Research Networks in Linguistics

Lead Research Organisation: University of Ulster
Department Name: Sch of Communication

Abstract

This application is to support the development of a network for researcher's linguistics in Ireland, North and South with a view to increasing research and teaching capacity in the area. This network will be organised around four meetings that will take place at six month intervals over a two year period in two institutions. The workshops will be delivered by a combination of Irish, UK and international researchers and will focus on current issues in linguistic theory, and its relevance for the areas of Language Acquisition, Language Disorders and Bilingualism and Language Variation. They will bring Irish researchers into regular contact with each other, and with international researchers who are leading the field in the area. Our goals are:
To provide a form for the exchange of information and ideas in this important research area, strengthening the development of the field in Ireland, North and South, and benefiting researchers and postgraduate students of linguistics across the island.
To build research capacity at national level in the field of theoretical linguistics.
To strengthen collaborative research links between researchers and institutions in the area.
To strengthen the links between theoretical linguistics and related fields in Ireland.
To encourage and develop research on the linguistics of Irish and Irish varieties of English.

Publications

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Description The findings of the work on bilingual acquisition have fed into the activities of the Ulster Centre on Multilingualism, UCoM, whose website is http:www.ulster.ac.uk/ucom
First Year Of Impact 2011
Sector Education
Impact Types Cultural,Societal

 
Description Irish Network in Formal Linguistics 
Organisation Dublin City University
Country Ireland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution University of Ulster was the leading partner, with Dublin City University, in the establishment of the Irish Network in Formal Linguistics. Two conferences of INFL were organised at Ulster, one of which resulted in the publication of an edited book.These enabled theoretical linguists throughout Ireland, some of whom were the only theoretical linguists in their departments, to interact with others and international visiting speakers and further develop their research
Collaborator Contribution Dublin City University contributed an award from IRCHSS to the partnership. Two conferences of the Irish Network in Formal Linguistics were organised by Dublin City University.
Impact An edited book resulted from the partnership.
Start Year 2009