Publications
2025
‘I Don't Want to Do the Gender Division, but …’: A Gendered Linguistic Ideological Perspective in Talk About Schoolchildren's Writing in England
González-Díaz, V., Lampropoulou, S., Parr, E., & Johnson, P. (2025). ‘I Don't Want to Do the Gender Division, but …’: A Gendered Linguistic Ideological Perspective in Talk About Schoolchildren's Writing in England. Gender and Language, 19(1), 54-80. doi:10.3138/gl-2025-1003
The paradoxes of oracy education in secondary schools: A case study of Liverpool English
Lampropoulou, S., Gonzalez-Diaz, V., Flynn, K., & Parr, L. (2025). The paradoxes of oracy education in secondary schools: A case study of Liverpool English. FORUM, 67(1), 92-103. doi:10.3898/forum.2025.67.1.09
Using constructs of ‘good’ writing to develop ‘a voice of one’s own’ in the primary school classroom
Gonzalez-Diaz, V., Parr, E., & Nourie, K. (n.d.). Using constructs of ‘good’ writing to develop ‘a voice of one’s own’ in the primary school classroom. Literacy. doi:10.1111/lit.12397
2024
Conceptualisations of ‘good’ writing in the English primary school context
González-Díaz, V., Parr, E., & Nourie, K. (2024). Conceptualisations of ‘good’ writing in the English primary school context. Language and Education, 1-24. doi:10.1080/09500782.2024.2369268
2023
The APU Writing and Reading Corpus 1979-1988
Gonzalez-Diaz, V., & Yanez-Bouza, N. (n.d.). The APU Writing and Reading Corpus 1979-1988. In The APU transcriptions shall only be used for non-profit teaching or research. Extracts may be quoted under normal conditions of fair use and must acknowledge the source.To request access to this corpus you are required to register your interest https://apucorpus.liverpool.ac.uk/index.php/auth/register_userFor more information on the compilation, see: https://varieng.helsinki.fi/CoRD/corpora/APU/. doi:10.17638/datacat.liverpool.ac.uk/2456
2022
Gap-minding, gap-closing, gapworrying: addressing the gender gap in primary children's writing
Gonzalez-Diaz, V. (2022). Gap-minding, gap-closing, gapworrying: addressing the gender gap in primary children's writing.
2021
'A patient act of adjustment': Subjectivisation, adjectives and Jane Austen
Gonzalez-Diaz, V. (2021). 'A patient act of adjustment': Subjectivisation, adjectives and Jane Austen. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, 30(3), 276-298. doi:10.1177/09639470211023245
Intensificatory Tautology in the History of English: A Corpus-based Study
Gonzalez-Diaz, V. (2021). Intensificatory Tautology in the History of English: A Corpus-based Study. JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS, 49(2), 182-207. doi:10.1177/0075424221999095
2019
'he liked to read, write, and whatch televishon'-The APU Writing and Reading Corpus (1979-1988)
Yanez-Bouza, N., & Gonzalez-Diaz, V. (2019). 'he liked to read, write, and whatch televishon'-The APU Writing and Reading Corpus (1979-1988). DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP IN THE HUMANITIES, 34(2), 449-469. doi:10.1093/llc/fqy031
2018
Great big stories and tiny little changes: tautological<scp>size</scp>-adjective clusters in Present-day English
GONZÁLEZ-DÍAZ, V. (2018). Great big stories and tiny little changes: tautological<scp>size</scp>-adjective clusters in Present-day English. English Language and Linguistics, 22(3), 499-522. doi:10.1017/s1360674317000570
Adjective stacking in Early Modern English Some stylistic considerations
Gonzalez-Diaz, V. (2018). Adjective stacking in Early Modern English Some stylistic considerations. In NOUN PHRASE IN ENGLISH: PAST AND PRESENT (Vol. 246, pp. 47-75). doi:10.1075/la.246.03gon
Variation in the Productivity of Adjective Comparison in Present-Day English
Saily, T., Gonzalez-Diaz, V., & Suomela, J. (2018). Variation in the Productivity of Adjective Comparison in Present-Day English. In CORPUS APPROACHES TO CONTEMPORARY BRITISH SPEECH: SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDIES OF THE SPOKEN BNC2014 (pp. 159-184). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Tracing The Development Of An Old Old Story: Intensificatory Repetition In English
Gonzalez-Diaz, V. (2018). Tracing The Development Of An Old Old Story: Intensificatory Repetition In English. The transactions of the Philological Society, 116(1), 30-58. doi:10.1111/1467-968X.12114
2016
APU Corpus
Gonzalez-Diaz, V., & Yanez-Bouza, N. (n.d.). APU Corpus [Computer Software]. Retrieved from https://apucorpus.liverpool.ac.uk/index.php/auth/login
"Worth a moment's notice": Jane Austen and conversational parentheticals
Gonzalez-Diaz, V. (2016). "Worth a moment's notice": Jane Austen and conversational parentheticals. In Auer, A.; Gonzalez-Diaz, V.; Hodson, J and Sotirova, V (Ed.), Linguistics and Literary History: In honour of Sylvia Adamson (pp. 129-150). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Special Issue: Novel Approaches: The Language of Women's Fiction 1730-1850 INTRODUCTION
Davidson, C., & Gonzalez-Diaz, V. (2016). Special Issue: Novel Approaches: The Language of Women's Fiction 1730-1850 INTRODUCTION. WOMENS WRITING, 23(1), 1-8. doi:10.1080/09699082.2015.1104000
Novel Approaches: The Language of Women's Fiction 1730-1850
Davidson, C. (2016). Novel Approaches: The Language of Women's Fiction 1730-1850. Women´s Writing, 23(1).
2015
“Shall I compare thee”: The neural basis of literary awareness, and its benefits to cognition
O'Sullivan, N., Davis, P., Billington, J., Gonzalez-Diaz, V., & Corcoran, R. (2015). “Shall I compare thee”: The neural basis of literary awareness, and its benefits to cognition. Cortex, 73, 144-157. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2015.08.014
2014
"I quite detest the man": Degree adverbs, female language and Jane Austen
Gonzalez-Diaz, V. (2014). "I quite detest the man": Degree adverbs, female language and Jane Austen. Language and Literature, 23(4), 310-330. doi:10.1177/0963947014534123
'Cultural Value: Assessing the intrinsic value of The Reader Organisation's Shared Reading Scheme'
Billington, J., Davis, P., Corcoran, R., Farrington, G., Lampropoulou, S., & Gonzalez-Diaz, V. (2014). 'Cultural Value: Assessing the intrinsic value of The Reader Organisation's Shared Reading Scheme'.
2010
Iconicity and Subjectivisation in the NP: the Case of Little
Gonzalez-Diaz, V. (2010). Iconicity and Subjectivisation in the NP: the Case of Little. In J. Conradie, & O. C. M. Fischer (Eds.), Signergy. Iconicity in language and literature 9. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
2009
Little old problems: adjectives and subjectivity in the English NP
González‐Díaz, V. (2009). Little old problems: adjectives and subjectivity in the English NP. Transactions of the Philological Society, 107(3), 376-402. doi:10.1111/j.1467-968x.2009.01227.x
Introduction
Gonzalez-Diaz, V., & Adamson, S. (2009). Introduction. The Transactions of the Philological Society, Special Issue on The History and Structure of the English NP, 107(3), 255-261.
2008
On normative grammarians and the double marking of degree
González-Díaz, V. (2008). On normative grammarians and the double marking of degree. In Grammars, Grammarians and Grammar-Writing in Eighteenth-Century England (pp. 289-310). Mouton de Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783110199185.4.289
Recent developments in English intensifiers: the case of<i>very much</i>
GONZÁLEZ-DÍAZ, V. (2008). Recent developments in English intensifiers: the case of<i>very much</i>. English Language and Linguistics, 12(2), 221-243. doi:10.1017/s1360674308002608
English Adjective Comparison: A Historical Perspective
Gonzalez-Diaz, V. (2008). English Adjective Comparison: A Historical Perspective. E. F. K. Koerner (Ed.), Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
2007
Worser and lesser in modern English
Gonzalez-Diaz, V. (2007). Worser and lesser in modern English. In J. Perez-Guerra, D. Gonzalez-Alvarez, & M. Gotti (Eds.), n/a (pp. 237-278). n/a: Peter Lang.
2006
The origin of English periphrastic comparatives
Díaz, V. G. (2006). The origin of English periphrastic comparatives. English Studies, 87(6), 707-739. doi:10.1080/00138380600768197
On The Nature and Distribution of English Double Periphrastic Comparison
Gonzalez-Diaz, V. (n.d.). On The Nature and Distribution of English Double Periphrastic Comparison. The Review of English Studies, 57(232), 623-664. doi:10.1093/res/hgl120
2005
Eighteenth-century prescriptivism in English: A re-evaluation of its effects on actual language usage
Auer, A., & González-Díaz, V. (2005). Eighteenth-century prescriptivism in English: A re-evaluation of its effects on actual language usage. Multilingua - Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 24(4), 317-341. doi:10.1515/mult.2005.24.4.317
2004
Adjectival double periphrastic comparatives in early modern English: a socio-stylistic analysis
Gonzalez-Diaz, V. (2004). Adjectival double periphrastic comparatives in early modern English: a socio-stylistic analysis. Folia Linguistica Historica, 25(1-2), 177-210. Retrieved from http://gateway.proquest.com/
Review of: 'Determinants of grammatical variation in English'
Gonzalez-Diaz, V. (2004). Review of: 'Determinants of grammatical variation in English'. Unknown Journal, 360-373.