Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Research
Nick's main research focuses on the way in which language is used within organisations, particluarly sports teams. His research to date has investigated leadership development, the construction of team identity in sports teams, and the negotiation of local politeness norms and power within a hierarchy.
Nick also carries out research on language variation and change, and is currently investigating patterns of variation in the way the English Definite Article is realised in Australian English.
Teaching
Nick convenes LING1121 Language Myths and Realities, LING2219 Introduction to Sociolinguistics and LING3382 Culture and Language. He is co-author, with Janet Holmes, of An Introduction to Sociolinguistics.
Research student supervision
Nick is interested in supervising research projects on language and communication in sports contexts, leadership discourse, sociolinguistic variation and change, sociopragmatics, and taboo language.
Research interests
- interactional sociolinguistics
- language in the workplace
- leadership
- sports discourse
- linguistic ethnography
- language variation and change
Education/Academic qualification
Linguistics, PhD, Victoria University of Wellington
1 Sep 2008 → 15 Feb 2012
External positions
Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Dec 2014 → …Research Associate, Language in the Workplace Project, Victoria University of Wellington
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Projects
- 2 Finished
Social functions of chronic injury narratives in male and female team contact sports teams
1/01/18 → 1/01/19
Project: Research
Learning 2020
Bosanquet, A., Thackray, A., Ritchie, R., Lane, R. & Wilson, N.
1/01/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Teaching
Research Outputs
Academic success: a student's guide to studying at university
Brick, J., Wilson, N., Wong, D. & Herke, M., 2019, United Kingdom: Red Globe Press. 244 p. (Palgrave Study Skills)Research output: Book/Report › Textbook
When we means you: the social meaning of English pseudo-inclusive personal pronouns
Wilson, N., Jul 2019, The social dynamics of pronominal systems: a comparative approach. Bouissac, P. (ed.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 35-56 22 p. (Pragmatics & Beyond New Series; vol. 304).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Book review: Nikolas Coupland (ed.), Sociolinguistics: Theoretical Debates
Wilson, N., 1 Feb 2018, In : Discourse Studies. 20, 1, p. 188-190 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article/Exhibition review
Book Review: David Caldwell, John Walsh, Elaine W. Vine, & Jon Jureidini (eds.), The discourse of sport: Analyses from social linguistics. London: Routledge, 2017. Pp. 240. Hb. £110.
Wilson, N., Jun 2018, In : Language in Society. 47, 3, p. 464-467 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article/Exhibition review
Linguistic ethnography
Wilson, N., 2018, The Routledge handbook of language in the workplace. Vine, B. (ed.). New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 40-50 11 p. (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2
Citations
(Scopus)
Press / Media
Let’s get that bread: How teenagers change language
19/02/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment