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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, Leadership as Social Practice: The discursive construction of leadership and team identity in a New Zealand rugby team, Victoria University of Wellington
1 Sept 2008 → 15 Feb 2012
Award Date: 15 Feb 2012
External positions
Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Dec 2014 → …
Research Associate, Language in the Workplace Project, Victoria University of Wellington
4 Dec 2012 → …
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Projects
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Social functions of chronic injury narratives in male and female team contact sports teams
1/01/18 → 1/01/19
Project: Research
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Learning 2020
Bosanquet, A., Thackray, A., Ritchie, R., Lane, R. & Wilson, N.
1/01/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Teaching
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Inclusion in the learning game: applying considerations from cognitive neuroscience, educational psychology, and SLA to language learning activity and materials design
Wedlock, J. & Wilson, N., 24 Sept 2024, In: TESOL in Context. 33, 1, p. 58-81 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Swearing as a leadership tool: the sociopragmatics of swearing in New Zealand English
Wilson, N. & Wedlock, J., 31 Oct 2023, In: English World-Wide. 44, 3, p. 323-350 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
An introduction to sociolinguistics
Holmes, J. & Wilson, N., 2022, 6th ed. Abingdon, Oxon: Taylor and Francis. 710 p. (Learning about language)Research output: Book/Report › Book
25 Citations (Scopus) -
Speaker-independent visual speech recognition with the inception v3 model
Santos, T. I., Abel, A., Wilson, N. & Xu, Y., 2021, Proceedings of SLT 2021: IEEE Spoken Language Technology Workshop. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 613-620 8 p. 9383540. (IEEE Workshop on Spoken Language Technology).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
12 Citations (Scopus) -
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
Press/Media
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Let’s get that bread: How teenagers change language
19/02/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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