia’. Language Teaching 41 (2) , pp. 255-273. 10.1017/S0261444807004909

Wray, Alison

2008. Formulaic sequences and language disorders. Ball, M.J., Perkins, M.R., Müller, N. and Howard, S., eds. Handbook of Clinical Linguistics, Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics, Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 184-197.

Wray, Alison

and Fitzpatrick, T. 2008. Why can't you just leave it alone? Deviations from memorized language as a gauge of nativelike competence. Meunier, F. and Granger, S., eds. Phraseology in foreign language learning and teaching, Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 123-148.

Wray, Alison

and Grace, George 2007. The consequences of talking to strangers: Evolutionary corollaries of socio-cultural influences on linguistic form. Lingua 117 (3) , pp. 543-578. 10.1016/j.lingua.2005.05.005

Wray, Alison

2007. Set phrases in second language acquisition. Burger, Harald, Drobovol'skij, Dmitrij, Kuehn, Peter and Norrick, Neal R., eds. Phraseologie / Phraseology: Ein internationales Handbuch zeitgenössischer Forschung / An International Handbook of Contemporary Research, Vol. 1. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 870-881.

Wray, Alison

2007. "Needs only" analysis in linguistic ontogeny and phylogeny. Lyon, Caroline, Nehaniv, Chrystopher L. and Cangelosi, Angelo, eds. Emergence of Communication and Language, London: Springer, pp. 53-70. (10.1007/978-3-030-04465-7_8)

Wray, Alison

and Bloomer, Aileen 2006. Projects in linguistics: a practical guide, 2nd ed. London: Arnold.

Wray, Alison

2006. Idiomaticity in an L2: linguistic processing as a predictor of success. Beavan, B., ed. IATEFL 2005 Cardiff Conference Selections: 39th International Annual Conference, Cardiff, 5-9 April 2005, IATEFL, pp. 53-60.

Wallace, Mike

and Wray, Alison

2006. Critical reading and writing for postgraduates. Sage Study Skills, London: Sage.

Wray, Alison

2006. Joining the dots: the evolutionary picture of language and music. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 16 (1) , pp. 103-105.

Wray, Alison

2006. Formulaic language. Brown, Keith, ed. Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, Vol. 4. Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 590-597.

Fitzpatrick, Tess and Wray, Alison

2006. Breaking up is not so hard to do: individual differences in L2 memorisation. Canadian Modern Language Review 63 (1) , pp. 35-57. 10.3138/cmlr.63.1.35

Wray, Alison

2005. The explanatory advantages of the holistic protolanguage model: the case of linguistic irregularity. Commentary on Arbib. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (2) , pp. 147-148. 10.1017/S0140525X05450037

Wray, Alison

2005. The broadening scope of animal communication research. Tallerman, Maggie, ed. Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution, Studies in the Evolution of Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 232-238.

Wray, Alison

2005. Looking at the WHY in phraseology: a psycholinguistic perspective on patterns in text. Cosme, C., Gouverneur, C., Meunier, F. and Pauot, M., eds. Phraseology 2005: The Many Faces of Phraseology, Louvain-la-Neuve: Université Catholique de Louvain, pp. 23-26.

Wray, Alison

and Staczek, John J. 2005. One word or two? Psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic interpretations of meaning in a court case. International Journal of Speech Language and the Law 12 (1) , pp. 1-18. 10.1558/ijsll.v12i1.1

Wray, Alison

, Cox, Stephen, Lincoln, Mike and Tryggvason, Judy 2004. A formulaic approach to translation at the Post Office: reading signs. Language & Communication 24 (1) , pp. 59-75. 10.1016/j.langcom.2003.08.001

Wray, Alison

2004. 'Here's one I prepared earlier': formulaic language learning on television. Schmitt, Norbert, ed. Formulaic Sequences: Acquisition, Processing and Use, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 249-268. (10.1075/lllt.9.13wra)

Wray, Alison

and Namba, Kazuhiko 2003. Use of formulaic language by a Japanese-English bilingual child: a practical approach to data analysis. Japan Journal for Multilingualism and Multiculturalism 9 (1) , pp. 24-51.

Wray, Alison

2002. Formulaic language and the lexicon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Wray, Alison

, ed. 2002. The transition to language. Oxford linguistics, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Wallace, Mike

and Wray, Alison

2002. The fall and rise of linguists in education policy-making: From "common sense" to common ground. Language Policy 1 (1) , pp. 75-98.

Wray, Alison

2002. Dual processing in protolanguage: performance without competence. Wray, Alison, ed. The Transition to Language, Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language, Oxford University Press, pp. 113-137.

Wray, Alison

2002. Formulaic language in computer-supported communication: theory meets reality. Language AwarenesS 11 (2) , pp. 114-131. 10.1080/09658410208667050

Wray, Alison

and Perkins, Michael R. 2000. The functions of formulaic language: an integrated model. Language & Communication 20 (1) , pp. 1-28. 10.1016/S0271-5309(99)00015-4

Wray, Alison

2000. Pronunciation of the texts. [CD]. Salisbury Cathedral Boy Choristers, Gabrieli Consort & Paul McCreesh. John Sheppard: Missa Cantata. CD recording 457 2000.

Wray, Alison

2000. Holistic utterances in protolanguage: the link from primates to humans. Knight, Chris, Studdert-Kennedy, Michael and Hurford, James R., eds. The Evolutionary Emergence of Language: Social Function and the Origins of Linguistic Form, New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 285-302.

Wray, Alison

2000. Formulaic sequences in second language teaching: principle and practice. Applied Linguistics 21 (4) , pp. 463-489. 10.1093/applin/21.4.463

Wray, Alison

1999. Formulaic language in learners and native speakers. Language Teaching 32 (4) , pp. 213-231.

Wray, Alison

1999. Singers on the trail of 'authentic' Early Modern English: the puzzling case of /æː/ and /ɛː/. Transactions of the Philological Society 97 (2) , pp. 185-211.

Wray, Alison

, Trott, Kate and Bloomer, Aileen 1998. Projects in linguistics: a practical guide to researching language. London: Arnold.

Wray, Alison

1998. Protolanguage as a holistic system for social interaction. Language and Communication 18 (1) , pp. 47-67. 10.1016/S0271-5309(97)00033-5

Ryan, Ann and Wray, Alison

, eds. 1997. Evolving models of language: papers from the annual meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics held at the University of Wales, Swansea, September 1996. British Studies in Applied Linguistics, vol. 12. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.

Wray, Alison

1996. English pronunciation c. 1500-1700. Morehen, John, ed. English Choral Practice 1400-1650, Cambridge Studies in Performance Practice, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 90-108.

Wray, Alison

1996. The occurrence of 'occurance' and 'alot' of other things 'aswell': patterns of errors in undergraduate English. Blue, George M. and Mitchell, Rosamund, eds. Language and Education: Papers from the Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics held at the University of Southampton, September 1995, British Studies in Applied Linguistics, Clevedon: British Association for Applied Linguistics in association with Multilingual Matters, pp. 94-106.

Wray, Alison

1995. The sound of Latin in England before and after the Reformation. Morehen, John, ed. English Choral Practice, 1400-1650, Cambridge Studies in Performance Practice, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 74-89.

Wray, Alison

1992. The focusing hypothesis: the theory of left hemisphere lateralised language re-examined. Studies in Speech Pathology and Clinical Linguistics, Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Wray, Alison

1992. Pronunciation. Knighton, T. and Fallows, D., eds. The Dent Everyman Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music, London: Dent, pp. 292-299.

Wray, Alison

1992. Authentic pronunciation for early music. Paynter, John, Howell, Tim, Orton, Richard and Seymour, Peter, eds. Companion to Contemporary Musical Thought, London and New York: Routledge, pp. 1051-1064.

Wray, Alison

1990. The Singers' Language Project. Voice Research Society Newsletter 4 (2) , pp. 13-14.

Wray, Alison

1990. The dual systems ('focusing') hypothesis: a right hemisphere account for left hemisphere language. Speculations in Science and Technology 13 (1) , pp. 3-12.

Wray, Alison

1989. The values and shortcomings of phonetic script as a tool for singers. Singing 16 , pp. 21-24.

Wray, Alison

1988. Phonetic transcription for singers? Voice Research Society Newsletter 3 (1) , pp. 5-7.

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