Bradley Mackay

University Assistant & PhD Candidate
University of Salzburg.

Teaching

University of Salzburg


  • Systemic Linguistics: Phonetics & Phonology (SS)
  • English Around the World (WS)
    [Course Convenor]
  • Sociophonetics
    [co-taught with Erik Schleef]
  • Previous Teaching


  • IELTS Exam Preparation
  • Cambridge ESOL Exam suite:
    KET, PET, FCE & CAE
  • TOEFL Internet-based Exam
  • Academic Writing
  • English for Academic Purposes [EAP]
  • Methodology for English Language Teaching
  • CLIL in the English Classroom
  • General English [A2 - C2 on the CEFR]
  • Advanced Grammar
  • Introduction to British Culture

Research

Language change beyond the binary: T-glottaling in East Sussex

UKLVC14 | Edinburgh

Lifespan change and sexuality: /s/, pitch and vowel space before and after coming out

Previous research on language and sexuality has explored a wide range of phonetic features and found many of these to correlate with different sexual identities. However, it remains unclear how sexuality is indexed before coming out as gay.

Evaluation of Pragmatic Markers: The Case of You Know

Schleef, Erik, & Bradley Mackay. 2021. Evaluation of pragmatic markers: The case of you know. In E. Peterson, J. Kern, & T. Hiltunen (Eds.), Discourse-pragmatic variation and change: Theory, innovations, contact. 40-60. Cambridge University Press.

This study compares the evaluation of speech with the pragmatic marker you know to speech without any pragmatic markers. The comparison is based on a set of perception surveys, in which participants listened to manipulated audio stimuli and rated them on a series of scales. Results suggest that the classic prestige, solidarity and dynamism model is not suitable for the pragmatic marker you know.

The Heterogeneity of Sex-Based Categories: a Quantitative Acoustic Analysis of Phonetic Variation in Gay and Straight Speech

Ongoing PhD Project

Sex, Gender & Sexuality: A Quantitative Acoustic Analysis of /l/ Lenition in Southern British English

Voice Onset Time as an Index of Sexuality in Gay and Straight Speech


Paper presented at the Manchester Forum in Linguistics Conference, Manchester (2017)

Upcoming Conferences


Education

    Present Universität Salzburg | DPhil Sociophonetics
    Thesis: The Heterogeneity of Sex-based categories: Intragroup Variation in Gay & Straight Speech
    Supervised by Prof. Erik Schleef

    2017 Newcastle University | MA English Linguistics
    Thesis: Sex, Gender & Sexuality: A Quantitative Acoustic Analysis of /l/ Lenition in
    Southern British English

    Supervised by Dr Danielle Turton

    2012 University of Brighton | GradDIP TESOL
    Thesis: A Task-based Approach to B2 IELTS Reading & Writing Materials

    2010 Portsmouth University | BA (Hons) Applied Languages ( & )
    Thesis: What Future for French? A study of Changing Linguistic Priorities in Senegal
    Supervised by Dr Natalya Vince

Contact

Email: bradley.mackay@sbg.ac.at

Address: University of Salzburg
Department of English & American Studies
Erzabt-Klotz-Straße 1
Office 3.220
Salzburg 5020