Centre for Language and Communication Studies: Recent submissions
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Clitic distribution and verb movement in the languages of Sicily
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2025)This thesis describes and analyses (i) Cinque's (1999) hierarchy, (ii) verb movement, and (iii) clitic placement in a selection of Italo-Romance languages spoken in Sicily (southern Italy). The local languages of Sicily I ... -
Lexical variation in Philippine English: The case of deontic MUST and HAVE TO
(2014)This paper investigates the synchronic nature of lexical variation in the deontic modality system of Philippine English (PhE). Focusing on MUST and HAVE TO, grammatical and frequency analyses of spoken and written texts ... -
Accent Modification as a Raciolinguistic Ideology: A Commentary in Response to Burda et al. (2022)
(2023)In this commentary, we collectively examine a recent article titled “Effectiveness of Intense Accent Modification Training with Refugees from Burma” by Burda et al. (2022). Whilst our response is aimed at revealing the ... -
Silent Harm: evidence-informed training for stakeholders working in interpreter-mediated gender-based violence settings
(2025)Discussion and disclosure of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV) remains taboo for many. DSGBV was spotlighted as a ‘shadow pandemic’ across the Covid-19 pandemic with significant increases in instances of ... -
Embedding Inclusive Gender Equality in an Academic Institution Over Time: A Case Study
(2025)This case study outlines and explores how we have leveraged a gender equality charter framework (Athena Swan) to progress and sustain culture and organisational change within a university context in Ireland. Addressing and ... -
Responding to the Irish Government's Announcement on the New Access and Work Scheme. A Human Rights Approach
(2025)Ireland continues to fail to uphold the human rights of deaf people. On 30th July 2024, Minister for social Protection launched the new Work and access Programme, which offers a set of supports to people with disabilities ... -
From UDL to AEN: Prospects of teaching and implementing new curricular languages in Irish schools
(2023)With the implementation of Languages Connect, Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education, four new foreign languages have been introduced into the Leaving Certificate curriculum, namely Polish, Lithuanian, ... -
Towards the design of iCALL tools for beginner Mandarin Chinese learners in Ireland
(Research-publishing.net, 2019)The teaching of spoken Chinese in the context of post-primary education in Ireland faces several complexities. Learners of Mandarin Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL), including both Irish and heritage learners, have ... -
The Development of Chinese Language Education in Ireland: Issues and Prospects
(2018)There has been a massive growth in trade and communication between Ireland and China in the past decade. Under such influence, Irish third level institutions have established Chinese or Chinese-related degree programmes, ... -
Adapting to Innovation: The changes of learners' Perceptions about the role of Generative AI in Chinese Language Learning within Irish Higher Education
(2024)This research delves into ChatGPT's integration as a Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) instrument in teaching Chinese as an Additional Language (CAL) in Irish Higher Education. Utilizing qualitative methods, ... -
Voice transforms for affect control in Irish speech synthesis
(2024)This paper reports on an experiment using voice transforms to alter the perceived affect in synthetic utterances of Irish, with a view to controlling affect in the spoken output of an Irish AAC device. The transforms ... -
English in the Connemara Gaeltacht: A Sociophonetic Study of Bilingual and Monolingual Speakers
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2025)This thesis presents a sociophonetic investigation of Connemara English, comparing the English of 12 native Irish speakers with that of 12 monolingual English speakers. It addresses a research gap in the study of Irish ... -
The representation of Global Englishes in English teaching and testing materials : an investigation of international textbooks and proficiency tests
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2017)This study investigated the representation of Global Englishes in three international textbooks and two international proficiency tests of English. The purpose was to investigate the materials' underlying framework of ... -
Rethinking Global Englishes and moving toward reparative redress for language-minoritized and racialized TESOL practitioners
(2024)In this article, I propose an ontological break in Global Englishes-oriented research and teaching practice, and a critical-ethical movement beyond the five foundational paradigms of GELT. I do this by first drawing on ... -
Cepstral Peak Prominence in normophonic Irish-English speaking adults: the effect of gender, age, speech task segmental composition, recording conditions and CPP extraction method
(2024)This paper reports Cepstral Peak Prominence (CPP) values for normophonic English speaking adults living in Ireland. A hundred vocally healthy adults (50 females, 50 males) aged 18-55 were audio recorded producing a series ... -
Cepstral peak prominence in normophonic adults: the effect of gender and speech task segmental composition
(2023)Cepstral Peak Prominence (CPP) is currently recommended for clinical use by speech and language therapists as an objective and robust measure of dysphonia. Its widespread use in clinic is stalled, however, by the relative ... -
An investigation of critical reflection as a pedagogical tool in a university-wide language programme
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2024)Critical reflection is widely accepted as a powerful pedagogical tool in the literature. Its development and practice are common in educational fields with a practicum element in their training, such as Medicine and Teacher ... -
Polish Complementary Schools in Ireland: Language, Heritage, Capital
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., TCD School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences, 2024)In recent decades, multiple cultures and languages have significantly enriched Irish society and classrooms due to increased inward migration. Many migrant families aim to maintain and transmit their linguistic and cultural ...
