Dr. Elaine Vaughan
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
Professional Activities
Association
- Member , International Association for World Englishes
- Member , Centre for Applied Language Studies
- Member , Intervarietal Applied Corpus Studies
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. Critical Discourse Studies :330-346
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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?. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education :120-134
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Small corpora and pragmatics
Vaughan, Elaine & Brian Clancy (2013) Small corpora and pragmatics. The Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics
Read moreIn 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. Innovations In Education And Teaching International
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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
Read moreI 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.'. Language Awareness :173-189
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Book Chapters
Multifunctional 'well': Findings and Implications for EFL
Ruhlemann, Christoph & Vaughan, Elaine (2022) Multifunctional 'well': Findings and Implications for EFL. Abingdon : Routledge Multifuntionality in English. Corpora, Language and Academic Literacy Pedagogy :181-204
Read moreDiscourse Analysis
Vaughan, Elaine (2021) Discourse Analysis. London : SAGE Research Methods and Methodologies in Education. Third Edition. :314-327
Read moreIt'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. Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter Irish Identities. Sociolinguistic Perspectives :198-219
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Sociolinguistic Information and Irish English Corpora
Vaughan, Elaine & Brian Clancy (2016) Sociolinguistic Information and Irish English Corpora . Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan Sociolinguistics in Ireland :365-388
Read moreDeveloping 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 . Athlone, Ireland : EDIN Publications Emerging Issues in Higher Education III :29-41
Read moreIt'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. . Amsterdam : John Benjamins New Perspectives on Irish English.
Read moreDiscourse Analysis
Elaine Vaughan (2012) Discourse Analysis. London : SAGE Research Methods and Methodologies in Education
Read moreHow can teachers use a corpus for their own research?
Elaine Vaughan (2010) How can teachers use a corpus for their own research? . London : Routledge The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics :471-484
Read moreGot 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.'. Amsterdam : John Benjamins Corpora and Discourse: The challenge of different settings :95-115
Read moreEdited Books
Pragmatic Markers in Irish English
(2015) Pragmatic Markers in Irish English. Amsterdam : John Benjamins
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Conference Publications
Conference Contributions
Discourse-Pragmatic Variation and Change 5
Amador-Moreno, Carolina, Brian Clancy & Elaine Vaughan (2021) Discourse-Pragmatic Variation and Change 5.
Read moreNew Perspectives on Irish English (NPIE) 6
Clancy, Brian & Elaine Vaughan (2020) New Perspectives on Irish English (NPIE) 6.
Read moreCALS Annual Research Day
Amador-Moreno, Carolina; Brian Clancy and Elaine Vaughan (2019) CALS Annual Research Day.
Read moreAlways 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.
Read moreCorpus Pragmatics
Amador-Moreno, Carolina; Brian Clancy and Elaine Vaughan (2019) Corpus Pragmatics.
Read more24th International Association for World Englishes
McCarthy, Michael; Brian Clancy & Elaine Vaughan (2019) 24th International Association for World Englishes.
Read moreAmerican Association for Applied Linguistics
Moriarty, Máiréad & Elaine Vaughan (2018) American Association for Applied Linguistics .
Read more23rd International Association for World Englishes
Vaughan, Elaine & Brian Clancy (2018) 23rd International Association for World Englishes .
Read moreNew Persepctives on Irish English 5
Vaughan, Elaine (2018) New Persepctives on Irish English 5.
Read moreSociological Association of Ireland
Quinn, Fergal & Elaine Vaughan (2017) Sociological Association of Ireland .
Read moreJournalism in Times of Crisis
Vaughan, Elaine & Fergal Quinn. (2016) Journalism in Times of Crisis .
Read moreCentre for Applied Language Studies Annual Research Day
Moriarty, M. & E. Vaughan. (2016) Centre for Applied Language Studies Annual Research Day.
Read moreSociolinguistics Symposium 21
Vaughan, E. & M. Moriarty. (2016) Sociolinguistics Symposium 21.
Read more14th International Pragmatics Association Conference
Vaughan, Elaine and Máiréad Moriarty (2015) 14th International Pragmatics Association Conference.
Read moreNew Perspectives on Irish English 3
Vaughan, Elaine & Máiréad Moriarty (2015) New Perspectives on Irish English 3.
Read moreNew 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.
Read moreIrish Association for Applied Linguistics
Vaughan, Elaine and Máiréad Moriarty (2015) Irish Association for Applied Linguistics.
Read moreIVACS Annual International Symposium 2015
Vaughan, Elaine and Brian Clancy (2015) IVACS Annual International Symposium 2015.
Read more6th International Language in the Media Conference
Moriarty, Máiréad and Elaine Vaughan (2015) 6th International Language in the Media Conference.
Read more14th International Pragmatics Association Conference
Vaughan, Elaine and Máiréad Moriarty (2015) 14th International Pragmatics Association Conference.
Read moreAmerican Association of Corpus Linguistics
Vaughan, Elaine; Clancy, Brian (2014) American Association of Corpus Linguistics.
Read more7th Biennial IVACS conference
Vaughan, Elaine and Brian Clancy (2014) 7th Biennial IVACS conference.
Read moreSociolinguistics Symposium 20
Vaughan, Elaine and Brian Clancy (2014) Sociolinguistics Symposium 20.
Read moreSociolinguistics Symposium 20
Vaughan, Elaine and Máiréad Moriarty (2014) Sociolinguistics Symposium 20.
Read moreNew Perspectives on Irish English 2: A Focus on Corpora
Vaughan, Elaine & Brian Clancy (2013) New Perspectives on Irish English 2: A Focus on Corpora.
Read moreIVACS Annual International Symposium 2013
Moriarty, Máiréad & Vaughan, Elaine (2013) IVACS Annual International Symposium 2013.
Read moreDiscourse-Pragmatic Variation & Change (DiPVaC 2012)
Vaughan, Elaine and Brian Clancy (2012) Discourse-Pragmatic Variation & Change (DiPVaC 2012).
Read moreInterVarietal Applied Corpus Studies Annual Symposium
Vaughan, Elaine (2012) InterVarietal Applied Corpus Studies Annual Symposium.
Read moreSociolinguistics Symposium 19
Vaughan, Elaine and Mairead Moriarty (2012) Sociolinguistics Symposium 19.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreNAIRTL 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.
Read more4th International Language in the Media Conference
Vaughan, Elaine (2011) 4th International Language in the Media Conference.
Read morePublished Reports
Editorials
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 . : Springer Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics
Read moreReview: Exploring English with Online Corpora (Anderson & Corbett, 2010)
Elaine Vaughan (2010) Review: Exploring English with Online Corpora (Anderson & Corbett, 2010).
Read moreOther Publications
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 . : Springer Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics
Read moreEuroCoAT. 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..
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Elaine Vaughan (2010) Review: Exploring English with Online Corpora (Anderson & Corbett, 2010).
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