Biography


Elaine Vaughan lectures in Linguistics, Applied Linguistics and TESOL at the University of Limerick.
Her published work focuses on Irish English; corpus pragmatics; workplace discourse and communities of practice; the pragmatics of humour and laughter; and the use of corpora and corpus-based methodologies for intra-varietal, pragmatic and sociolinguistic research. She is a member of the Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS) and the Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) network.

She is co-editor, with Carolina Amador-Moreno and Kevin McCafferty, of Pragmatic Markers in Irish English (2015, John Benjamins); and with Raymond Hickey of the special issue of the journal World Englishes on Irish English (2017).

Research Interests

  • Corpus pragmatics; corpus-based discourse analyses;
  • Pragmatics and language in context;
  • Irish English;
  • Workplace discourse and the discourses of language teaching and learning;
  • Investigating communities of practice;
  • (im)Politeness and the pragmatics of humour and laughter.

    • Professional Activities

    Association

    • Member , International Association for World Englishes
    • Member , Centre for Applied Language Studies
    • Member , Intervarietal Applied Corpus Studies

    Publications

    Peer Reviewed Journals

    2017

    Introduction

    Hickey, Raymond & Elaine Vaughan (2017) Introduction . World Englishes :154-160

    2013

    Small corpora and pragmatics

    Vaughan, Elaine & Brian Clancy (2013) Small corpora and pragmatics. The Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics

    2011

    Pragmatics and Irish English

    Vaughan, Elaine and Brian Clancy (2011) Pragmatics and Irish English. English Today: The International Review of the English Language :47-52

    Books

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    Book Chapters

    2023

    ‘Searching for the right word or phrase that would put a chill up the spine…' Investigating the lyrics of Mark E. Smith using thematic and corpus-based discourse analyses

    Vaughan, Elaine, Brian Clancy & Eoin Devereux (2023) ‘Searching for the right word or phrase that would put a chill up the spine…' Investigating the lyrics of Mark E. Smith using thematic and corpus-based discourse analyses. London : Rowman & Littlefield Always Different, Always the Same. Critical Essays on the Fall :149-170

    2021

    Discourse Analysis

    Vaughan, Elaine (2021) Discourse Analysis. London : SAGE Research Methods and Methodologies in Education. Third Edition. :314-327

    2015

    Corpus Analysis

    Vaughan, Elaine & Anne O'Keeffe (2015) Corpus Analysis. Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc. The International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction :1-17

    2012

    Discourse Analysis

    Elaine Vaughan (2012) Discourse Analysis. London : SAGE Research Methods and Methodologies in Education

    Edited Books

    Other Journals

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    Conference Publications

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    Conference Contributions

    2019

    Corpus Pragmatics

    Amador-Moreno, Carolina; Brian Clancy and Elaine Vaughan (2019) Corpus Pragmatics.

    2015

    New Perspectives on Irish English 3

    Vaughan, Elaine University of Limerick; Brian Clancy, Mary Immaculate College; Karen Corrigan, Newcastle University, UK (2015) New Perspectives on Irish English 3.

    Published Reports

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    Editorials

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    Book Reviews

    Other Publications