Dr Brian Clancy
Research interests
Corpus linguistics; corpus pragmatics; language varieties; Irish English; intimate discourse; academic writing.
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Recent publications:
Books
- O'Keeffe, B.Clancy and S. Adolphs, (2020). Introducing Pragmatics in Use. London: Routledge.
- Clancy, B. (2016). Investigating Intimate Discourse: Exploring the spoken interaction of families, couples and friends. London: Routledge.
Journal Articles
- Clancy, B., C. Amador-Moreno and E. Vaughan (2023). ‘There as a discourse-pragmatic marker in Irish English.’ Journal of Pragmatics, 218, 62-70.
- Clancy, B. (2018). ‘Conflict in corpora: Investigating family conflict using a corpus pragmatic approach.’ Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict, 6(2), 228-247.
- Vaughan, E., M. McCarthy and B. Clancy (2017). ‘Vague category markers as turn final items in Irish English.’ World Englishes, 36(2), 208-223.
Book Chapters
- Clancy, B. (2024). Language and Irish Travellers. In: R. Hickey (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Irish English. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 631-647.
- Clancy, B. and E. Vaughan (2023). Using corpus linguistics to interpret economic news texts. In: H. Silke, F. Quinn and M. Rieder (eds.), How to Read Economic News: A Critical Approach to Economic Journalism. London: Routledge, 166-191.
- Vaughan, E., B. Clancy and E. Devereux (2023). Searching for the right word or phrase that would send a chill up the spine: A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of Mark E. Smyth’s lyrics. In: E. Devereux and M. Power (eds), Always Different, Always the Same: Critical Essays on The Fall. London: Rowman & Littlefield, 149-170.
- Clancy, B. (2022). Building a corpus to represent a variety of a language. In: A. O’Keeffe and M. McCarthy (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics (2nd edition). London: Routledge, 62-74.
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