Melissa Wright

• Phonetics, Phonology
• Conversation Analysis
• Interactional Linguistics
• Clinical Linguistics
• Phonetics of Conversation
• Sociolinguistics
• Qualitative Research 

• PhD in the Phonetics-Interaction Interface from The University of York
• MA (with Distinction) in Phonetics and Phonology from The University of York
• BA (Hons) in Linguistic Science from The University of Reading
• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) from The Coaches Training Institute

• Member of the British Association of Academic Phoneticians

• Most areas of (clinical) linguistics and phonetics at undergraduate level
• (Health) research methods
• Supervision of 10+ undergraduate dissertations per year

Wright, M. (2012). Scientific American . Just a click away. (Article published about my research).

Wright, M. (2011). The phonetics-interaction interface in the initiation of closings in everyday English telephone calls.. Vol. 4, pp. 1080-1099.

Wright, M. (2011). On clicks in English talk-in-interaction. . Vol. 41, (2), pp. 207-229.

Wright, M. (2007). Clicks as markers of new sequences in English conversation. , Saarbrucken, Germany. pp. 1069-1072.

Wright, M. (2007). Movements into call closure in British-English telephone interaction. , Issue 7, pp. 89-117.

Wright, M. (2007). An exploration of the phonetics-interaction interface: on clicks in English conversation. , Invited talk: March 17.

Wright, M. (2004). Exploring the phonetics-interaction interface of telephone call closings. , Invited Talk: June 23.

Wright, M. (2004). The phonetic properties of multi-unit first closing turns in British-English telephone call closing sequences. , Cambridge, UK. March 24-26. Download the abstract and handout.

Wright, M. (2003). Accounting for variability in the production of 'and' and 'but' in spontaneous speech. This paper was prepared for the but unfortunately I had to withdraw. Download the abstract and paper.

Wright, M. (2002). A sequential account of 'I mean'. , Helsinki, Finland. September 6-11. Download the abstract and handout.

Wright, M. (2002). Conversational phonetics: the case of 'and' and 'but'. , Newcastle, UK. March 25-27. Download the handout.