Yr Athro Alison Wray

(hi/ei)

BA (Hons), D.Phil (York), FHEA, FAcSS, FLSW

2024

• Wray, A. and Merton, P. 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, A. and Bergstrom, A. 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, A. 2024. Formulaic sequences and language disorders. In: Ball, M. J., Mueller, N. and Spencer, E. eds. Handbook of Clinical Linguistics, 2nd ed.. Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics Wiley Blackwell, pp. 177-188., (10.1002/9781119875949.ch13)
• Wray, A. 2024. The emergence of word forms from human protolanguage. In: Vita, K. ed. Teaching Linguistics with Games. Cascadilla Press

2023

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

2021

• Wray, A. 2021. Loneliness and dementia: the role of communication. In: Stern, J. et al. eds. Bloomsbury Handbook of Solitude, Silence and Loneliness. Bloomsbury Handbooks Bloomsbury, pp. 288-298.
• Wray, A. 2021. Why dementia makes communication difficult: a guide to better outcomes. Jessica Kingsley.
• Wray, A. 2021. Dementia research: Prof Alison Wray discusses the importance of communication. Medical News Today
• Wallace, M. and Wray, A. 2021. Critical reading and writing for postgraduates (4th edition). Student Success. Sage.
• Hughes, C., Filimonov, M., Wray, A. and Spasic, I. 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)

2020

• Wray, A., Morris, L., Mansell, W., Williamson, T. and McEvoy, P. 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, A. 2020. The dynamics of dementia communication. Oxford University Press.
• Wray, A. 2020. Dementia communication across language boundaries: developing language awareness. Youtube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbIxPq3eQoc

2019

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

2018

• Wray, A. 2018. Reconstructed pronunciation. In: Lawson, C. and Stowell, R. eds. Cambridge encyclopedia of historical performance in Music. Cambridge University Press, pp. 524-526.
• Wray, A. 2018. Concluding question: Why don't second language learners more proactively target formulaic sequences?. In: Siyanova-Chanturia, A. and Pellicer-Sanchez, A. eds. Understanding Formulaic Language: A Second Language Acquisition Perspective. Second Language Acquisition Research Series London and New York: Routledge, pp. 248-269.
• Wray, A. 2018. Dementia: the "communication disease". [Online]. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uu63PqWGaU

2017

• Wray, A. 2017. Understanding the challenges of dementia communication. Youtube. Available at: https://youtu.be/u6cchefGn2M
• Wray, A. 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, A. 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)

2016

• Buerki, A., Wray, A. and Fitzpatrick, T. 2016. Linguistic markers and risk of Alzheimer's Disease. Presented at: BRACE Annual Celebration 2016, Filton, UK, 6 June 2016.
• Wray, A., Bell, H. and Jones, K. 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, M. and Wray, A. 2016. Critical reading and writing for postgraduates (3rd edition). Sage Study Skills Series. Sage.
• Wray, A. 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, A. 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)

2015

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

2014

• Wray, A. 2014. Developing comprehensive criteria of adequacy: the challenge of hybridity. In: Gómez-González, M. d. l. ?. et al. eds. The Functional Perspective on Language and Discourse : Applications and Implications. Pragmatics & Beyond New Series Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 19-36.
• Wray, A. 2014. Formulaic language and threat: the challenge of empathy and compassion in Alzheimer's disease interaction. In: 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, A. and Wallace, M. 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, A. 2014. Dementia and language. In: Chapelle, C. ed. The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Wiley, pp. 1-6., (10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal1441)

2013

• Wray, A. 2013. Mislaying compassion: linguistic triggers for inadequate care-giving in Alzheimer's Disease care. In: Davis, B. H. and Guendouzi, J. eds. Pragmatics in Dementia Discourse. Advances in Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 117-145.
• Fitzpatrick, T., Playfoot, D., Wray, A. and Wright, M. J. 2013. Establishing the reliability of word association data for investigating individual and group differences. Applied Linguistics n/a (10.1093/applin/amt020)
• Wray, A. 2013. Formulaic language. Language Teaching 46(3), pp. 316-334. (10.1017/S0261444813000013)
• Wray, A. 2013. Formulaic language: Pushing the boundaries (China edition). Oxford Applied Linguistics Series. Shanghai Foreign Language Teaching Press/Oxford University Press.
• Wray, A. 2013. Formulaic sequences. In: Chapelle, C. ed. The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics., Vol. 4. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 2200-2205.

2012

• Wray, A. 2012. Formulaic language. In: Robinson, P. ed. Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition. Routledge, pp. 252-256.
• Wray, A. 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, A. and Bloomer, A. 2012. Projects in linguistics and language studies (3rd edition). Hodder Education.
• Mac-Giolla Chriost, D. et al. 2012. Welsh for adults teaching and learning approaches, methodologies and resources: a comprehensive research study and critical review of the way forward. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Welsh Government. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/welsh/resources/FINAL%20WHOLE%20Drafft%20Ymgynghorol.pdf
• Wray, A. 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)

2011

• Wray, A. and Wallace, M. 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, C. and Wray, A. 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, E., Wray, A. and Fitzpatrick, T. 2011. Accessing second-order collocation through lexical co-occurrence networks. In: Herbst, T., Faulhaber, S. and Uhrig, P. eds. Phraseological View of Language: A Tribute to John Sinclair. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 87-122.
• Wallace, M. and Wray, A. 2011. Scholarly reading as a model for scholarly writing. In: Rocco, T. S. and Hatcher, T. eds. The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing. Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 44-61.
• Wallace, M. and Wray, A. 2011. Critical reading and writing for postgraduates. 2nd ed.. SAGE Study Skills Series. London: Sage.
• Wray, A. 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, A. 2011. Games for studying language origins and change. In: Kuiper, K. ed. Teaching Linguistics: Reflections on Practice. London: Equinox, pp. 154-181.
• Wray, A. 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)

2010

• Mollet, E., Wray, A., Fitzpatrick, T., Wray, N. R. and Wright, M. 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, A. 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, A. and Fitzpatrick, T. 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, A. and Fitzpatrick, T. 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)

2009

• Wallace, M. and Wray, A. 2009. Complexity theory and emergent change. Case study. In: Saunders, M., Lewis, P. and Thornhill, A. eds. Research Methods for Business Students. 5th ed.. Harlow: Prentice Hall, pp. 102-104.
• Wray, A. 2009. Identifying formulaic language: persistent challenges and new opportunities. In: Corrigan, R. L. et al. eds. Formulaic Language: Distribution and Historical Change., Vol. 1. Typological Studies in Language Vol. 82. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 27-52.
• Wray, A. 2009. Preface: A research network model. In: Fitzpatrick, T. and Barfield, A. eds. Lexical Processing in Second Language Learners: Papers and Perspectives in Honour of Paul Meara. Second Language Acquisition Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, pp. xi-xvii.
• Wray, A. 2009. Conclusion: Navigating L2 collocation research. In: Barfield, A. and Gyllstad, H. eds. Researching Collocations in Another Language: Multiple Interpretations. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 232-244.
• Wray, A. 2009. Future directions in formulaic language research. Journal of Foreign languages 32(6), pp. 2-17.
• Wray, A. and Pegg, C. A. 2009. The effect of memorized learning on the writing scores of Chinese IELTS test takers. In: Thompson, P., HOlliday, J. and Taylor, L. eds. IELTS Research Reports. Vol. 9. IELTS Australia, pp. 191-216.
• Wray, A. 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)

2008

• Wray, A. 2008. Formulaic language: Pushing the boundaries. Oxford Applied Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Wray, A. and Bloomer, A. 2008. Projects in linguistics : a practical guide to researching language (2nd ed.). London: Hodder Arnold.
• Wray, A. 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, A. 2008. The puzzle of language learning: from child’s play to ‘linguaphobia’. Language Teaching 41(2), pp. 255-273. (10.1017/S0261444807004909)
• Wray, A. 2008. Formulaic sequences and language disorders. In: Ball, M. et al. eds. Handbook of Clinical Linguistics. Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 184-197.
• Wray, A. and Fitzpatrick, T. 2008. Why can't you just leave it alone? Deviations from memorized language as a gauge of nativelike competence. In: Meunier, F. and Granger, S. eds. Phraseology in foreign language learning and teaching. Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 123-148.

2007

• Wray, A. and Grace, G. 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, A. 2007. Set phrases in second language acquisition. In: Burger, H. et al. eds. Phraseologie / Phraseology: Ein internationales Handbuch zeitgenössischer Forschung / An International Handbook of Contemporary Research., Vol. 1. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 870-881.
• Wray, A. 2007. "Needs only" analysis in linguistic ontogeny and phylogeny. In: Lyon, C., Nehaniv, C. L. and Cangelosi, A. eds. Emergence of Communication and Language. London: Springer, pp. 53-70., (10.1007/978-3-030-04465-7_8)

2006

• Wray, A. and Bloomer, A. 2006. Projects in linguistics: a practical guide, 2nd ed.. London: Arnold.
• Wray, A. 2006. Idiomaticity in an L2: linguistic processing as a predictor of success. In: Beavan, B. ed. IATEFL 2005 Cardiff Conference Selections: 39th International Annual Conference, Cardiff, 5-9 April 2005. IATEFL, pp. 53-60.
• Wallace, M. and Wray, A. 2006. Critical reading and writing for postgraduates. Sage Study Skills. London: Sage.
• Wray, A. 2006. Joining the dots: the evolutionary picture of language and music. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 16(1), pp. 103-105.
• Wray, A. 2006. Formulaic language. In: Brown, K. ed. Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics., Vol. 4. Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 590-597.
• Fitzpatrick, T. and Wray, A. 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)

2005

• Wray, A. 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, A. 2005. The broadening scope of animal communication research. In: Tallerman, M. ed. Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Studies in the Evolution of Language Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 232-238.
• Wray, A. 2005. Looking at the WHY in phraseology: a psycholinguistic perspective on patterns in text. In: Cosme, C. et al. eds. Phraseology 2005: The Many Faces of Phraseology. Louvain-la-Neuve: Université Catholique de Louvain, pp. 23-26.
• Wray, A. and Staczek, J. 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)

2004

• Wray, A., Cox, S., Lincoln, M. and Tryggvason, J. 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, A. 2004. 'Here's one I prepared earlier': formulaic language learning on television. In: Schmitt, N. ed. Formulaic Sequences: Acquisition, Processing and Use. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 249-268., (10.1075/lllt.9.13wra)

2003

• Wray, A. and Namba, K. 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.

2002

• Wray, A. 2002. Formulaic language and the lexicon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Wray, A. ed. 2002. The transition to language. Oxford linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Wallace, M. and Wray, A. 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, A. 2002. Dual processing in protolanguage: performance without competence. In: Wray, A. ed. The Transition to Language. Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language Oxford University Press, pp. 113-137.
• Wray, A. 2002. Formulaic language in computer-supported communication: theory meets reality. Language AwarenesS 11(2), pp. 114-131. (10.1080/09658410208667050)

2000

• Wray, A. and Perkins, M. 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, A. 2000. Pronunciation of the texts. [CD]. Salisbury Cathedral Boy Choristers, Gabrieli Consort & Paul McCreesh. John Sheppard: Missa Cantata. CD recording 457 3 March 2025.
• Wray, A. 2000. Holistic utterances in protolanguage: the link from primates to humans. In: Knight, C., Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Hurford, J. R. eds. The Evolutionary Emergence of Language: Social Function and the Origins of Linguistic Form. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 285-302.
• Wray, A. 2000. Formulaic sequences in second language teaching: principle and practice. Applied Linguistics 21(4), pp. 463-489. (10.1093/applin/21.4.463)

1999

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

1998

• Wray, A., Trott, K. and Bloomer, A. 1998. Projects in linguistics: a practical guide to researching language. London: Arnold.
• Wray, A. 1998. Protolanguage as a holistic system for social interaction. Language and Communication 18(1), pp. 47-67. (10.1016/S0271-5309(97)00033-5)

1997

• Ryan, A. and Wray, A. 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.

1996

• Wray, A. 1996. English pronunciation c. 1500-1700. In: Morehen, J. ed. English Choral Practice 1400-1650. Cambridge Studies in Performance Practice Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 90-108.
• Wray, A. 1996. The occurrence of 'occurance' and 'alot' of other things 'aswell': patterns of errors in undergraduate English. In: Blue, G. M. and Mitchell, R. 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.

1995

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

1992

• Wray, A. 1992. The focusing hypothesis: the theory of left hemisphere lateralised language re-examined. Studies in Speech Pathology and Clinical Linguistics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
• Wray, A. 1992. Pronunciation. In: Knighton, T. and Fallows, D. eds. The Dent Everyman Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music. London: Dent, pp. 292-299.
• Wray, A. 1992. Authentic pronunciation for early music. In: Paynter, J. et al. eds. Companion to Contemporary Musical Thought. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 1051-1064.

1990

• Wray, A. 1990. The Singers' Language Project. Voice Research Society Newsletter 4(2), pp. 13-14.
• Wray, A. 1990. The dual systems ('focusing') hypothesis: a right hemisphere account for left hemisphere language. Speculations in Science and Technology 13(1), pp. 3-12.

1989

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

1988

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