Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Limerick, Lecturer at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.
Limerick, Ireland
Joined June 2018
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Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
How to write a 19th century threatening letter. @WriteStuffChris @MICLimerick on how tens of thousands of threatening letters from the likes of Captain Rock, Killman and Slasher were sent directly to victims or posted in public spaces for all to see rte.ie/brainstorm/2026/0210/…
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
Why do some words give us the ick? A new #RTEBrainstorm podcast🎧 based on a piece by
@WriteStuffChris @MICLimerick & voiced by Niamh McManus - now available wherever you get your podcasts and at rte.ie/brainstorm/2026/0130/…
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
Ireland & Plain Language: Post about historical & practical reasons for legalese, some understandable and others less so. Still its use raises questions about accessibility and fairness. @rtenews post by @WriteStuffChris of @MICLimerick & @UL
rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0929/…
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
🎓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/ivacs2026/c…
ALT The image text reads that the IVACS Biennial Conference will be held at the University of Malta, Valetta, from the first to the third of July 2026. The image in the background is of Valetta Harbour.
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
The curse of legalese: why don't solicitors use plain English? While there are historical and practical reasons for legalese, its continued use raises questions about accessibility and fairness, writes @WriteStuffChris @MICLimerick rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0929/…
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
Out in the world and 30% off in our wider Back To University sale. Find out more: bloomsbury.com/linguistics-a…
This book is published today. @BloomsburyLing @BloomsburyAcad
Chapters from international oral history practioners and academics and linguists, each underscoring the parallels between the two disciplines.
Link to site and widget in comments.
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
Call for Papers!
IVACS 2026 in Malta!
um.edu.mt/events/ivacs2026/
Abstract submission opens: 1 October 2025
Abstract submission deadline: 9 January 2026 (23:59 UTC)
Paper, colloquia and poster abstracts should be submitted to [email protected].
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
'Howya lads': how we greet our friends & acquaintances. New #RTEBrainstorm podcast based on a piece by @WriteStuffChris @MICLimerick & voiced by Niamh McManus - now available wherever you get your podcasts & at rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0725/…
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
Join us this Wed. 26 Feb. 13.00 GMT for @MICLinguistics Tenth Anniversary Issues in Applied Linguistics series with Prof. Ivor Timmis on ‘Writing upwards’ in letters by the poor and desperate, c.1770-1840.
No need to register! - Access at:
teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup…
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
We have extended the deadline for our call for participation for our 2025 annual meeting in Limerick until Friday 7th March. Check out our website for more information oralhistorynetworkireland.ie… #OralHistory #cfp #Limerick
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
Don't forget to join us Wed 19 Feb 13.00GMT for Issues in Applied Linguistics @MICLinguistics 10th anniversary series webinar from @GelMMark looking at authenticity in language learning materials 10 years on and impact of AI. Access at teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup…
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
The call for participation for our 2025 annual meeting, taking place in the Absolute Hotel Limerick June 13-14 is now open. The theme is 'What we say and how we say it: exploring words, silences and language in oral history’. Register now oralhistorynetworkireland.ie… #OralHistory
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
It’s 10th Anniversary of @MICLinguistics Issues in AL series featuring speakers from our very first series! First up Prof. Antoinette Camilleri-Grima, University of Malta on Linguistic Landscape in Language Education 13.00 GMT Wed 29 Jan.
Access at teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup…
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
'Howya lads': the way we greet each other provides a fascinating window into Irish culture, society and language. By @WriteStuffChris @MICLimerick rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0106/…
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
Check out our new book: Corpus Linguistics for Virtual Workplace Discourse. A team effort based on the IRC-AHRC-funded Digital Humanities IVO project
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
Our @IJCL_journal special issue on ‘Corpus Approaches to Business Communication’ is now fully complete! With thanks to my co-editor @susanne_kopf and the wonderful authors who produced 5 great papers. Check them out here: benjamins.com/catalog/ijcl.2…
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
18 November, an open lecture on "Interdisciplinary Digital Humanities: Applying Digital Linguistics Techniques to Oral History Collections" by Dr. Chris Fitzgerald @WriteStuffChris at Voices Unbound Seminar Series.
Time: 14:25 (CET)
Registration: online, shorturl.at/QAS71
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
Out today: "Indicating engagement in online workplace meetings: The role of backchannelling head nods"
by @nottyknight, @Anne0Keeffe, @GelMMark, @WriteStuffChris, Justin McNamara, @SvenjaUK, Benjamin Cowan, Tania Fahey Palma, @fionafarr1 & @speraldi
jbe-platform.com/content/jou…
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
Delighted to see our chapter on Irish political language during Covid published.
Many thanks to co-author @WriteStuffChris of @MICLinguistics, and very grateful to @FernandoLSolis in @uwslangstesol and @UniWestScotland for the opportunity to contribute.
link.springer.com/book/10.10…
Dr Chris Fitzgerald retweeted
Come and join us in @slcl @ucddublin
We are nice and cool and like to think we are innovative too 😊
Lecturer/Assistant Professor in #Linguistics (#Phonetics and #Phonology) at University College Dublin jobs.ac.uk/job/DIA027/lectur…