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James Algie

Dr James Algie

Areas of interest

  • First and Second Language Acquisition
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  • ʲ⳦DZԲܾپ
  • (Learner) Corpus Linguistics

Research centres and groups

  • Centre forLiteracy and Multilingualism (CeLM)

Research projects

  • Progression in Primary Languages

Background

James is a Postdoctoral Research Associate working on the Progression in Primary Languages Project. His research and teaching experience is principally in the area of monolingual, bilingual and multilingual language development throughout the lifespan.

James has an MPhil and a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from the University of Cambridge. His research employs a range of quantitative methods to collect and analyse language data, with the overarching aim of understanding the factors that facilitate and constrain language learning in children and adults. James’s higher education teaching experience in linguistics spans four Russell Group institutions: the University of Cambridge (2018-2024), University College London (2020-2024), Queen Mary University of London (2024), and the University of Nottingham (2024-2025). James is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Academic qualifications

  • PhD in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge (2023)
  • MPhil in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge (2018)
  • BA (Hons) in Hispanic Studies and Linguistics, Queen Mary University of London (2017)

Awards and honours

  • Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) (2025)
  • ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship (2018-2023)
  • ESRC Overseas Institutional Visit Scheme Award (2021-2022)
  • AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship (2017-2018)

Professional bodies/affiliations

  • British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL)

Selected publications

  • Algie, J. (2024).L1 Transfer in the L2 Acquisition and Processing of the English GenitiveAlternation: Combining Learner Corpus and Psycholinguistic Methodologies.PhD dissertation. University of Cambridge.
  • Algie, J. (2018).A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Discourse Marker LIKE in Northeast English and Southeast English. MPhil dissertation. University of Cambridge.

Presentations, invited talks and workshops

  • March 2025: Quantitative corpus linguistics using R andJamovi(invited workshop),BilinguaLab, University of Granada.
  • September 2023: ‘Using the Q-BExquestionnaire to understand active language use in trilingual children’ (poster), Q-BExWorkshop 2023, Vlog.
  • July 2023: ‘L1 transfer in the acquisition and processing of the English genitive alternation’ (invited talk), Topics in Second Language Acquisition Seminar, University of Cambridge.
  • July 2021: ‘English genitive alternation: A learner corpus study of L1 transfer and L2proficiencyeffects’ (talk), CL2021: Corpus Linguistics International Conference, University of Limerick.
  • July 2019: ‘An Introduction to the Cambridge Learner Corpus’ (invited talk), Language Analysis to Enhance Language Teaching Workshop, University of Leeds.
  • May 2019: ‘“Like’dtotally gone into like Sunderland mode like”: A corpus-based analysis of LIKE in Northeast and Southeast English’ (talk), XI Congreso Internacional deԲüíپde Corpus,Universitatde València.
  • April 2019: ‘A Corpus-based analysis of the discourse marker LIKE in Northeast English and Southeast English’ (talk), 13th Newcastle Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics, Newcastle University.
  • November 2018: ‘L2 English genitive choices of L1 Spanish speakers’ (poster), Cambridge Language Sciences Annual Symposium 2018, University of Cambridge.
  • May 2018: ‘L2 English genitive choices of L1 Spanish speakers’ (poster), 2nd International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children,TechnischeUniversität Braunschweig.

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