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  • Special Issue 13: More Papers on Irish English: 40 Years on
    Vol. 13 (2026)

  • TEANGA 32
    Vol. 32 (2025)

    Is cúis áthais don Fhoireann Eagarthóireachta an 32ú hEagrán den iris TEANGA a chur i láthair. Cuimsíonn an 15 pháipéar a chuirtear i dtoll a chéile san eagrán seo réimse leathan an taighde chomhaimseartha sa Teangeolaíocht Fheidhmeach in Éirinn agus níos faide i gcéin. Cé go bhfuil raidhse topaicí faoi chaibidil san eagrán seo, tháinig ceithre mhórthéama chun cinn: fírinní sóisialta agus dioscúrsa, malairtí agus cleachtais teanga, oideachas trí mheán na Gaeilge, agus comhthéacsanna foghlama teangacha. Leagtar béim ar an teannas idir dhioscúrsaí dlíthiúla, scolártha agus poiblí agus orthu siúd a mbíonn a gcuid féiniúlachta sainnithe agus ceistithe ag na fírinní sóisialta agus dioscúrsa céanna sa trí pháipéar a thagann faoin gcéad téama, fírinní sóisialta agus dioscúrsa. Tagann ceithre pháipéar faoi scáth an dara téama, malairtí agus cleachtais teangacha. Léirítear an chaoi a mbíonn ról ríthábhachtach idirphearsanta agus ídé-eolaíoch ag cinntí teangeolaíochta amhail códmhalartú/ trasteangú agus úsáid sainteangacha ainmnithe. Díríonn an tríú téama ar an oideachas trí mheán na Gaeilge agus áirítear ceithre pháipéar faoin téama seo. Tugtar léargas ar na ceisteanna reatha sa réimse maidir le hoideolaíoch agus le hionchuimsiú sa tumoideachas. Ar deireadh, rangaítear ceithre pháipéar faoin téama deiridh, comhthéacsanna foghlama teangacha, agus cíortar an t-idirghníomhú idir chomhthéacsanna éagsúla agus an ról gníomhach a bhíonn ag foghlaimeoirí sna comhthéacsanna sin. Ar an iomlán, tugann na páipéir seo uile léargas dúinn ar na slite ina múnlaítear teangacha taobh istigh de réimsí pearsanta, institiúideacha agus ídé-eolaocha an tsaoil. Cuirtear i gcuimhne dúinn nach feiniméin aonair iad teangacha, ach ina áit sin, is féidir a mhaoímh gur trí stair a mhúnlaítear teangacha, gur sna seomraí ranga a chuirtear i bhfeidhm iad, agus gur trí thaithí saoil na bhfoghlaimeoirí agus na gcainteoirí a mhaireann siad.

    The Editorial Team is honoured to introduce the 32nd issue of TEANGA. The 15 papers brought together here reflect the breadth, depth, and evolving character of contemporary Applied Linguistics research in Ireland and beyond. While the topics of the studies are wide ranging, four thematic clusters emerge: discourses and social realities; variation and language practices; Irish-medium education; and language learning contexts. The three papers which constitute the discourses and social realities cluster foreground tensions between legal, scholarly and public discourses and those whose identities are framed and contested by them. The second theme variation and language practices consists of four papers which reveal how linguistic choices such as code-switching/translanguaging and the use of specific named languages perform crucial interpersonal and ideological work. The third theme turns to Irish-medium education and comprises four papers. Together they reflect ongoing questions regarding pedagogy and inclusion within immersion education. Finally, the last thematic cluster assembles four papers focusing on language learning contexts exploring the interplay of differential contexts and learners’ active engagement in them. Collectively, these studies shed light on how language is shaped within the intimate, the institutional, and the ideological domains reminding us that linguistic phenomena do not exist in isolation: rather, they are embedded in communities, shaped by histories, enacted in classrooms, and lived through the experiences of learners and speakers.

    The Editors:

    Anne Marie Devlin, Katie Ní Loingsigh, T.J. Ó Ceallaigh and Aisling O’Donnell

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    Teanga 31
    Vol. 31 (2024)

    Is mór an onóir é don Fhoireann Eagarthóireachta nua an 31ú heagrán den iris TEANGA a chur i láthair agus clochmhíle thábhachtach á chéiliúradh againn: comóradh cúig bliana daichead na hirise. Bliain bhisiúil agus thairbheach ab ea í dúinn mar eagarthóirí, agus tá ríméad orainn i ngeall ar an líon mór páipéar ar ardchaighdeán a fuarthas i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla. Léiriú ar dhíogras agus ar dhúthracht iar-eagarthoirí na hirise is ea rannpháirtíocht láidir an phobail léinn. Ba dhíol béime acu go ndéanfaí an iontaofacht agus an tsoiléireacht a chur chun cinn, ar dlúthchodanna den iris iad. Ba mhaith linn buíochas ó chroí a ghabháil leis na hiar-eagarthóirí as an tacaíocht leanúnach a thug siad dúinn agus sinn ag dul i ngleic lenár gcúraimí úra mar eagarthóirí. Chuir an tacaíocht seo ar ár gcumas tógáil ar an mbonn láidir acadúil a leagadh síos go nuige seo. Déanfaimid ár ndícheall na hardchaighdeáin a leagadh síos roimhe seo a choimeád. Airítear páipéar tosaigh, deich bpáipéar taighde agus léirmheas leabhair amháin in eagrán reatha na hirise. Cé go gcuimsítear réimse leathan ábhar anseo, is féidir scagadh a dhéanamh ar na páipéir de réir dhá mhórchatagóir, catagóir atá fós comhlántach lena chéile mar sin féin  – cleachtais teanga agus oideachas teanga.

    As the new Editorial Team, it is our honour to both introduce the 31st issue of TEANGA and to celebrate an important milestone: the journal’s 45th anniversary. It has been a dynamic and rewarding year since we assumed our roles, and we are thrilled by the volume and quality of submissions received in both Irish and English. This strong engagement from the scholarly community is a testament to the hard work of our predecessors, who have advanced the journal’s commitment to scientific rigour and international visibility. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the outgoing team for all their support and for making the transition so smooth which enabled us to build upon a solid foundation of excellence. We will strive to maintain the high standards set by them. The current issue includes one introductory paper, ten research papers and one book review. While the content of the research papers is wide ranging, it can be broken down into two broad, yet complementary categories – language practices and language education.

    The Editors:

    Anne Marie Devlin, Katie Ní Loingsigh, T.J. Ó Ceallaigh and Aisling O’Donnell

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    Teanga 30
    Vol. 30 (2023)

    Tá 44 bliain ann ó bunaíodh Teanga agus is í seo an uimhir dheireanach dúinne mar fhoireann eagarthóireachta. Bhí tréimhse trí bliana eachtrúil agus iontach againn agus muid ag féachaint le hiontaofacht eolaíochta na hirise a chothú, comhoibriú idirnáisiúnta a chinntiú agus tacú le saothrú na Gaeilge mar theanga atá in oiriúint don scaipeadh agus don mhalartú acadúil. In 2020 glacadh le Teanga in Scopus, déantar tagairt dá cuid páipéar go forleathan anois, tá tarraingt ag líon nach beag údar ón tír seo ar an iris agus tá méadú tagtha ar líon na n-údar idirnáisiúnta. San uimhir reatha gheofar eochairpháipéar, páipéar iarrtha, 7 bpáipéar taighde, tuarascáil tionscadail agus 2 léirmheas leabhair. Cuimsíonn na páipéir réimse na Teangeolaíochta Feidhmí agus disciplíní agus fodhisciplíní gaolmhara — Béarla mar Lingua Franca, sochtheangeolaíocht, oideachas teanga agus beartas teanga san áireamh.

    This year is the 44th anniversary of Teanga, and our last issue as an editorial team. It has been a busy and wonderful three years where we have tried to continue to shape Teanga, keeping its scientific rigour, and ensuring international collaborations while empowering the role of Irish as a language of academic dissemination and exchange. Teanga was accepted into Scopus in 2020, its papers are now widely referenced, and our annual volume attracts a healthy number of national and increasingly international authors.  The current issue includes one keynote paper, one invited article, seven research articles, one project report and two book reviews. The content of these pieces encompasses Applied Linguistics and a range of related disciplines and subdisciplines including English as a Lingua Franca, sociolinguistics, language education, and language policy.

    The Editors:

    Jennifer Bruen, Inmaculada Gómez Soler, Siobhán Ní Laoire, Lucía Pintado Gutiérrez

  • Teanga 29
    Vol. 29 (2022)

    The Teanga Editorial Team is delighted to present Teanga 29. In keeping with the Teanga tradition and ethos, this volume includes contributions by both early-career and established academics and researchers, with two of the research articles written in the Irish language and four in the English language. The topics explored in Teanga 29 include new developments in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Companion Volume, the potentially transformative impact of virtual exchange, the place of culture in language learning, the use of corrective feedback in immersion contexts, the experience of pupils with special educational needs also in language immersion contexts, (diachronic) corpus linguistics, global English and attitudes towards multilingualism. 

    Tá foireann eagarthóireachta Teanga ríméadach as Teanga 29 a chur i láthair. Mar is dual do thraidisiún agus d’éiteas na hirise tá ábhar anseo i nGaeilge (dhá alt taighde) agus i mBéarla (ceithre alt taighde). I measc na n-údar tá idir scoláirí agus lucht taighde bunaithe agus luath ina ngairmréimeanna araon. Cíortar na topaicí seo a leanas i Teanga 29: forbairtí nua i gComhchreat Tagartha na hEorpa um Theangacha, éifeacht bhunathraitheach fhéideartha a ghabhann le malartú fíorúil, áit an chultúir i bhfoghlaim teangacha, aiseolas ceartaitheach i gcomhthéacsanna thumoideachais, taithí dhaltaí le sainriachtanais oideachais i gcomhthéacsanna thumoideachais, teangeolaíocht chorpais dhiacronach, Béarla domhanda agus dearcthaí i leith ilteangachais.

    DOI: 10.35903/teanga.v29i

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    Teanga 28
    Vol. 28 (2021)

    Teanga 28 was published on the 23rd November, 2021. Its ten research articles, two reports and one invited paper cover a range of core issues in the field of applied linguistics. These include language policy, language and technology, language teaching and learning, sign bilingualism and sign language, language and gender, and corpus linguistics. This issue continues Teanga's proud tradition of publishing articles in both the Irish and English languages. Teanga 28 is the first annual volume under the new editorial team of  Jennifer Bruen, Inmaculada Gómez Soler, Siobhán Ní Laoire and Lucía Pintado Gutiérrez.

    Foilsíodh Teanga 28 i Mí na Samhna 2021. Clúdaíonn na páipéir atá ann (deich n-alt taighde, dhá thuarascáil agus páipéar ar cuireadh) réimse croí-cheisteanna i ngort na teangeolaíochta feidhmí. Orthu sin tá polasaí teanga, teanga agus teicneolaíocht, múineadh agus foghlaim teanga, dátheangachas comharthaíochta agus teanga chomharthaíochta, teanga agus inscne agus teangeolaíocht chorpais. Leanann an t-eagrán seo de nós seanbhunaithe na hirise ailt a fhoilsiú i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla araon. Is é Teanga 28 an chéad eagrán bliantiúil faoi fhoireann nua eagarthóireachta Jennifer Bruen, Inmaculada Gómez Soler, Siobhán Ní Laoire agus Lucía Pintado Gutiérrez.

    DOI: 10.35903/teanga.v28i

  • Leaba Cailleach - Witch's Grave. Photo Anne Marie Devlin

    Special Issue 12: (dis)Covering Discourses in Ireland
    Vol. 12 (2021)

    This special issue of TEANGA, the Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, focuses on recent and momentous discourses of Ireland. It brings together papers from scholars who discuss and challenge discourses in various fields such as politics, identity, gender, health and migration.  What all the researchers and the papers share is their methodological approach and their common interest in discourse analysis: each employing methods of discourse analysis / critical discourse analysis from their own disciplinary perspectives. 

    Special Edition Editors: Anne Marie Devlin, Barbara Siller, Sara Lis Ventura

    Journal Editors: Jennifer Bruen, Inmaculada Gómez Soler, Siobhán Ní Laoire, Lucía Pintado Gutiérrez 

  • Special Issue 11: Special edition on Irish Sign Language
    Vol. 11 (2020)

    This special issue of TEANGA, the Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, focusses on the linguistics and applied linguistics of Irish Sign Language (ISL). These papers are significant as they show the breadth of ISL research underway in Ireland. Several of these papers were presented at the inaugural Irish Deaf Research Conference on Irish Sign Language and Deafness in November 2018.

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    Special Issue 10: Multilingualism in the Early Years
    Vol. 10 (2019)

    This special edition of TEANGA, the Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, contains selected papers from the Multilingualism in the Early Years conference held in the Dublin Institute of Technology in May 2017. The conference brought together people from diverse disciplines such as early childhood education and applied linguistics in order to discuss multilingual pedagogies, research and issues. The papers included in this special edition reflect the conference's diversity and highlight the depth and breadth of this burgeoning interdisciplinary field.

    Tá rogha páipéar ón gcomhdháil ar Ilteangachas sna Luathbhlianta a bhí ar siúl in Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath i mí Bealtaine 2017 ar fáil san eagrán speisialta seo de TEANGA, Iris Chumann na Teangeolaíochta Feidhmí. Bhí sé d’aidhm ag an gcomhdháil daoine ó dhisciplíní éagsúla a thabhairt le chéile, oideachas na luath-óige agus an teangeolaíocht fheidhmeach san áireamh, chun plé a dhéanamh ar oideolaíochtaí ilteangacha, ar thaighde is ar cheisteanna éagsúla. Léiríonn na páipéir san eagrán speisialta seo ilghnéitheacht na comhdhála agus doimhneacht agus leithead an réimse idirdhisciplínigh bhisiúil seo.

     Special Edition editors: Máire Mhic Mhathúna (Technological University Dublin) and Sarah O’Brien (Trinity College Dublin). Journal editors: Stephen Lucek, Colin Flynn and Úna Bhreathnach.

    This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. ISSN: 2565-6325.

  • TEANGA 27
    Vol. 27 (2020)

    Volume 27, published in November 2020, covers language and education policy, teaching methods, immersion education, special needs education and forensic phonetics. There is a focus on the Irish language with discussion of immersion education, language models/ideologies, sources of self-efficacy in language learning and use, and text-to-speech synthesis, as well as Gaeltacht education. This issue contains nine research articles, one project report and two book reviews. The editors are Stephen Lucek, Colin Flynn and Úna Bhreathnach. TEANGA 27 is the journal’s third (and last) issue under the current Editorship.

    Foilsíodh Imleabhar 27 i mí na Samhna 2020. Clúdaíonn sé polasaithe teanga agus oideachais, modhanna teagaisc, an tumoideachas, oideachas do riachtanais speisialta, agus an fhoghraíocht fhóiréinseach. Dírítear ar an nGaeilge agus plé á dhéanamh ar an tumoideachas; ar mhúnlaí agus idé-eolaíochtaí teanga; ar fhoinsí féin-éifeachtúileachta i bhfoghlaim agus in úsáid teanga; ar shintéis téacs-go-hurlabhra; agus ar an oideachas Gaeltachta. Tá naoi bpáipéar taighde san eagrán seo, tuairisc tionscadail amháin, agus dhá léirmheas leabhar.  Is iad Stephen Lucek, Colin Flynn agus Úna Bhreathnach na heagarthóirí. ‘Sé TEANGA 27 an tríú eagrán faoi na heagarthóirí reatha, agus an ceann deireanach. 

    This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. ISSN: 2565-6325.

     

  • TEANGA 26
    Vol. 26 (2019)

    Volume 26, launched at the IRAAL annual conference in the National University of Ireland, Galway on 30 November 2019, covers machine translation, student language learning, and language maintenance. There is a focus on the Languages Connect Strategy with two papers and one project report. There are also reviews of four books. The editors are Stephen Lucek, Colin Flynn and Úna Bhreathnach.

    Seoladh Imleabhar 26 ag comhdháil bhliantúil IRAAL in Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, ar 30 Samhain 2019. Cuimsíonn sé na topaicí seo: an ríomhaistriúchán, foghlaim teanga na mac léinn, agus cothú teanga. Dírítear ar Straitéis Déanann Teangacha Nasc, le dhá pháipéar agus tuairisc tionscadail amháin. Déantar léirmheas ar cheithre leabhar, freisin, dhá cheann acu i nGaeilge. Is iad Stephen Lucek, Colin Flynn agus Úna Bhreathnach na heagarthóirí.

    This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. ISSN: 2565-6325.

  • TEANGA 25
    Vol. 25 (2018)

    Issue 25, launched at the IRAAL annual conference in Dublin City University on 24 November 2018, covers the topics of Second Language Acquisition, First Language Acquisition, Pragmatics, Bilingualism, Language Policy, Multimedia Language Learning, and Immersion Education. A guest paper by David Singleton (recently conferred with AILA Lifetime Honorary Membership) covers ‘Multilingualism, multi-competence and (limits to) the interaction between language systems in the mind’. There are also reviews of two books. The editors are Stephen Lucek, Colin Flynn and Úna Bhreathnach.

    Seoladh Eagrán 25 ag comhdháil bhliantúil IRAAL in Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath ar 24 Samhain 2018. Cuimsíonn sé na topaicí seo: Sealbhú Dara Teanga, Sealbhú Céad Teanga, Pragmataic, Dátheangachas, Polasaí Teanga, Foghlaim Ilmheáin Teanga, agus Tumoideachas. Pléann aoipháipéar le David Singleton (ar bronnadh ballraíocht oinigh saoil in AILA air le gairid) an t-ilteangachas, an il-inniúlacht agus na teorannacha atá leis an idirghníomhaíocht idir córais teanga san intinn. Déantar léirmheas ar dhá leabhar freisin. Is iad Stephen Lucek, Colin Flynn agus Úna Bhreathnach na heagarthóirí.

    This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. ISSN: 2565-6325.

  • TEANGA 24
    Vol. 24 (2016)

    A special issue with nine contributions, by Patrick Farren & Eugene McKendry, Eugene McKendry, Andrzej Cirocki & Aleksandra Arceusz, Anna Nunan, Charlotte Conneely, Arnd Witte & Annelie Eberhardt, Pádraig Ó Duibhir, Emma Riordan and Máirín Nic Eoin.

    Edited by Patrick Farren, Mairead Moriarty, Eugene McKendry, Muiris O'Laoire, Pádraig Ó Duibhir, Maire Ni Laoire, Emma Riordan, Colin Flynn, Conny Opitz, Mary Ruane, Susanna Nocchi and Lorna Carson.

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    TEANGA 23
    Vol. 23 (2008)

    Eight guest-edited articles discussing various aspects of learning German as a foreign language, such as motivation and confidence among first year university learners, the impact of computer use on revision behaviour in written work, learning and teaching writing for Junior Certificate learners, and the teaching and learning of noun gender.

    This Volume contains papers written in 2005. It was published in hard copy in 2008. It was scanned (and its metadata digitised) by Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU, and made available online in 2019. ISSN: 0332 205X

    Editor: Jeffrey L. Kallen, Trinity College Dublin

    Guest Editor: Arnd Witte, National University of Ireland, Maynooth

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    TEANGA 22
    Vol. 22 (2007)

    Eleven articles discussing the pedagogical environment of paper-based and online media, thematic integration of translation texts, the experience and motivation of third-level learners of French, Irish English and ELT, German in the Northern Ireland curriculum, idioms in an Irish soap opera, varieties of Irish English, language attitudes and use in Galicia, attitudes towards trilingualism in Ireland and the Basque Country, and the discourse of midwifery. Editor: Jeffrey L Kallen.

    This Volume contains papers written in 2003-4. It was published in hard copy in 2007. It was scanned (and its metadata digitised) by Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU, and made available online in 2019.

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    TEANGA 21
    Vol. 21 (2004)

    Eight guest-edited articles focused on various aspects of corpus linguistics, including the Limerick Corpus of Irish English, multi-word clusters in spoken English, personal pronouns, grades and changes in student academic writing, discourse features in spoken Burmese, adult literacy learners’ experience of spoken and written ellipsis, semi-specialized corpora of written French in language learning, exchange in family discourse, and intonation of declarative-mood questions in Hong Kong English.

    This Volume contains papers written in 2002, arising from the first international Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) conference in the University of Limerick. It was published in hard copy in 2004. It was scanned (and its metadata digitised) by Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU, and made available online in 2019. ISSN: 0332 205X

    Editor: Jeffrey L. Kallen, Trinity College Dublin

    Guest Editors: Fiona Farr, University of Limerick;  Anne O'Keefe, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick.

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    TEANGA 20
    Vol. 20 (2004)

    Ten articles which discuss foreign language and culture teaching, learners’ strategies for achieving high levels of oral proficiency, development of verb morphology in advanced study abroad learners, EFL pronunciation plateauing, multimedia in second language language learning, humour in Irish and American television comedies, the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, human and linguistic rights, language attitudes in Brittany, and two book reviews.

    This Volume contains papers written in 2001-2. It was published in hard copy in 2004. It was scanned (and its metadata digitised) by Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU, and made available online in 2020.

    Editor: Jeffrey L. Kallen, Trinity College Dublin