William B. McGregor explained

William Bernard McGregor is an Australian linguist. he is professor in linguistics at Aarhus University in Denmark.

Early life and education

William Bernard McGregor[1] received his PhD degree from the University of Sydney in 1984.[2]

Career

After gaining his doctorate, McGregor had a number of positions through different institutions in Australia, before moving to Europe. He was appointed senior research fellow at KU Leuven in Belgium in 1998, and then visiting research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, Netherlands, for one and a half years. Since 2000, he has been full professor at Aarhus University.

He specialises in the description of mainly non-Pama-Nyungan Australian languages, and does descriptive linguistic work on Gooniyandi, Nyulnyul and Warrwa languages. Since 2010 he has also studied Shua, a language spoken in Botswana, in Africa. He works on theoretical and typological issues from within a variation of systemic functional linguistics dubbed "semiotic grammar", developed by him.[3] [4]

Apart from his own works on linguistics, McGregor has also published articles and book chapters about the work of other linguists in Australia, notably the work of German linguists and ethnographers such as Pallottine missionary Ernest Worms and his mentor, .[5] [6]

Recognition and honours

McGregor was elected fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1999,[7] and became a member of Academia Europaea in 2014.[8] and

In 2010 he was honoured with the Danish honour, the Order of the Dannebrog, becoming a Knight of Dannebrog.[9]

Other activities

he serves on the editorial boards of the Australian Journal of Linguistics[10] and Language and History.[11]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: William Bernard McGregor . Aarhus University . 26 September 2024.
  2. McGregor . William B.. A grammar of Kuniyanti: an Australian Aboriginal language of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia . 1984 . Ph.D. . 2123/15383 . free.
  3. Web site: Willemsen . Jeroen . Description, theory and linguistics as a science – an interview with William B. McGregor. Lingoblog.dk . 10 April 2022 . 7 May 2018.
  4. Web site: William Bernard McGregor - Biography . . 26 September 2024.
  5. Book: McGregor, William B. . German Ethnography in Australia . Father Worms’s contribution to Australian Aboriginal anthropology . ANU Press . 2017 . 978-1-76046-131-7 . j.ctt1ws7wn5.22 . 329–356.
  6. Frs. Hermann Nekes and Ernest Worms's "Australian Languages" . McGregor . William B. . Anthropos . 102 . 1 . 99–114 . 40466792 . 23 November 2015 . 10.5771/0257-9774-2007-1-99 .
  7. Web site: Fellow Profile: William McGregor . 2024-05-01 . Australian Academy of the Humanities . en-AU.
  8. Web site: Hasani . Ilire . Hoffmann . Robert . Academy of Europe: McGregor William Bernard . Academy of Europe . 24 September 2010 . 26 September 2024.
  9. Web site: Modtagere af danske dekorationer . www.kongehuset.dk . 10 April 2022. da.
  10. Web site: Australian Journal of Linguistics Editorial Board . . Taylor and Francis . 26 September 2024.
  11. Web site: Language & History Editorial Board . . Taylor and Francis . 26 September 2024.

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