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
Teaching Interests
General teaching responsibilities
Linguistics and TESOL; Irish English and corpus-based discourse analysis; media discourse; Teaching Practice Supervision; teaching and learning in higher education
Professional Activities
Association
- Member , International Association for World Englishes
- Member , Centre for Applied Language Studies
- Member , Intervarietal Applied Corpus Studies
Publications
Book Chapters
It's gems like this that make me wish I hadn't left Ireland: Humorous representations of Irish English and their role in diasporic identities
Vaughan, Elaine & Máiréad Moriarty
(2020)
It's gems like this that make me wish I hadn't left Ireland: Humorous representations of Irish English and their role in diasporic identities
In Irish Identities. Sociolinguistic Perspectives;
Raymond Hickey and Carolina P. Amador-Moreno(Ed.)
Berlin :
Mouton de Gruyter
pp. 198-219
DOI: doi.org/10.1515/9781501507687
[ULIR]
Voicing the 'knacker': Analysing the Comedy of the Rubberbandits.
Vaughan, Elaine & Mairead Moriarty
(2018)
Voicing the 'knacker': Analysing the Comedy of the Rubberbandits.
In Voice and Discourse in the Irish Context ;
Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan
pp. 13-45
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66029-5
[ULIR]
Research in Corpora in Language Teaching and Learning
Vaughan, Elaine & Michael J. McCarthy
(2017)
Research in Corpora in Language Teaching and Learning
In Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning Volume III;
Eli Hinkel(Ed.)
New York :
Routledge
pp. 173-185
DOI: 10.4324/9781315716893.ch13
[ULIR]
Sociolinguistic Information and Irish English Corpora
Vaughan, Elaine & Brian Clancy
(2016)
Sociolinguistic Information and Irish English Corpora
In Sociolinguistics in Ireland ;
Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan
pp. 365-388
[ULIR]
Corpus Analysis
Vaughan, Elaine & Anne O'Keeffe
(2015)
Corpus Analysis
In The International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction;
Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
pp. 1-17
DOI: 10.1002/9781118611463.wbielsi168
Developing a Regional Approach to Outstanding Teaching and Learning: A case study
Elaine Vaughan and Mary Fitzpatrick
(2013)
Developing a Regional Approach to Outstanding Teaching and Learning: A case study
In Emerging Issues in Higher Education III ;
Athlone, Ireland :
EDIN Publications
pp. 29-41
[ULIR]
It's lunacy now: A corpus-based pragmatic analysis of the use of now in contemporary Irish English.
Brian Clancy and Elaine Vaughan
(2012)
It's lunacy now: A corpus-based pragmatic analysis of the use of now in contemporary Irish English.
In New Perspectives on Irish English. ;
Amsterdam :
John Benjamins
Discourse Analysis
Elaine Vaughan
(2012)
Discourse Analysis
In Research Methods and Methodologies in Education;
London :
SAGE
[ULIR]
How can teachers use a corpus for their own research?
Elaine Vaughan
(2010)
How can teachers use a corpus for their own research?
In The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics;
London :
Routledge
pp. 471-484
[ULIR]
Got a date or something?: An analysis of the role of humour and laughter in the workplace discourse of English language teachers.'
Elaine Vaughan
(2008)
Got a date or something?: An analysis of the role of humour and laughter in the workplace discourse of English language teachers.'
In Corpora and Discourse: The challenge of different settings;
Amsterdam :
John Benjamins
pp. 95-115
[ULIR]
Edited Books
Pragmatic Markers in Irish English
(2015)
Pragmatic Markers in Irish English
Carolina Amador-Moreno, Kevin McCafferty & Elaine Vaughan(Ed.)
Amsterdam :
John Benjamins
[ULIR]
Peer Reviewed Journals
Discourses of Tragedy: A comparative corpus-based study of the Berkeley balcony collapse and Carrickmines fire
Quinn, Fergal & Elaine Vaughan
(2019)
Discourses of Tragedy: A comparative corpus-based study of the Berkeley balcony collapse and Carrickmines fire
In Critical Discourse Studies;
pp. 330-346
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2019.1568895
Introduction
Hickey, Raymond & Elaine Vaughan
(2017)
Introduction
In World Englishes;
pp. 154-160
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12260
Vague category markers as turn-final items in Irish English
Vaughan, Elaine; Michael McCarthy & Brian Clancy
(2017)
Vague category markers as turn-final items in Irish English
In World Englishes;
pp. 208-223
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12254
Online student evaluations of teaching: what are we sacrificing for the affordances of technology?
Risquez, Angelica; Elaine Vaughan & Maura Murphy
(2015)
Online student evaluations of teaching: what are we sacrificing for the affordances of technology?
In Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education ;
Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group :
pp. 120-134
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2014.890695
In their shoes': exploring a modified approach to peer observation of teaching in a University setting
Kenny, A. D. Ní Chróinín, E. Mitchell, E. Vaughan & E. Murtagh
(2013)
In their shoes': exploring a modified approach to peer observation of teaching in a University setting
In Innovations In Education And Teaching International;
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2013.771971
Small corpora and pragmatics
Vaughan, Elaine & Brian Clancy
(2013)
Small corpora and pragmatics
In The Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics ;
[ULIR]
Pragmatics and Irish English
Vaughan, Elaine and Brian Clancy
(2011)
Pragmatics and Irish English
In English Today: The International Review of the English Language ;
pp. 47-52
I think we should just accept
our horrible lowly status: Analysing Teacher-Teacher Talk within the context of Community of Practice.'
Elaine Vaughan
(2007)
I think we should just accept
our horrible lowly status: Analysing Teacher-Teacher Talk within the context of Community of Practice.'
In Language Awareness;
pp. 173-189
[ULIR]
Conference Contributions
New Perspectives on Irish English (NPIE) 6
Clancy, Brian & Elaine Vaughan
(2020)
New Perspectives on Irish English (NPIE) 6
University of Vienna, Germany
Corpus Pragmatics
Amador-Moreno, Carolina; Brian Clancy and Elaine Vaughan
(2019)
Corpus Pragmatics
TU Dortmund, Germany
24th International Association for World Englishes
McCarthy, Michael; Brian Clancy & Elaine Vaughan
(2019)
24th International Association for World Englishes
Limerick, Ireland
CALS Annual Research Day
Amador-Moreno, Carolina; Brian Clancy and Elaine Vaughan
(2019)
CALS Annual Research Day
Limerick, Ireland
Always Different, Always the Same: A Symposium on The Fall
Vaughan, Elaine; Brian Clancy & Eoin Devereux
(2019)
Always Different, Always the Same: A Symposium on The Fall
Limerick, Ireland
23rd International Association for World Englishes
Vaughan, Elaine & Brian Clancy
(2018)
23rd International Association for World Englishes
Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
New Persepctives on Irish English 5
Vaughan, Elaine
(2018)
New Persepctives on Irish English 5
Potsdam University, Germany
American Association for Applied Linguistics
Moriarty, Máiréad & Elaine Vaughan
(2018)
American Association for Applied Linguistics
Chicago, IL
Language in the Media
Moriarty, Máiréad & Elaine Vaughan
(2017)
Language in the Media
University of the Western Cape, SA.
Sociological Association of Ireland
Quinn, Fergal & Elaine Vaughan
(2017)
Sociological Association of Ireland
Ulster University
Sociolinguistics Symposium 21
Vaughan, E. & M. Moriarty.
(2016)
Sociolinguistics Symposium 21
University of Murcia, Spain.
Journalism in Times of Crisis
Vaughan, Elaine & Fergal Quinn.
(2016)
Journalism in Times of Crisis
University of Limerick, Ireland.
Centre for Applied Language Studies Annual Research Day
Moriarty, M. & E. Vaughan.
(2016)
Centre for Applied Language Studies Annual Research Day
University of Limerick, Ireland.
Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
Vaughan, Elaine and Máiréad Moriarty
(2015)
Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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
University of Limerick
IVACS Annual International Symposium 2015
Vaughan, Elaine and Brian Clancy
(2015)
IVACS Annual International Symposium 2015
SCHM, Limerick
6th International Language in the Media Conference
Moriarty, Máiréad and Elaine Vaughan
(2015)
6th International Language in the Media Conference
University of Hamburg, Germany
14th International Pragmatics Association Conference
Vaughan, Elaine and Máiréad Moriarty
(2015)
14th International Pragmatics Association Conference
University of Antwerp, Belgium
14th International Pragmatics Association Conference
Vaughan, Elaine and Máiréad Moriarty
(2015)
14th International Pragmatics Association Conference
University of Antwerp, Belgium
New Perspectives on Irish English 3
Vaughan, Elaine & Máiréad Moriarty
(2015)
New Perspectives on Irish English 3
University of Limerick, Ireland
7th Biennial IVACS conference
Vaughan, Elaine and Brian Clancy
(2014)
7th Biennial IVACS conference
University of Newcastle
Sociolinguistics Symposium 20
Vaughan, Elaine and Brian Clancy
(2014)
Sociolinguistics Symposium 20
Univerity of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Sociolinguistics Symposium 20
Vaughan, Elaine and Máiréad Moriarty
(2014)
Sociolinguistics Symposium 20
Jyvaskyla, Finland
American Association of Corpus Linguistics
Vaughan, Elaine; Clancy, Brian
(2014)
American Association of Corpus Linguistics
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
New Perspectives on Irish English 2: A Focus on Corpora
Vaughan, Elaine & Brian Clancy
(2013)
New Perspectives on Irish English 2: A Focus on Corpora
University College Dublin
IVACS Annual International Symposium 2013
Moriarty, Máiréad & Vaughan, Elaine
(2013)
IVACS Annual International Symposium 2013
Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick
Sociolinguistics Symposium 19
Vaughan, Elaine and Mairead Moriarty
(2012)
Sociolinguistics Symposium 19
Freie Universität Berlin
The Sixth Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Group International Conference
Vaughan, Elaine & Elaine Riordan
(2012)
The Sixth Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Group International Conference
Leeds Metropolitan University
Discourse-Pragmatic Variation & Change (DiPVaC 2012)
Vaughan, Elaine and Brian Clancy
(2012)
Discourse-Pragmatic Variation & Change (DiPVaC 2012)
University of Manchester
InterVarietal Applied Corpus Studies Annual Symposium
Vaughan, Elaine
(2012)
InterVarietal Applied Corpus Studies Annual Symposium
University of Cambridge
NAIRTL 5th Annual Conference and Galway Symposium on Higher Education
O'Keeffe, Anne and Elaine Vaughan
(2011)
NAIRTL 5th Annual Conference and Galway Symposium on Higher Education
NUI Galway
4th International Language in the Media Conference
Vaughan, Elaine
(2011)
4th International Language in the Media Conference
University of Limerick
Book Reviews
Review: Aijmer, K. & Altenberg, B. (eds.) (2013). Advances in Corpus-based Contrastive Linguistics. Studies in honour of Stig Johansson. Amsterdam: John Benjamins
Vaughan, Elaine
(2015)
Review: Aijmer, K. & Altenberg, B. (eds.) (2013). Advances in Corpus-based Contrastive Linguistics. Studies in honour of Stig Johansson. Amsterdam: John Benjamins
In Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics;
Romero Trillo, Jesus(Ed.)
Springer
Review: Exploring English with Online Corpora (Anderson & Corbett, 2010)
Elaine Vaughan
(2010)
Review: Exploring English with Online Corpora (Anderson & Corbett, 2010)
Online Databases
EuroCoAT. The European Corpus of Academic Talk. http://www.eurocoat.es.
MacArthur, F.; Alejo, R.; Piquer-Piriz, A.; Amador-Moreno, C.; Littlemore, J.; Ädel, A.; Krennmayr, T.; Vaughan, E.
(2014)
EuroCoAT. The European Corpus of Academic Talk. http://www.eurocoat.es.