Averil Coxhead
New Zealand professor of linguistics (born 1966) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Averil Jean Coxhead (born 1966)[1][2] is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at Victoria University of Wellington, specialising in applied linguistics. She is known for creating the Academic Word List, which is a list of 570 English word families that appear with great frequency in a broad range of academic texts. She has also created wordlists for other uses, such as rugby terms for referees and players, and building terms for Tongan tradespeople.
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Born | 1966 (age 57ā58) |
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Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
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Institutions | Victoria University of Wellington |
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