William B. McGregor explained

William Bernard McGregor (born 1952) is an Australian linguist and professor in linguistics at Aarhus University.^[1] He specializes in the description of mainly non-Pama-Nyungan Australian languages and does descriptive linguistic work on Gooniyandi, Nyulnyul and Warrwa, but also studies the Shua language in Africa. He works on theoretical and typological issues from within a variation of systemic functional linguistics dubbed Semiotic Grammar developed by himself.^{[2] [3]}

McGregor is a member of Academia Europaea^[4] and Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.^[5] He is also a Knight of Dannebrog since 2010.^[6] Editorial boards that McGregor serves on include the Australian Journal of Linguistics^[7] and Language and History.^[8]

Biography

McGregor received his PhD degree from the University of Sydney in 1984.^[9] In the following decade, he had a number of positions through different institutions in Australia, until he came to Europe. He was first a senior research fellow at KU Leuven in 1998 and then visiting research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen for one and a half year. Since 2000, he has been full professor at Aarhus University.^[4]

Selected publications

• Book: McGregor, William B.. 1990 . A Functional Grammar of Gooniyandi . Amsterdam . John Benjamins. 9789027230256.
• Book: McGregor . William B. . Semiotic grammar . 1997 . Clarendon Press . Oxford . 0198236883.
• Book: McGregor . William B. . The Nyulnyul language of Dampier Land, Western Australia . 2011 . Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University . Canberra . 9780858836471 . 10 April 2022.
• Book: McGregor . William B. . Linguistics: An Introduction . 2015 . Bloomsbury . London . 9780567483393 . 2. .
• Book: McGregor . William B. . Neo-Firthian Approaches to Linguistic Typology . 2021 . Equinox Publishing . Sheffield, UK . 9781781796665 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: William Bernard McGregor - Research . pure.au.dk . Aarhus University . 11 April 2022.
2. 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.
3. Web site: Academy of Europe: CV . www.ae-info.org . 10 April 2022.
4. Web site: Academy of Europe: McGregor William Bernard . www.ae-info.org . 10 April 2022.
5. Web site: Fellow Profile: William McGregor . 2024-05-01 . Australian Academy of the Humanities . en-AU.
6. Web site: Modtagere af danske dekorationer . www.kongehuset.dk . 10 April 2022. da.
7. Web site: Australian Journal of Linguistics Editorial Board . www.tandfonline.com . Taylor and Francis . 11 April 2022.
8. Web site: Language & History Editorial Board . www.tandfonline.com . Taylor and Francis . 11 April 2022.
9. McGregor . William B.. A grammar of Kuniyanti: an Australian Aboriginal language of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia . 1984 . Ph.D. . 2123/15383 . free.