Browsing Department of English Language and Literature by Title
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Defining Gothic-postmodernism.
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Derrida, Heaney, Yeats and the Hauntological Redefinition of Irishness
(Veritas, 2003)This essay begins by deconstructing the logo of the Centre for Migration studies as a way of outlining a differential perspective on Irish identity. Eschewing the traditional view of identity as sameness, this article ... -
‘“Desidero ergo sum (I desire therefore I am)”: Towards a Psychoanalytic Reading of the Advertising of Perfume’, 2016, in Irish Communications Review,
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The devil is in the detail: Using corpora to investigate spoken language varieties
(AACL [American Association for Corpus Linguistics], 2014) -
"The distant skin": a deconstructive analysis of women and polysemic touch in the writing of John McGahern and Anne Enright
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2014)This thesis, by providing a deconstructive reading of the work of John McGahern and Anne Enright, elucidates the way in which the place, position and representation of women in modern Irish society is profoundly affected ... -
“The door” stands open: liminal spaces in the later Heaney (Pre-print version)
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Ecocriticism
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The English grammar profile of learner competence: Methodology and key findings
(John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017)The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) (Council of Europe 2001a) is an established benchmark for language competence (Jones & Saville 2009). It comprises six levels of competence from A1 (lowest) ... -
The Epistemology of Nationalism
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 1997)This article poses a number of questions: Is nationalism an ideology, a philosophy, an epistemology or a faith? Is cultural nationalism a seminal constituent of nationalism in general, or is it just a subset of political ... -
An evolution of learner grammar: Insights from the English Grammar Profile
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An examination of female characterisation in a selection of the novels and short stories of William Trevor through the lens of Simone de Beauvoir
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2016)This thesis aims to examine female characterisation in a selection of William Trevor’s novels and short stories. The core argument in this thesis will be to demonstrate that Trevor, in his portrayal of women, presents a ... -
Examining Irish Nationalism in the context of Literature, Culture and Religion. A Study of the Epistemological Structure of Nationalism
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The exchange in family discourse (Pre-print version)
(Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (IRAAL), 2002)The intimate genre of family discourse has traditionally posed problems for linguists because of the difficulty in collecting the data and the intimate nature of the genre. For obvious reasons, people view family life as ... -
Exploring indices of national identity in a corpus of radio phone-in data from Irish radio (Pre-published version)
(University of Valencia Press, 2002)Radio phone-in has a reflexive function in bringing the voices of a community to a community. For those who telephone the programme, it provides interpersonal communication even if they do not ‘go on air’. For those who ... -
Exploring Synchronous Online Communication and its Effect on Non-Native Speakers of English
(2018-02-07)It is estimated that there are 1.5 billion people worldwide who speak English, of whom only 375 million are native speakers (Statista 2016). Jenks (2012) notes that the use of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) is growing ... -
Exploring television as an exponent of pragmatic and sociocultural information in foreign language learning (Pre-published version)
(CILT Publications, 2000)It is increasingly recognised that being both fluent and accurate in a foreign language will not always guarantee successful communication between speakers. According to Hyde (1998: 10), in his discussion on intercultural ... -
Fanon's one big idea: Ireland and postcolonial studies
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2004)Postcolonial theory has been, and remains, one of the dominant modes of literary and cultural criticism within the broader discourse of Irish Studies. This thesis will provide a summary theoretical interrogation of the ... -
Feeding back feedback – Towards a cyclical model for learner support
(Ireland Aid and Centre for Educational Disadvantage Research, 2003) -
Figuring Phantasmagoria: The Tradition of the Fantastic in Irish Modernism.
(Used by permission © Centre for Irish Studies, Aarhus(CISA), Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies(DUCIS), Nordic Irish Studies Network(NISN)., 2011) -
Five ideas for using authentic television clips (Pre-published version)
(FELT [Forum for English Language Teachers (Ireland)], 2001)Television offers many opportunities for materials development. Below are five prototype lessons based around different genres of television material: soap opera; film; comedy; advertising and news broadcast. Before you ...