Browsing Department of English Language and Literature by Issue Date
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Complementary perspectives on hedging behaviour in family discourse: The analytical synergy of variational pragmatics and corpus linguistics (Pre-published version)
(John Benjamins, 2011)This paper argues that corpus linguistics offers a methodology which benefits variational pragmatic analysis in a number of ways. Corpus linguistic tools such as word frequency lists allow the researcher to construct a ... -
The pragmatics of Irish English (Pre-published version)
(Cambridge University Press, 2011)The use of English in Ireland shows specific features which contribute to its unique profile. -
The Postcolonial Gothic: Towards an Exploration of this Theory through Selective Readings of John Banville’s Kepler and Ghosts and Mary Morrissy’s Mother of Pearl.
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2012)The title of this thesis points to an ongoing dialogue between the Gothic and the postcolonial within the space of the novel. In reality however there are a variety of other exchanges that continually intersect with the ... -
Competencies explored and exposed: Grammar, lexis, communication and the notion of levels
(Universitätsverlag Winter Heidelberg, 2012) -
Vocabulary instruction (Pre-published version)
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012) -
Speaking of Silence: Comments from an Irish Studies Perspective.
(Centre for Irish Studies, Aarhus(CISA), Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies(DUCIS), Nordic Irish Studies Network(NISN)., 2012) -
The Sounds of Silence: Samuel Becketts's Haunted Modernism.
(Centre for Irish Studies, Aarhus(CISA), Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies(DUCIS), Nordic Irish Studies Network(NISN)., 2012) -
The conflict between social identity and religious identity in the work of Jack Kerouac
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2012) -
Analyzing spoken corpora (Pre-published version)
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012) -
Mobile technology and the actuvirtuali artifactual subject
(Peter Lang, 2012) -
Applying corpus linguistics and conversation analysis in the investigation of small group teaching in higher education (Pre-published version)
(de Gruyter, 2012)In this paper, we consider how a combined corpus linguistics and conversation analysis methodology can reveal new insights into the relationship between interaction patterns, language use, and learning. The context of the ... -
A review of 'New Collected Poems' by Derek Mahon (Pre-published version)
(AEDEI [Asociación Española de Estudios Irlandeses], 2012) -
Reimagining Tolkien: a post-colonial perspective on the Lord of the Rings
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2012)This thesis analyses J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings from a post-colonial perspective. An Oxford don and philologist, who was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa but spent the majority of his life in Britain, Tolkien ... -
Vagabonds of the Western World(s): Continuities, Tensions and the Development of Irish Rock Music, 1968-78
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2012)This study examines the compositions and performance practices of three Irish rock musicians professionally active during the ‗classic‘ rock period of 1968-78. The primary research question focuses on establishing the ... -
Irish autobiographical fiction and Hannah Lynch's "Autobiography of a child"
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Introduction: War of the words: literary rebellion in France and Ireland (Pre-print version)
(TIR (Université Rennes 2), 2012) -
Using a corpus to enhance pragmatic awareness (Pre-published version)
(Perifèric, 2012)