IRAAL Annual Conference 2025
Linguistics in Ireland:
Reflecting on the past, looking to the future
Celebrating 50 years of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
21-22 November 2025
Hosted by Trinity College Dublin
An Teangeolaíocht in Éirinn:
Ag machnamh ar an am atá thart,
ag breathnú ar an am atá romhainn
Ceiliúradh 50 bliain Chumann na Teangeolaíochta Feidhmí in Éirinn
21-22 Samhain 2025
Á óstail ag Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath
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IRAAL Annual Conference 2024
Diversity and Identity in Applied Linguistics
15-16 November 2024
Hosted by University College Cork
Volunteers at the conference registration desk
Emma Riordan giving the welcome speech
Iker Erdocia handing over the baton
Attendees gathering at the poster session
IRAAL Conference 2022
Building bridges through Applied Linguistics
Friday 30 September and
Saturday 1 October 2022
hosted by MTU
AILA Europe Junior Researchers Meeting
AILA Europe Junior Researchers Meeting held with the ONELA conference, organised by AFLA, the French AILA affiliate.
19-21 October 2021Toulouse, France
IRAAL webinar 13 May 2021, at 5:30pm (Irish time)
Teaching spoken languages for tourism through project work and authentic clips: A pilot study
Dr Veronica Bonsignori and Dr Gloria Cappelli
Book launch
Exploratory Action Research: Stories of Nepalese EFL Teachers
10 am Irish time on Saturday, March 6.
Dr Stephen Lucek University College Dublin
Containment and Support from Irish to English
A great deal of research over the past 30 years has looked at the typology and semantics of physical space. At the same time, we have seen a steadily growing interest in Conceptual Metaphor Theory as it applies to non-physical space. What is sometimes missing from both types of research is a usage-based approach to English spatial and figurative language. The current paper addresses this gap by looking at how Irish English divides physical space and how this language affects figurative space. Examining multiple datasets, I will show how naturally occurring data can inform theoretical advances in linguistics.
Dr Adisa Imamović University of Tuzla
Accessible World: A Cognitive-Linguistic Analysis
Media representation of persons with disability is significant for building a more inclusive and tolerant society. It can contribute to breaking the barriers and integrating this population into all aspects of societal life. Language is a very important aspect of media representation as it has the power to define the way groups are seen by others, the way they see themselves, and, consequently, the way they act. The terminology used to refer to persons with disabilities has changed considerably since 1990s, but the situation is far from clear when it comes to what is considered acceptable and what is not in disability discourse. In this presentation we focus on the uses of the adjective accessible in disability discourse, since it is one of the recommended and accepted terms and has become very frequent in this type of discourse. Assuming a cognitive linguistic perspective, we will discuss how metaphor and metonymy motivate various uses of accessible, and how this reflects and promotes the development of a more inclusive, and also more efficient, language of reporting about this population.