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Associate Professor Margaret Anne Maclagan

Communication Disorders

Fields of Research

  • Discourse in Alzheimer’s disease
  • Maori English
  • New Zealand English
  • Sound change in Maori
  • Sound change over time

Researcher Summary

Major research interest is the study of New Zealand English (NZE). Including:
- Historical analysis within the Origins of New Zealand English Project (ONZE) with colleagues in the Department of Linguistics
- Acoustic analysis of the vowel system of modern NZE
- On-going changes within the NZE sound system
- The relevance of sound change for speech-language therapists.

Other research areas:
- The relationship between English and Maori in the pronunciation of Maori speakers
- Sound change over time in Maori; Analysis of Maori English
- Analysis of change in the speech of people with Alzheimer’s disease.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Research Groups

Key Methodologies

  • Acoustic phonetics
  • Analysis using ONZEminer software
  • Analysis using Praat software
  • Analysis using Transcriber software
  • Auditory phonetics

Affiliations

Publications


  • King, J., Watson, C., Keegan, P., Maclagan, M. and Harlow, R. (2013) Diphthong shifts in Māori and English. Christchurch, New Zealand: Variation and Language Processing II, 16-18 Jan 2013. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Watson, C., Bier, S., Maclagan, M., King, J., Harlow, R. and Keegan, P. (2012) A Changing Tune In Māori: Prosodic Cues In Language Discrimination. Auckland, New Zealand: Workshop on the Phonetic Analysis of Rhythm in Indigenous Languages, 30 Nov 2012. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Davis, B., Maclagan, M. and Wright, J. (2012) 'Aw, so, how's your day going?': Ways that persons with dementia keep their conversational partner involved. Charlotte, NC, USA: American Pragmatics Conference (AMPRA), 19-21 Oct 2012. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • King, J., Keegan, P., Watson, C., Harlow, R. and Maclagan, M. (2012) Changes in pronunciation of Māori over time. University of Auckland, New Zealand: International Indigenous Development Conference (IIDRC), 27-30 Jun 2012. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Moore, L., Davis, B. and Maclagan, M. (2012) Comparison of communicative constructs in the chronic diseases of Alzheimer's dementia and multiple sclerosis. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada: Aging and Society Conference, 5-6 Nov 2012. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Trounson, R.H., O'Beirne, G.A. and Maclagan, M.A. (2012) Development of the UC Auditory Visual Matrix Sentence Test. Hamilton, New Zealand: New Zealand Audiological Society Conference, 7 May 2012. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Trounson, R.H., O'Beirne, G.A. and Maclagan, M.A. (2012) Development of the UC Auditory-Visual Matrix Sentence Test. Adelaide, Australia: Audiological Society of Australia Conference, 1-4 Jul 2012. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Moore, L.A., Davis, B.H. and Maclagan, M. (2012) Features in spontaneous speech and conversational narrative: a comparison of persons with MS and those with AD. San Diego, CA, USA: Annual Conference of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, 30 May-2 Jun 2012. In International Journal of MS Care 14(S2) 31-32. http://www.ijmsc.org/doi/pdf/10.7224/1537-2073-14.S2.1. (Conference Contribution - Abstract)
  • Maclagan, M. (2012) Pam Peters, Peter Collins and Adam Smith (eds.), Comparative Studies in Australian and New Zealand English: Grammar and Beyond. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: Benjamins, 2009; x + 406pp. English World-Wide 33(1): 112-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.33.1.08mac. Book Review. (Other)
  • Davis, B. and Maclagan, M. (2012) Stylistic usage of pragmatic markers and habituated pauses: Performative functions retained by older speakers. In P. Blitvich and M. Macaulay (Ed.), Pragmatics and Context: 73-96. York: Antares. (Chapter in Book)
  • Keegan, P.J., Watson, C.I., King, J., Maclagan, M. and Harlow, R. (2012) The role of technology in measuring changes in the pronunciation of Māori over generations. Auckland, New Zealand: XVI Foundation for Endangered Languages Conference (FEL XVI), 12-15 Sep 2012. 65-71. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Watson, C., King, J., Keegan, P., Harlow, R. and Maclagan, M. (2012) You say Tai and I say Tae and You say Pau and I say Pou: Diphthong shifts in Māori. Auckland, New Zealand: 13th Language and Society Conference, 28-29 Nov 2012. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Watson, C., Bier, S., Lamb, R., King, J., Keegan, P., Harlow, R. and Maclagan, M. (2011) A pitch for Māori and New Zealand English? Wellington, New Zealand: Linguistics Society of New Zealand 19th Biennial Conference, 17-18 Nov 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Thompson, L., Watson, C., Harlow, R., Maclagan, M., Charters, H., King, J. and Keegan, P. (2011) Adventures in mita-reading: examining stress 'rules' and perception of prosodic prominence in the Māori language. Hong Kong: 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS XVII), 17-21 Aug 2011. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Kaefer, S., King, J., Watson, C., Maclagan, M., Harlow, R. and Keegan, P. (2011) Analysing the un-analysable: changes in unstressed Māori vowels over time. Wellington, New Zealand: Linguistics Society of New Zealand 19th Biennial Conference, 17-18 Nov 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Lawson, E., Stuart-Smith, J., Scobbie, J.M., Yaeger-Dror, M. and Maclagan, M. (2011) Analyzing Liquids. In M. Di Paolo and M. Yaeger-Dror (Ed.), Sociophonetics: A student's guide: 72-86. New York: Routledge. (Chapter in Book)
  • Donaldson, S.P., Dalrymple-Alford, J.C., Jones, A.J., Wang, Y., Livingston, L., Wilkinson, T., Watts, R., Porter, R.J., Maclagan, M., McAuliffe, M. and Anderson, T.J. (2011) Canterbury mild cognitive impairment study: Influence of different criteria. Queenstown, New Zealand: 29th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR), 25-29 Aug 2011. In Proceedings of the 29th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research 2011 29 5.1. http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/abstracts/abstracts2011.html#donaldson. (Conference Contribution - Abstract)
  • Maclagan, M. and Grant, A. (2011) Care of people with Alzheimer's Disease in New Zealand: Supporting the Telling of Life Stories. In P. Backhaus (Ed.), Communication in Elderly Care: Cross-Cultural Perspectives: 62-89. London: Continuum. (Chapter in Book)
  • Karakostas, T., Hsiang, S., Davis, B., Shenk, D. and Maclagan, M. (2011) Development of a Dementia-specific Gait Profile: A Computational Approach. Washington, DC, USA: ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 28-31 Aug 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Karakostas, T., Hsiang, S., Davis, B., Shenk, D. and Maclagan, M. (2011) Development of a Dementia-specific Gait Profile: A Computational Approach. Denver, CO, USA: ASME 2011 International Mechanicanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 11-17 Nov 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Davis, B., Maclagan, M. and Dalrymple-Alford, J. (2011) Exploring characteristics and functions of retained story fragments in talk by persons with probable MCI/early, moderate and later dementia: A corpus-based investigation. Pittsburgh, PA, USA: Dialogue & Dementia: Preserving Personhood Through Better Communication, 29 Apr-1 May 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Keegan, P., King, J., Maclagan, M., Watson, C. and Harlow, R. (2011) Gender differences in the pronunciation of Māori over generations and implications for teachers and learners of Māori. Auckland, New Zealand: 3rd International conference on Language, Education and Diversity (LED 2011), 22-25 Nov 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Maclagan, M., Davis, B. and Dalrymple-Alford, J. (2011) How long does it take to answer a question? Response times across the range from normal to mild cognitive impairment to dementia. Pittsburgh, PA, USA: Dialogue and Dementia: Preserving Personhood Through Better Communication, 29 Apr-2 May 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Harlow, R., Bauer, W., Maclagan, M., Watson, C., Keegan, P. and King, J. (2011) Interrupted Transmission and Rule Loss in Māori: The Case of ka. Oceanic Linguistics 50(1): 50-64. (Journal Article)
  • Thompson, L., Watson, C.I., Harlow, R., King, J., Maclagan, M., Charters, H. and Keegan, P. (2011) Phrases, pitch and perceived prominence in Māori. Florence, Italy: 12th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2011), 27-31 Aug 2011. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Bier, S.D., Watson, C.I., Maclagan, M., King, J., Harlow, R. and Keegan, P. (2011) Signal Processing Techniques for Language Identification Based on the Pitch Contour. Palmerston North, New Zealand: 18th Electronics New Zealand Conference, 21-22 Nov 2011. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Davis, B., Pope, C. and Maclagan, M. (2011) The Carolinas Conversation Collection: a multiethnic digital corpus of talk with older persons. Nottingham, UK: COMET (Communication, Medicine and Ethics), 30 Jun-2 Jul 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • King, J., Maclagan, M., Harlow, R., Keegan, P. and Watson, C. (2011) The MAONZE project: Changing uses of an indigenous language database. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 7(1): 37-57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/CLLT.2011.003. (Journal Article)
  • Keegan, P., King, J., Maclagan, M., Watson, C. and Harlow, R. (2011) The MAONZE project: sound change over time in the Māori language. Hamilton, New Zealand: Language & Place workshop, 2 Sep 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Keegan, P., King, J., Watson, C., Maclagan, M. and Harlow, R. (2011) The role of indigenous women in sound change: the Maori language in New Zealand. Delhi, India: New Ways of Analyzing Language Variation and Change: Asia-Pacific Branch, 23-26 Feb 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Maclagan, M. and Hay, J. (2011) Transcription. In M. Di Paolo and M. Yaeger-Dror (Ed.), Sociophonetics: A Student's Guide: 36-45. New York: Routledge. (Chapter in Book)
  • Davis, B.H., Maclagan, M., Karakostas, T., Hsiang, S. and Shenk, D. (2011) Watching What You Say: Walking and Conversing in Dementia Preliminary Studies. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation 27(4): 268-277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TGR.0b013e31821e58db. (Journal Article)
  • Thompson, L., Watson, C., Charters, H., Harlow, R., Keegan, P., King, J. and Maclagan, M. (2010) An experiment in mita-reading: investigating perception of rhythmic prominence in the Māori language. Melbourne, Australia: 13th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST 2010), 14-16 Dec 2010. In Proceedings of the 13th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology 150-154. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Davis, B. and Maclagan, M. (2010) Conversing while sitting: the impact of different question types on conversation. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Speech Therapy Association Conference 2010, 22-23 Apr 2010. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Kaefer, S., King, J., Watson, C., Maclagan, M., Harlow, R. and Keegan, P. (2010) Evidence for the development of a centralised vowel in Māori and its effect on rhythm. 12th New Zealand Language & Society Conference: 12th New Zealand Language & Society Conference, 22-23 Nov 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Amiridze, N., Davis, B.H. and Maclagan, M. (Ed.) (2010) Fillers, Pauses and Placeholders. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. (Edited Book)
  • Davis, B.H. and Maclagan, M. (2010) Formulaicity, pauses, fillers and placeholders in Alzheimer's discourse: gluing relationships as impairment increases. In N. Amiridze, B.H. Davis and M. Maclagan (Ed.), Fillers, Pauses and Placeholders: 189-216. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. (Chapter in Book)
  • Maclagan, M., Watson, C., King, J., Bier, S., Harlow, R. and Keegan, P. (2010) Identification of Maori and English from Minimal Pitch/Rhythm Cues. San Antonio, TX, USA: New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 39, 4-6 Nov 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Thompson, L., Watson, C., Charters, H., Maclagan, M., Harlow, R., Keegan, P. and King, J. (2010) Investigating Agreement on Location of Rhythmic Prominences in Māori. AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand: 12th New Zealand Language & Society Conference, 22-23 Nov 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Davis, B. and Maclagan, M. (2010) Language in Alzheimer's Disease. Christchurch, New Zealand: Workshop of the New Zealand Institute of Brain, Language and Behaviour, 8-10 Dec 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • King, J., Watson, C., Maclagan, M., Harlow, R. and Keegan, P. (2010) Māori Women’s Role in Sound Change. In J. Holmes and M. Marra (Ed.), Femininity, Feminism and Gendered Discourse: 191-211. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hope, R. and Maclagan, M. (2010) Phoneme Frequency in New Zealand English: What do Young Children Hear in Stories? New Zealand Journal of Speech-Language Therapy 65: 28-40. (Journal Article)
  • Phoon, H.S. and Maclagan, M. (2010) Phonological Skills in Malaysian English Speaking Chinese Children. Wellington, New Zealand: NZSTA Conference, 22-23 Apr 2010. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Davis, B. and Maclagan, M. (2010) Responses to different types of questions: making conversation easier for people with dementia. AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand: 12th New Zealand Language & Society Conference, 22-23 Nov 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Hay, J. and Maclagan, M. (2010) Social and Phonetic Conditioners on the Frequency and Degree of 'intrusive /r/' in New Zealand English. In D. Preston and N. Niedzielski (Ed.), A Reader in Sociophonetics: 41-69. New York: De Gruyter Mouton. (Chapter in Book)
  • Maclagan, M. and Hay J. (2010) Sociolinguistics in New Zealand. In M.J. Ball (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics around the World: 159-169. London and New York: Routledge. (Chapter in Book)
  • Harlow, R., Maclagan, M., Watson, C., Keegan, P. and King, J. (2010) Stylistic variation and sound change in Māori. Auckland, New Zealand: 8th International Conference on Oceanic Linguistics, 4-9 Jan 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Maclagan, M. (2010) The English(es) of New Zealand. In A. Kirkpatrick (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes: 152-164. New York: Routledge. (Chapter in Book)
  • King, J., Maclagan, M., Harlow, R., Keegan, P.J. and Watson, C. (2010) The MAONZE corpus: Establishing a corpus of Maori speech. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics 16(2): 1-16. (Journal Article)
  • King, J., Watson, C., Maclagan, M., Keegan, P. and Harlow, R. (2010) The role of Māori women in sound change. Auckland, New Zealand: 8th International Conference on Oceanic Linguistics (COOL8), 4-9 Jan 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Keegan, P.J., Maclagan, M., Watson, C., King, J. and Harlow, R. (2010) Two languages in contact: further insights on the influence of English on Maori over time. University of Southampton, Southampton, UK: Sociolinguistics Symposium 18 (SS18), 1-4 Sep 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Karakostas, T., Davis, B., Maclagan, M. and Hsiang, S. (2010) Walking and conversing: gait and speech adaptations to perturbing direct questions in dementia. Washington, DC, USA: 3rd International Congress on Gait & Mental Function, 26-28 Feb 2010. In Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 16(Supplement 1) S49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1353-8020(10)70171-1 |. (Conference Contribution - Abstract)
  • King, J., Maclagan, M., Keegan, P., Watson, C. and Harlow, R. (2010) Women's role in language change: Vowel mergers in modern Māori. AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand: 12th New Zealand Language & Society Conference, 22-23 Nov 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Phoon, H.S. and Maclagan, M. (2009) "Vet" and "Wet": What it means for Malaysian English. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Linguistic Society of New Zealand 18th Biennial Conference, 30 Nov-1 Dec 2009. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Maclagan, M., Watson, C.I., Harlow, R., King, J. and Keegan, P. (2009) /u/ fronting and /t/ aspiration in Māori and New Zealand English. Language Variation and Change 21(2): 175-192. (Journal Article)
  • Lin, E., Mautner, H., Maclagan, M. and Anderson, T. (2009) A Cross-System Study of the Geriatric Voice in Relation to an Open Mouth Approach. Philadelphia, PA, USA: The Voice Foundation's 38th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, 3-7 Jun 2009. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Phoon, H.S. and Maclagan, M.A. (2009) A survey of Malaysian Speech-Language Pathologists' Perception of Articulation and Phonological Assessments. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing 12(4): 315-332. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M. and Grant, A. (2009) Care of People with Alzheimer's Disease in New Zealand. Tokyo, Japan: Communication in Institutional Elderly Care: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, 1-2 Oct 2009. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Keegan, P., King, J., Maclagan, M., Watson, C. and Harlow, R. (2009) Changes in the pronunciation of Māori and implications for teachers and learners of Māori. Hamilton, New Zealand: 2nd International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity (LED2007), 21-24 Nov 2007. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • King, J., Harlow, R., Watson, C., Keegan, P. and Maclagan, M. (2009) Changing Pronunciation of the Māori Language: Implications for Revitalization. In J. Reyhner and L. Lockard (Ed.), Indigenous Language Revitalization: Encouragement, Guidance & Lessons Learned: 85-96. Flagstaff: Northern Arizona University. (Chapter in Book)
  • Phoon, H. S. and Maclagan, M. (2009) Chinese Malaysian Phonology. Asian Englishes 12(1): 20-45. (Journal Article)
  • Mautner, H., Lin, E., Maclagan, M. and Anderson, T. (2009) Effects of Jaw Posture & Pitch on Healthy Aging Voices. New Orleans, LA, USA: American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Convention 2009, 19-21 Nov 2009. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Davis, B.H. and Maclagan, M. (2009) Examining Pauses in Alzheimer's Discourse. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias 24(2): 141-154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1533317508328138. (Journal Article)
  • Keegan, P., King, J., Harlow, R., Maclagan, M. and Watson, C. (2009) How documentation needs to change as language revitalization progresses. Mānoa, HI, USA: 1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC), 12-14 Mar 2009. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Maclagan, M., Watson, C., King, J., Harlow, R., Thompson, L. and Keegan, P. (2009) Investigating Changes in the Rhythm of Maori over time. Brighton, UK: 10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association - Interspeech 2009, 6-10 Sep 2009. 1531-1534. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Maclagan, M., Watson, C., King, J., Harlow, R., Thompson, L. and Keegan, P. (2009) Investigating Changes in the Rhythm of Maori over Time. Brighton, UK: 10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association - Interspeech 2009, 6-10 Sep 2009. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • King, J., Keegan, P., Watson, C., Harlow, R. and Maclagan, M. (2009) Māori rhythm - what can we hear? Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand: Linguistic Society of New Zealand 18th Biennial Conference, 30 Nov-1 Dec 2009. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • King, J., Watson, C., Maclagan, M., Harlow, R. and Keegan, P. (2009) Māori women's role in sound change. Wellington, New Zealand: 5th International Gender and Language Association Conference (IGALA 5), 3-5 Jul 2008. In Proceedings of the 5th Biennial International Gender and Language Association Conference IGALA 5 465-473. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Keegan, P., King, J., Harlow, R., Maclagan, M. and Watson, C. (2009) Ngā Nekehanga o te Whakahua i te Reo Māori i roto i te Rautau kua Hipa nei. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Scholarship 4(2): 179-197 (Imprint date: 2008). (Journal Article)
  • Bier, S., Watson, C., Maclagan, M., King, J., Harlow, R. and Keegan, P. (2009) Quantifying pitch change over time in Māori. Sydney, Australia: Australian Language & Speech Conference 2009 incorportating Ozphon 2009, 3-4 Dec 2009. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Harlow, R., Keegan, P., King, J., Maclagan, M. and Watson, C. (2009) The changing sound of the Māori language. In J.N. Stanford and D.R. Preston (Ed.), Variation in Indigenous Minority Languages: 129-152. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. (Chapter in Book)
  • Neill, K., King, J., Maclagan, M., Keegan, P., Harlow, R. and Watson, C. (2009) The MAONZE project: Sound Archives Facilitating Research into the Maori Language. Wellington, New Zealand: National Digital Forum (NDF) 2009 Conference, 23-24 Nov 2009. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Phoon, H.S. and Maclagan, M. (2009) The pronunciation features of Malaysian English.. Songkhla, Thailand.: 2009 Language and Language Teaching Conference (LTTC)- International, 14 Aug 2009. In Language and Language Teaching Conference (LTTC)- International 95-117. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Watson, C., Smith, J., King, J., Maclagan, M., Keegan, P. and Harlow, R. (2009) Vowel mergers in modern Māori and a speech aid designed to promote vowel distinction. Sydney, Australia: Australian Language & Speech Conference 2009 incorporating Ozphon 2009, 3-4 Dec 2009. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • King, J., Harlow, R., Watson, C., Keegan, P. and Maclagan, M. (2008) Changing pronunciation of the Māori language: implications for revitalization. Flagstaff, AZ, USA: 15th Annual Stabilising Indigenous Languages Symposium, 1-3 May 2008. http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/SIL15/SILS15program.pdf. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Watson, C., Harlow, R., Bauer, W., Maclagan, M., King, J. and Keegan, P. (2008) Ka conversion - the changing sound and rhythm of Mäori? Wellington, New Zealand: Laboratory Phonology 11 Conference, 30 Jun-2 Jul 2008. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • King, J., Maclagan, M., Harlow, R., Keegan, P. and Watson, C. (2008) Kuia and koroua - who are the vowel change agents in the older Maori generation? University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: 11th New Zealand Language and Society Conference, 17-18 Nov 2008. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • King, J., Maclagan, M. and Szakay, A. (2008) Māori English: Perceptual features. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: 11th New Zealand Language and Society Conference, 17-18 Nov 2008. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Watson, C., King, J., Maclagan, M., Harlow, R. and Keegan, P. (2008) Māori women's role in sound change. Wellington, New Zealand: 5th International Gender and Language Association Conference, 3-5 Jul 2008. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Hay, J., Maclagan, M. and Gordon, E. (2008) New Zealand English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 164pp. (Authored Book)
  • Watson, C., Maclagan, M., King, J. and Harlow, R. (2008) The English Pronunciation of Successive Groups of Maori Speakers. Brisbane, Australia: 9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2008) incorporating the 12th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST 2008), 22-26 Sep 2008. 338-341. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Harlow, R., Watson, C., King, J., Keegan, P. and Maclagan, M. (2007) Changes in the Mäori vowel system in the course of the 20th century. Noumea, New Caledonia: 7th International Conference on Oceanic Linguistics (COOL7), 2-6 Jul 2007. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Keegan, P., King, J., Maclagan, M., Watson, C. and Harlow, R. (2007) Changes in the pronunciation of Māori and implications for teachers and learners of Māori. Hamilton, New Zealand: 2nd International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity (LED2007), 21-24 Nov 2007. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Maclagan, M. and Hay, J. (2007) Getting fed up with our feet: Contrast maintenance and the New Zealand English 'short' front vowel shift. Language Variation and Change 19(1): 1-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954394507070020. (Journal Article)
  • King, J., Maclagan, M., Watson, C., Keegan, P. and Harlow, R. (2007) GOOSE for tea: /u/ fronting and /t/ aspiration in Māori and New Zealand English. Hamilton, New Zealand: Linguistic Society of New Zealand (LSNZ) 17th Biennial Conference, 19-20 Nov 2007. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Keegan, P., King, J., Maclagan, M., Watson, C. and Harlow, R. (2007) 'Ka' a vehicle of change? Hamilton, New Zealand: Linguistic Society of New Zealand (LSNZ) 17th Biennial Conference, 19-20 Nov 2007. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Davies, C. and Maclagan, M. (2007) Mäori Words - Read All About It: Testing the Presence of 13 Mäori Words in Four New Zealand Newspapers from 1997 to 2004. Te Reo 49(2006): 73-99. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M. and Gillon, G. (2007) New Zealand English speech acquisition. In S. McLeod (Ed.), The International Guide to Speech Acquisition: 257-268. Clifton Park: Thomson Delmar Learning. (Chapter in Book)
  • Maclagan, M. and Davis, B. (2007) Persistence in Spoken New Zealand English. New Zealand English Journal 21: 44-57. (Journal Article)
  • Gordon, E., Maclagan, M. and Hay, J. (2007) The ONZE Corpus. In J.C. Beal, K.P. Corrigan and H.L. Moisl (Ed.), Creating and Digitizing Language Corpora. Volume 2: Diachronic Databases: 82-104. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hay, J. and Maclagan, M. (2006) Are all /r/s alike? Degrees of Constriction in New Zealand English intrusive /r/. Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand Language and Society Conference, 19-20 Aug 2006. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Watson, C., Maclagan, M., King, J. and Harlow, R. (2006) Are there L1 and L2 effects in the speech of young speakers of Maori? Auckland, New Zealand: 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, 6-8 Dec 2006. In Proceedings of the 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology 317-322. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Watson, C., Harlow, R., Keegan, P., Maclagan, M. and King, J. (2006) Changing diphthongs in Mäori: acoustic/historical analysis. University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland: Sociolinguistics Symposium 16, 6-8 Jul 2006. http://www.ul.ie/ss16/prog.html. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Davis, B. and Maclagan, M. (2006) Contextualization, formulaicity, and situation-bound routines in Alzheimer Talk. Columbus, OH, USA: New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 35: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Language Variation, 9-12 Nov 2006. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Maclagan, M., Wyles, C. and Tillard, G. (2006) Conversation with Patients with Alzheimer's Disease: Can We Keep Communication Alive? Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists' Association Biennial Conference: Unmasked: Revealing Realities and Relationships, 9-12 Apr 2006. In NZ Journal of Speech-Language Therapy 61 49. (Abstract). http://www.nzsta-speech.org.nz/conference2006/. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Davies, C., Hornibrook, J., Lang, A., Nicolson, M. and Maclagan, M. (2006) Getting around to it: The pronunciation of to before vowels in New Zealand English. Wellington, New Zealand: 2nd International Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Literary Studies, 13-14 Aug 2005. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Literary Studies 13-27. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Maclagan, M., King, J., Harlow, R., Watson, C. and Keegan, P. (2006) Language Revitalisation and Māori - young L1 and L2 speakers. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA: New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 35: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Language Variation, 9-12 Nov 2006. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Harlow, R., Keegan, P., Maclagan, M., King, J. and Watson, C. (2006) Two languages living together: the influence of English on Mäori over 100 years. University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland: Sociolinguistics Symposium 16, 6-8 Jul 2006. http://www.ul.ie/ss16/prog.html. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • King, J., Maclagan, M., Harlow, R., Watson, C. and Keegan, P. (2006) What is happening to diphthongs in Mäori: acoustic/historical analysis. Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand Language and Society Conference, 19-20 Aug 2006. http://www.ling.canterbury.ac.nz/LAS2006/schedule.html. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Maclagan, M. and King, J. (2005) A note on the realisation of /r/ in the word Māori. New Zealand English Journal 18: 35-39. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M., Harlow, R., King, J., Keegan, P. and Watson, C. (2005) Acoustic Analysis of Maori: Historical Data. Sydney, Australia: Australian Linguistics Society 2004, 13-15 Jul 2004. In Proceedings of the 2004 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society 16 pp. http://tinyurl.com/ofc8e. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Maclagan, M. and Mason, P. (2005) Bad times and good times: Lexical variation over time in Robbie Walters' speech. In B. Davis (Ed.), Alzheimer talk, text and context: Enhancing Communication: 146-166. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (Chapter in Book)
  • Maclagan, M., Davis, B. and Tillard, G. (2005) Extenders, intersubjectivity, and the social construction of dementia. New York, NY, USA: New Ways of Analysing Variation (NWAV 34), 20-23 Oct 2005. http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/lingu/events/nwav34/. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Maclagan, M., Davis, B. and Tillard, G. (2005) Fixed phrases in the speech of patients with dementia. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium: The Many Faces of Phraseology: An Interdisciplinary Conference (Phraseology 2005), 13-15 Oct 2005. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Daly, N., Maclagan, M., King, J., Harlow, R., Keegan, P. and Watson, C. (2005) Measuring mora timing in te reo Maori. Auckland, New Zealand: Conference of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand, 16-18 Nov 2005. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Maclagan, M., Harlow, R., King, J., Watson, C. and Keegan. P. (2005) Quality or Quantity: Which is lost first as the Maori short and long vowels approach each other? Auckland, New Zealand: Conference of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand, 16-18 Nov 2005. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Maclagan, M. (2005) Regional and social variation. In M.J. Ball (Ed.), Clinical Sociolinguistics: 15-25. Malden: Blackwell. (Chapter in Book)
  • Maclagan, M., Davis, B. and Tillard, G. (2005) Repetition in the speech of people with Alzheimer's Disease. Auckland, New Zealand: Conference of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand, 16-18 Nov 2005. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Harlow, R., Keegan, P., King, J., Maclagan, M. and Watson, C. (2005) Te Whakahuatanga i te reo Māori: kua ahatia e tatou i roto i nga tau 100 kua hipa nei? He Puna Korero - Journal of Māori & Pacific Development 6(1): 45-57. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M., Harlow, R., King, J., Watson, C. and Keegan, P. (2005) The move to the city and the quantity and quality of Maori vowels. New York, NY, USA: New Ways of Analysing Variation (NWAV 34), 20-23 Oct 2005. http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/lingu/events/nwav34/NWAV-program.pdf. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Maclagan, M., Davis, B. and Mason, P. (2005) Variation in Alzheimer's Discourse. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury Conference on Communication Disorders, 7-9 Apr 2005. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Maclagan, M., Harlow, R., King, J., Keegan, P. and Watson, C. (2004) Acoustic Analysis of Māori: Historical Data. Sydney, Australia: Australian Linguistic Society, 13-15 Jul 2004. In Proceedings of the 2004 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society 16pp. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/104. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Maclagan, M.A. (2004) Language Change and the Speech Language Therapist. Brisbane, Australia: World congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, 29 Aug-2 Sep 2004. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Maclagan, M.A., Harlow, R., King, J., Keegan, P. and Watson, C. (2004) Maori pronunciation: did it move or was it pushed? Michigan, USA: New Ways Of Analysing Variation In Language, Oct 2004. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Harlow, R., Keegan, P., King, J., Maclagan, M., Quinn, E. and Watson, C. (2004) NZE Influence on Maori Pronunciation Over Time. Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand: Language and Society Conference, 2-3 Sep 2004. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Gordon, E. and Maclagan, M. (2004) Regional and social differences in New Zealand phonology. In B. Kortmann & E.W. Schneider. In collaboration with K. Burridge, R. Mesthrie, C. Upton (Ed.), A Handbook of Varieties of English: 39-49. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter. (Chapter in Book)
  • Robb, M.P., Maclagan, M.A. and Chen, Y. (2004) Speaking Rates of American and New Zealand Varieties of English. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics 18(1): 1-15. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M. and Hay, J. (2004) The rise and rise of New Zealand English DRESS. Sydney, Australia: 10th Australian International Conference on Speech Science & Technology, 8-10 Dec 2004. In Proceedings of the 10th Australian International Conference on Speech Science & Technology 183-188. http://www.assta.org/sst/2004/proceedings/papers/sst2004-326.pdf. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Maclagan, M. and Gordon, E. (2004) The story of New Zealand English: what the ONZE project tells us. Australian Journal of Linguistics 24(1): 41-56. (Journal Article)
  • Welham, N.V. and Maclagan, M.A. (2004) Vocal Fatigue in Young Trained Singers Across a Solo Performance. Logopedics, Phoniatrics, Vocology 29(1): 3-12. (Journal Article)
  • Long, S., Maclagan, M. and Wright, C. (2003) Computerised analysis of language samples. New Zealand Journal of Speech-Language Therapy 57: 22-28. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M.A., King, J. and Jones, I. (2003) Devoiced final /z/ in Māori English. New Zealand English Journal 17: 17-27. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M.A. and King, J. (2003) Devoiced final /z/ in Māori English – a comparison of 2 speakers. Wellington, New Zealand: Linguistic Society of New Zealand, Sep 2003. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Trudgill, P., Maclagan M.A. and Lewis, G. (2003) Linguistic archaeology: the Scottish input to New Zealand Phonology. Journal of English Linguistics 31(2): 103-124. (Journal Article)
  • Jain, B., Horner, J. and Maclagan, M. (2003) Testing a Consolidated Model using an Experimental Intervention. Washington State: Clinical Aphasiology Conference, May 2003. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Schreier, D., Gordon, E., Hay, J. and Maclagan, M. (2003) The regional and linguistic dimension of /hw/ maintenance and loss in early 20th century New Zealand English. English World-Wide 24(2): 245-269. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M.A. and Gordon, E. (2003) Variation and sound change in New Zealand English. Murcia, Spain: Directions in Social Dialectology, 6-7 Nov 2003. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Maclagan, M.A. and Gordon, E. (2003) Variation and sound change in New Zealand English. In D. Britain & J. Cheshire (Ed.), Social Dialectology. In honour of Peter Trudgill: 69-80. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (Chapter in Book)
  • Welham, N.V. and Maclagan, M.A. (2003) Vocal fatigue in young trained singers across a solo performance. Leuven, Belgium: Collegium Medicorum Theatri, Aug 2003. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Welham, N.V. and Maclagan M.A. (2003) Vocal Fatigue: Current Knowledge and Future Directions. Journal of Voice 17(1): 21-30. (Journal Article)
  • Hay, J. and Maclagan, M. (2002) Can spelling influence perception when sounds are merging? Palo Alto, CA.: NWAV 31, 10-13 Oct 2002. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Jain, B., Maclagan, M., Horner, J. and Lin, E. (2002) Effect of a Linguistically-structured Model-based Intervention in a Person with Aphasia. Brisbane, Australia: The 10th International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference, July, 2002. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Maclagan, M. and Wright, C. (2002) Language, Phonology and computers: how can one computer program really enhace my clinical practice? Wellington: NZSTA, 2002. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Maclagan, M.A. and King, J. (2002) The Pronunciation of WH in Māori in the 19th Century: a case study. Hamilton: Language and Society Conference, 2002. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Maclagan, M. and King, J. (2002) The Pronunciation of wh in Māori: A case study from the late nineteenth century. Te Reo 45(2002): 45-63. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M.A. and Gordon, E. (2002) Variation in the Individual and Linguistic Change. Hamilton: Language and Society Conference, 2002. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Robb, M., Maclagan, M. and Flynn, M. (2001) Articulation Rates of New Zealand English and American English speakers: Implications for the speech-language pathologist. Melbourne, Australia: National Conference of Speech Pathology, 2001. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Gordon, Elizabeth. and Maclagan, Margaret. (2001) 'Capturing a Sound Change': A Real Time Study Over 15 Years of the NEAR/SQUARE Dipthong Merger in New Zealand English. Australian Journal of Linguistics 21(2): 215--238. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M.A. and King, J. (2001) Maori and English pronunciation, where is the influence going? Raleigh, North Carolina: Conference on New Ways of Analysing Variation, NWAV 30, 2001. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • King, J. and Maclagan, M.A. (2001) Maori Pronunciation over time. Christchurch: Linguistic Society of NZ Conference, LINGSOC XIV, 2001. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Welham, N.V. and Maclagan, M.A. (2001) Shifts in acoustic pitch and intensity as markers of prolonged vocal loading during singing. Philadelphia: 30th Annual symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, 2001. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Robb, M., Chen, Y. and Maclagan, M. (2001) Speaking Rates of American and New Zealand Varieties of English. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA: The 142nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 3-7 Dec 2001. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 110(5) 2736. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Watson, C., Maclagan, M. A. and Harrington, J. (2000) Acoustic evidence for vowel change in New Zealand English. Language Variation and Change 12: 51--68. (Journal Article)
  • Trudgill, P., Gordon, E., Maclagan, M., Lewis, Gillian. and Maclagan, Margaret. (2000) Determinism in new-dialect formation and the genesis of New Zealand English. Journal of Linguistics 36(2): 299--318. (Journal Article)
  • Gordon, Elizabeth. and Maclagan, Margaret. (2000) 'Hear our Voices' changes in spoken New Zealand English. The TESOLANZ Journal 8: 1--13. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M. A. (2000) How long have women been leading language change. In J. Holmes (Ed.), Gendered Speech in Social Context: Perspectives from Gown and Town: 87-98. Wellington: Victoria University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Welham, N.V. and Maclagan, M.A. (2000) Self-report and acoustic measures of vocal endurance during singing. San Francisco, USA: 13th Annual Pacific Voice Conference, 2000. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Maclagan, M. (2000) The ear/air merger in New Zealand English: history and implications. Gold Coast, Australia: 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language and Hearing, 2000. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Maclagan, M. A. and Gordon, E. (2000) The NEAR/SQUARE merger in New Zealand English. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing 5(3): 201--207. (Journal Article)
  • Trudgill, Peter., Gordon, Elizabeth., Lewis, Gillian. and Maclagan, Margaret. (2000) The Role of drift in the formation of native-speaker Southern Hemisphere Englishes: some New Zealand evidence. Diachronica 17(1): 111--138. (Journal Article)
  • Welham, N.V. and Maclagan, M.A. (2000) Vocal fatigue in young trained singers across a solo performance. Washington DC, USA: Annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2000. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Maclagan, M. (2000) What does acoustic analysis say about the NEAR/SQUARE merger in NZ English? Auckland: Seventh NZ Language and Society conference, 2000. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Maclagan, M.A. (2000) Where are we going in our language? New Zealand English today. Hawkes Bay: NZSTA Conference, 2000. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Maclagan, M. A. (2000) Where are we going in our language? New Zealand English today. NZ Journal of Speech-Language Therapy 53-54: 14--20. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M.A. and Gordon, E. (1999) 'Are we NEAR the SQUARE?' A real time study of the merger of two centering dipthongs in New Zealand English. Palmerston North: Linguistic Society of New Zealand, 1999. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Maclagan, M. and Gordon, E. (1999) 'Are we NEAR the SQUARE?' A real time study of the merger of two centering dipthongs in New Zealand English. Toronto: NWAVE-28, 1999. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Maclagan, M.A. and Gordon, E.M. (1999) Data for New Zealand social dialectology: the Canterbury Corpus. New Zealand English Journal 13: 50--8. (Journal Article)
  • Trudgill, P., Gordon, E., Lewis, G. and Maclagan, M. (1999) Determinism in new-dialect formation and the genesis of New Zealand English. Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada: 10th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology, presented by Peter Trudgill, 1999. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Maclagan, M.A. (1999) Early New Zealand English, an acoustic study. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Linguistic Society of New Zealand, 1999. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Maclagan, M. (1999) How long have women been leading language change? Victoria University of Wellington: Women and Gender Symposium, 1999. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Trudgill, P., Gordon, E., Lewis, G. and Maclagan, M. (1999) The role of drift in the formation of native-speaker Southern Hemisphere Englishes: some New Zealand evidence'. Toronto, Canada: NWAVE-28, 1999. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Maclagan, M.A., Gordon, E.M. and Lewis, G. (1999) Women and sound change: conservative and innovative behaviour by the same speakers. Language Variation and Change 11(1): 19--41. (Journal Article)
  • Watson, C.I., Maclagan, M.A. and Harrington, J. (1998) Acoustic evidence for vowel change in New Zealand English. York: LabPhon VI, 1998. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Maclagan, M.A. (1998) Conversational analysis in aphasia and TBI. Dunedin: Communications ahead: neurological issues in Speech-Language Therapy, Proceed, NZSTA Biennial Conference, April 1998. 94--100.. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Maclagan, M. (1998) Diphthongisation of /e/ in NZE: A change that went nowhere? New Zealand English Journal 12: 43--54. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M.A. and Gordon, E.M. (1998) How Grown grew from one syllable to two. Australian Journal of Linguistics 18(1): 5--28. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M.A. (1998) Women and language change in NZE: the case for considering individual as well as group data. Te Reo 41: 69--79. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M.A. (1998) Women and language change in NZE: the case for considering individual as well as group data. Wellington: Language and Society Conference, 1998. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Maclagan, M.A. (1997) Are we growing our past participles: GROWN vs GROWEN. Dunedin: 12th New Zealand Linguistic Conference, 1997. (Conference Contribution - Other)