Dr Gareth Walker

Journal articles

• Montgomery C, Walker G & Woods H (2025) Salient language in context (SLIC): a web app for collecting real-time attention data in response to audio samples. Linguistics Vanguard. View this article in WRRO
• Walker G, Pevy N, O'Malley R, Mirheidari B, Reuber M, Christensen H & Blackburn D (2024) Speech patterns in responses to questions asked by an intelligent virtual agent can help to distinguish between people with early stage neurodegenerative disorders and healthy controls. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 38(9), 880-901. View this article in WRRO
• Walker G, Walker T, O'Malley R, Mirheidari B, Christensen H, Reuber M & Blackburn D (2023) Features of answers to questions about recent events by people with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, and healthy controls. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 14(3), 408-429. View this article in WRRO
• Walker G, Morris L-A, Christensen H, Mirheidari B, Reuber M & Blackburn DJ (2021) Characterising spoken responses to an intelligent virtual agent by persons with mild cognitive impairment. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 35(3), 237-252. View this article in WRRO
• Walker G, Walker T, Moon L & Reuber M (2020) On the potential of phonetic analysis to distinguish between people with epilepsy and non-epileptic seizures. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 30(1), 92-109. View this article in WRRO
• Walker G (2018) Close proximity of turn-continuation to possible turn-completion in conversation. Speech Communication, 99, 231-241. View this article in WRRO
• Walker G (2017) Visual representations of acoustic data: a survey and suggestions. Research on Language & Social Interaction, 50(4), 363-387. View this article in WRRO
• Walker G (2017) Pitch and the projection of more talk. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 50(2), 206-225. View this article in WRRO
• Walker G (2017) Young children’s use of laughter as a means of responding to questions. Journal of Pragmatics, 112, 20-32. View this article in WRRO
• Walker G (2015) Phonetic Variation and Interactional Contingencies in Simultaneous Responses. Discourse Processes. View this article in WRRO
• Walker G (2013) Young Children's Use of Laughter After Transgressions. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 46(4), 363-382.
• Body R & Walker G (2013) Editorial. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 27(10-11), 735.
• Walker G & Local J (2013) On the intersection of phonetic detail and the organisation of interaction: clinical connections. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 27.
• Walker G (2012) Coordination and Interpretation of Vocal and Visible Resources: 'Trail-off' Conjunctions. Language and Speech, 55(1), 141-163.
• Local J & Walker G (2012) How phonetic features project more talk. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 42, 255-280-255-280.
• Local J & Walker G (2008) Stance and affect in conversation: on the interplay of sequential and phonetic resources. Text & Talk, 28(6), 723-747.
• Walker G (2007) On the design and use of pivots in everyday English conversation. Journal of Pragmatics, 39(12), 2217-2243.
• Curl TS, Local J & Walker G (2006) Repetition and the prosody-pragmatics interface. Journal of Pragmatics, 38(10), 1721-1751.
• Local J & Walker G (2005) `Mind the gap': further resources in the production of multi-unit, multi-action turns.. York Papers in Linguistics Series 2(3), 133-143.
• Local J & Walker G (2005) Methodological imperatives for investigating the phonetic organisation and phonological structures of spontaneous speech. Phonetica: international journal of phonetic science, 62(2-4), 120-130.
• Walker G & Local J (2004) Abrupt-joins as a resource for the production of multi-unit, multi-action turns. Journal of Pragmatics, 36(8), 1375-1403.

Book chapters

• Walker G (2012) Phonetics and prosody in conversation In Sidnell J & Stivers T (Ed.), Handbook of Conversation Analysis Wiley-Blackwell
• Walker G (2011) Phonetics and the management of talk-in-interaction In Andersen G & Aijmer K (Ed.), Pragmatics of Society (pp. 153-180). Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter.
• Walker G (2011) 6. Phonetics and the management of talk-in-interaction, Pragmatics of Society (pp. 153-180). DE GRUYTER
• Walker G (2010) The phonetic constitution of a turn-holding practice, Studies in Discourse and Grammar (pp. 51-72). John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Walker G (2010) The phonetic constitution of a turn-holding practice: rush-throughs in English talk-in-interaction In Barth-Weingarten D, Reber E & Selting M (Ed.), Prosody in Interaction (pp. 51-72). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
• Walker G (2004) On Some Interactional and Phonetic Properties of Increments to Turns in Talk-in-Interaction In Couper-Kuhlen E & Ford CE (Ed.), Sound patterns in interaction (pp. 147-169). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Conference proceedings

• Walker G (2003) ‘Doing a rushthrough’ – A phonetic resource for holding the turn in everyday conversation. 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp 1847-1850). Barcelona, 3 August 2003 - 9 August 2003.