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Professor Alison Sealey

Emeritus

  1. 1983
  2. Published

    Issues and resources: a handbook for teachers in the multicultural society

    Phillips-Bell, M., Sealey, A. & Sugden, C., 1983, Birmingham: AFFOR. 88 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  3. Published

    Primary School projects, a multicultural approach

    Sealey, A., 1983, In: Multicultural Education Review.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. 1984
  5. Published

    It doesn’t happen here: racism and young children

    Sealey, A., 1984, Starting together. Birmingham Development Education Centre

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  6. Published

    Working with the under-fives - the multicultural context

    Sealey, A., 1984, In: Multicultural Education Review.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Working with the under-fives - the multicultural context

    Sealey, A., 1984, In: Primary Education Review.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. 1987
  9. Published

    Words at work week: an alternative to the traditional book week

    Sealey, A., 1987, In: Multicultural Education Review.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. 1989
  11. Published

    Cultures or concepts - which emphasis for ‘white’ schools?

    Sealey, A., 1989, In: Multicultural Education Review.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 1990
  13. Published

    "Where it really matters - ": developing anti-racist education in predominantly white primary schools

    Sealey, A. & Epstein, D., 1990, Birmingham: Development Education Centre. 73 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  14. Published

    Magic words: helping young children to develop their knowledge about language

    Sealey, A., 1990, Knowledge about language and the curriculum: the LINC reader. Carter, R. (ed.). London: Hodder and Stoughton, p. 45-56 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  15. Published

    We don’t like talking in front of the boys: classroom talk and inequality

    Sealey, A. & Knights, C., 1990, In: Education. 18, 3, p. 3-13 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. 1991
  17. Published

    Language in context: supporting authenticity with computers

    Sealey, A., 1991, Coventry: National Council for Educational Technology. 46 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  18. 1992
  19. Published
  20. Published

    The Dazzlers’ dictionary

    Sealey, A., 1992, Looking into language : classroom approches to knowledge about language. Bain, R., Fitzgerald, B. & Taylor, M. (eds.). London: Hodder and Stoughton, p. 55-63 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  21. 1993
  22. Published

    Action research for teachers

    Scott, D. & Sealey, A., 1993, University of Warwick: Centre for Educational Development Appraisal and Research. 73 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  23. 1994
  24. Published

    Evaluation of interactive video for school management training: final report to the NCET Steering Group

    Galloway, S., Budgen, A., Burgess, R., Hurworth, C., Pole, C. & Sealey, A., 1994, National Council for Educational Technology.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  25. Published

    Evaluation of the NCET spellcheckers project: a report to the National Council for Educational Technology

    Budgen, A. & Sealey, A., 1994, National Council for Educational Technology.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  26. Published

    Language and educational control: the construction of the LINC controversy’

    Sealey, A., 1994, Accountability and control in educational settings. Scott, D. (ed.). London: Cassell, p. 121-136 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  27. Published

    Study of professional development in information technology: interim report to the National Council for Educational Technology

    Sealey, A. & Budgen, A., 1994, National Council for Educational Technology.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsOther report

  28. Published

    What do they mean? an analysis of one young child’s language awareness

    Sealey, A., 1/03/1994, In: International Journal of Early Childhood. 26, 1, p. 33-40 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. 1996
  30. Published

    "Who do you think you are?": four children’s sociolinguistic strategies in the negotiation of self’

    Sealey, A., 1996, In: Current Issues in Language and Society . 3, 1, p. 22-35 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Learning about language: issues for primary teachers

    Sealey, A., 1996, Buckingham : Open University Press. 138 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  32. 1997
  33. Published

    "Who do you think you are?": four children’s sociolinguistic strategies in the negotiation of self’

    Sealey, A., 1997, Children talking: the development of pragmatic competence . Thompson, L. (ed.). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, p. 22-35 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  34. 1998
  35. Published

    Models of language, models of childhood in the English national curriculum

    Sealey, A., 1/03/1998, In: Changing English. 5, 1, p. 69-81 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. 1999
  37. Published

    The national literacy strategy: a debate

    Bourne, J., Kress, G., Street, B. & Sealey, A., 1999, Language and literacies : selected papers from the annual meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics held at the University of Manchester, September 1998. O'Brien, T. (ed.). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, p. 1-13 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  38. Published

    Theories about language in the national literacy strategy

    Sealey, A., 1999, University of Warwick: Centre for Elementary and Primary Education. 27 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  39. Published

    Don’t be cheeky': requests, directives and being a child

    Sealey, A., 02/1999, In: Journal of Sociolinguistics. 3, 1, p. 24-40 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Teaching primary school children about the English language: a critique of current policy documents

    Sealey, A., 1/04/1999, In: Language Awareness. 8, 2, p. 84-97 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. 2000
  42. Published

    Childly language: children, language and the social world

    Sealey, A., 2000, Longman Group. 229 p. (Real Language Series)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  43. Published

    Grammar in the schools: notes from the British front’

    Sealey, A., 2000, In: Syntax in the Schools. 16, 3, p. 1-5 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Language, structure and agency: what can realist social theory offer to sociolinguistics?

    Carter, B. & Sealey, A., 02/2000, In: Journal of Sociolinguistics. 4, 1, p. 3-20 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  45. 2001
  46. Published

    Social categories and sociolinguistics: applying a realist approach

    Sealey, A. & Carter, B., 12/2001, In: International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 152, p. 1-19 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. 2004
  48. Published

    Applied linguistics as social science

    Sealey, A. & Carter, B., 2004, London: Continuum. 239 p. (Advances in Applied Linguistics)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  49. Published

    Final report to ESRC on ‘An investigation into corpus-based learning about language in the primary school'

    Sealey, A. & Thompson, P., 2004, Economic and Social Research Council.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  50. Published

    Researching ‘real’ language

    Carter, B. & Sealey, A., 2004, Making realism work : realist social theory and empirical research . Carter, B. & New, C. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 111-130 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  51. Published

    ‘What do you call the dull words?’ primary school children using corpus-based approaches to learn about language

    Sealey, A. & Thompson, P., 1/03/2004, In: English in Education. 38, 1, p. 80-91 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    Schooling the child: the making of students in classrooms

    Sealey, A., 06/2004, In: Educational Review. 56, 2, p. 207-208 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineBook/Film/Article reviewpeer-review

  53. 2005
  54. Published

    An International corpus of writing for children in English

    Sealey, A. & Thompson, P., 2005, Oxford University Press.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  55. 2006
  56. Published

    "Nice things get said": corpus evidence and the national literacy strategy

    Sealey, A. & Thompson, P., 04/2006, In: Literacy. 40, 1, p. 22-28 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  57. Published

    An Introduction to language policy: theory and method

    Sealey, A., 11/2006, In: Educational Review. 58, 4, p. 509-511 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineBook/Film/Article reviewpeer-review

  58. 2007
  59. Published

    Languages, nations and identities

    Carter, B. & Sealey, A., 2007, In: Methodological Innovations Online. 2, 2, p. 20-31 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  60. Published

    Through children’s eyes? corpus evidence of the features of children’s literature

    Thompson, P. & Sealey, A., 1/01/2007, In: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 12, 1, p. 1-23 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  61. Published

    Corpus, concordance, classification: young learners in the L1 classroom

    Sealey, A. & Thompson, P., 15/08/2007, In: Language Awareness. 16, 3, p. 208-223 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  62. Published

    Linguistic ethnography in realist perspective

    Sealey, A., 11/2007, In: Journal of Sociolinguistics. 11, 5, p. 641-660 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  63. 2009
  64. Published

    Exploring vocabulary with young L1 learners: the contribution of a corpus

    Sealey, A., 2009, Vocabulary studies in first and second language acquisition : the interface between theory and application. Richards, B. J., Daller, M. H., Malvern, D. D., Meara, P., Milton, J. & Treffers-Daller, J. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 39-58 30 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  65. Published

    Making connections: some key issues in social theory and applied linguistics

    Sealey, A., 2009, Applied linguistics in action: a reader. Cook, G. & North, S. (eds.). London: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  66. Published

    Reflexivity, realism and the process of casing

    Sealey, A. & Carter, B., 2009, The SAGE handbook of case-based methods. Byrne, D. S. & Ragin, C. C. (eds.). London: Sage, p. 69-83 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  67. 2010
  68. Published

    Probabilities and surprises: a realist approach to identifying linguistic and social patterns, with reference to an oral history corpus

    Sealey, A., 2010, In: Applied Linguistics. 31, 2, p. 215-235 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  69. Published

    Researching ‘real’ language

    Carter, B. & Sealey, A., 2010, Introducing English language : a resource book for students. Louise, M. & Stockwell, P. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  70. Published

    Researching English language: a resource book for students

    Sealey, A., 2010, London: Routledge. 248 p. (Routledge English language introductions)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  71. 2011
  72. Published

    The use of corpus-based approaches in children’s knowledge about language

    Sealey, A. J., 2011, Applied linguistics and primary school teaching. Ellis, S. & McCartney, E. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 93-106 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  73. Published

    The use of corpus-based approaches in children's knowledge about language

    Sealey, A., 2011, Applied linguistics and primary school teaching. Ellis, S. & McCartney, E. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 93-106 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  74. 2012
  75. Published

    BAAL/CUP Seminars 2010: using corpus evidence in the classroom: working with teachers and learners

    Sealey, A., 1/01/2012, In: Language Teaching. 45, 01, p. 133-135 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  76. Published

    ‘I just couldn't do it’: representations of constraint in an oral history corpus

    Sealey, A., 1/08/2012, In: Critical Discourse Studies. 9, 3, p. 195-210 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  77. 2013
  78. Published

    Anthropomorphic grammar? some linguistic patterns in the wildlife documentary series Life

    Sealey, A. & Oakley, L., 05/2013, In: Text and Talk. 33, 3, p. 399-420 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  79. Published

    "What do animals mean to you?": naming and relating to nonhuman animals

    Sealey, A. & Charles, N., 12/2013, In: Anthrozoos. 26, 4, p. 485-503 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  80. 2014
  81. Published

    Cats and categories – reply to Teubert

    Sealey, A., 2014, In: Language and Dialogue. 4, 2, p. 299 – 321 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  82. Published

    Realism

    Sealey, A., 2014, The encyclopedia of applied linguistics. Chapelle, C. (ed.). Wiley-Blackwell

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  83. Published

    Why did the Canada goose cross the sea? accounting for the behaviour of wildlife in the documentary series Life

    Sealey, A. & Oakley, L., 03/2014, In: International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 24, 1, p. 19-37 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  84. Published

    Response to Elder-Vass: “seven ways to be a realist about language”

    Sealey, A. & Carter, B., 09/2014, In: Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. 44, 3, p. 268-281 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineComment/debatepeer-review

  85. 2015
  86. Published

    Realist social theory and multilingualism in Europe

    Carter, B. & Sealey, A., 03/2015, In: European Journal of Applied Linguistics. 3, 1, p. 1-19 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  87. Published

    Book reviews and forum contributions in Applied Linguistics - continuity and change

    Sealey, A., 09/2015, In: Applied Linguistics. 36, 4, p. 478-487 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  88. 2016
  89. Published

    Prime Ministerial self-reported actions in Prime Minister’s Questions 1979-2010: a corpus-assisted analysis

    Sealey, A. J. & Bates, S., 10/2016, In: Journal of Pragmatics. 104, p. 18-31 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  90. 2018
  91. Published

    Being an English academic: a social domains account

    Sealey, A., 2018, In: Language and Intercultural Communication. 18, 5, p. 549-561 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  92. Published

    Methods for researching English language

    Brunfaut, T. & Sealey, A., 2018, English language: Description, variation and context. Culpeper, J., Kerswill, P., Wodak, R., McEnery, T. & Katamba, F. (eds.). 2nd ed. Palgrave, p. 610-625 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  93. Published

    Animals, animacy and anthropocentrism

    Sealey, A. J., 28/06/2018, In: International Journal of Language and Culture. 5, 2, p. 224–247 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  94. Published

    First catch your corpus: methodological challenges in constructing a thematic corpus

    Sealey, A. J. & Pak, C. A., 1/08/2018, In: Corpora. 13, 2, p. 229-254 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  95. Published

    Alastair Pennycook: Posthumanist Applied Linguistics

    Sealey, A. J., 1/12/2018, In: Applied Linguistics. 39, 6, p. 960-963 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineBook/Film/Article reviewpeer-review

  96. 2019
  97. Published

    Representing Women, Women Representing: Backbenchers' Questions during Prime Minister's Questions, 1979-2010

    Holden Bates, S. & Sealey, A. J., 1/06/2019, In: European Journal of Politics and Gender. 2, 2, p. 237-256 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  98. Published

    Translation: a biosemiotic/more-than-human perspective

    Sealey, A. J., 1/07/2019, In: Target - International Journal of Translation Studies. 50, 3, p. 302-318 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  99. 2020
  100. Published

    Reflections on historicizing discourses: Connections, linkages, continuities

    Sealey, A., 18/05/2020, Message and Medium: English Language Practices Across Old and New Media. Tagg, C. & Evans, M. (eds.). De Gruyter Mouton, p. 164-168 5 p. (Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]; vol. 105).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  101. 2021
  102. Published

    Response to Viewpoint article ‘‘Applied linguistics, language guidelines and ethical practices: The case for the use of ‘who’ with nonhuman animals’’

    Sealey, A., 31/07/2021, In: International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 31, 2, p. 304-305 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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