Bhí grúpa breá sa tigh, agus bhí Caoimhín Ó Scanaill linn ar fhísghlao freisin dar ndóigh. Seo léiriú ar an meitheal atá de dhíth le tionscadal corpais a chur i gcrích, measaim féin.

This piece I wrote re what we can learn about body language from the US Presidential election is on RTÉ Brainstorm now. AppliedLinguisticsMIC Mary Immaculate College (MIC) MIC Research rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

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Check out our new book: Corpus Linguistics for Virtual Workplace Discourse. A team effort based on the IRC-AHRC-funded Digital Humanities IVO project

We are very proud of this book as it showcases our approach to understanding virtual meetings and provides a practical guide to those who may want to undertake similar studies. Routledge Books We are now Research Ireland Arts and Humanities Research Council

Delighted to be part of this

Out now! Good to work on this with Graham Burton and thanks to Scott Thornbury and Geraldine Mark 🇪🇺 for the kind words about the book.

Join us this Fri 7th Feb 13.00 GMT for another exciting talk in AppliedLinguisticsMIC Issues in Applied Linguistics 10th anniversary series mic.ul.ie/news/2025/mic-… with hugh dellar on Tackling new vocab in the classroom. Access at teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/…

Join us this Wed 5 March (at later time of 16.00GMT) for AppliedLinguisticsMIC Issues in Applied Linguistics 10th Anniversary webinar with Prof. Randi Reppen NAU on Using corpora to inform teaching and materials development: A look 10 years later. Access at teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/…

Delighted to be part of the inaugural Irish Studies in Asia conference @Kobe Gakuin University Japan. Thanks to Mark Donnellan and all the ISA committee for all the work in organising.

Here is the schedule for the MIC Department of English Language and Literature research day tomorrow. A lot of really interesting papers here. Thanks to Ailbhe McDaid for organising this.

Deadline for registration for the Register and task variation in Learner Corpus Research conference (VAR4LCR): 22 June 2025. Full programme available at uclouvain.be/en/research-in…

Delighted to announce the publication of my 9th book! “Corpus Linguistics for Language Learning Research” (Benjamins). I had the pleasure of co-authoring with Pascual Pérez-Paredes & Geraldine Mark. benjamins.com/catalog/rmal.1…

Save the date! 🗓️ We hope you will join us on 1–3 July 2026 for the 12th biennial Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies conference. Follow us here, or on Instagram / Facebook / LinkedIn (links below) and search #IVACS2026 for updates.

We’re officially one year away from #IVACS2026! Mark your calendars 🗓️ 1–3 July 2026 to join us for three packed days of innovation and impact in applied corpus studies research. 🌍📚 Venue, plenaries, and other details will be announced soon!

New Applied Linguistics PhD! Congrats to Emad Arvand who very successfully defended his thesis on Cooperative Principles & IELTS Listening Comprehension. Thanks to Examiners Prof. Pilar Safont, Universitat Jaume I, External, Dr Brian Clancy, Internal and Chair, Dr Deirdre Flynn.

The Limerick Corpus of spoken Irish English (LCIE) is now in Sketch Engine. Many thanks to Prof. Fiona Farr, University Of Limerick, and Prof. Anne O'Keeffe, Mary Immaculate College (MIC) & UL, for permission to include it. sketchengine.eu/limerick-corpu… #corpuslinguistics #textanalysis

📢 Free webinar series: Corpus Linguistics - Skills for the Future. Join Prof Tony McEnery for a critical reflection on current developments and challenges in the use of AI in #AppliedLinguistics. 📷 19 August 2025 | 2-3pm (UK time) 📷 forms.office.com/e/uppRBrE5AF Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster Uni

🎓Call for papers open! Submit your abstract by 9 January 2026 to join corpus linguistics researchers from around the world for #IVACS2026 . The conference will take place at the University of Malta in Valetta from 1 to 3 July 2026. ℹ️Details: um.edu.mt/events/ivacs20…

Graduation is always the best day of the academic year #MICGraduation