Biography
Veronica O'Regan received a PhD in German Literature from the National University of Ireland (Cork) and is a lecturer in German at the School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, University of Limerick since 1994. She is a member of the Centre for Applied Language Studies and the Centre for Irish-German Studies. Her research interests include second language acquisition & study abroad, critical discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, intercultural media relations, post-war German literature and stylistics. Among her recent publications is: Veronica O'Regan and Elaine Riordan. 2018. 'Comparing the representation of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in the Irish and UK press: A corpus-based critical discourse analysis'. Journal of Language & Politics, 17 (6), 744-769.
Research Interests
Research interests include second language acquisition & study abroad, critical discourse analysis, intercultural media discourse, corpus linguistics, post-war German literature and stylistics.
Teaching Interests
My teaching interests include German and Swiss literature, culture and society; translation theory and practice and teaching German as a foreign language.
Professional Activities
Committee
- FAHSS Research Ethics Committee,
Publications
Book
Book Chapter
Contextualising Ireland and the Irish in Germany - Reception and Perception
Claire O'Reilly and Veronica O'Regan
Ireland and the Irish in Germany: Reception and Perception
'Typisch schweizeric': Foreign nationals and the speeding phenomenon in the Swiss press
Veronica O'Regan and Patrick Studer
From the Margins to the Centre: Irish Perspectives on Swiss Culture and Literature
'Muendige Buerger': German-Swiss Media Representation of Ireland's Rejection of the Nice Treaty
Veronica O'Regan
Beziehungen und Identitaeten: Oesterreich, Irland und die Schweiz
The Ideology of Consensus in Swiss Media Representation of Northern Ireland
Veronica O'Regan
Yearbook of the Centre for Irish-German Studies
Edited Book
Peer Reviewed Journal
Comparing the Representation of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants in the Irish and UK Press: A Corpus-Based Critical Discourse Analysis
Veronica O'Regan and Elaine Riordan
Journal Of Language And Politics
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.17043.ore
'The spoilt children of Europe': German press coverage of the Nice Treaty referenda in Ireland
Helen Kelly-Holmes and Veronica O'Regan
Journal Of Language And Politics
Utopian Impulses at the Level of Narrative Discourse in Ingeborg Bachmann's 'Simultan'.
Veronica O'Regan
Sprachkunst