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Dymphna LonerganDr Dymphna Lonergan

BA; MA; PhD (Flinders)

Lecturer in English
Professional English Co-ordinator

Location: Room 282 Humanities
(campus map)

Phone: (+61 8) 8201 2079
Fax: +(61 8) 8201 3635
Email: dymphna.lonergan@flinders.edu.au

Teaching:

ENGL1001: Professional English (topic co-ordinator)

ENGL1012: Professional English for Medical Scientists (topic co-ordinator)

ENGL1013: Professional English for Teachers (topic co-ordinator)
PROF2101:Professional Writing (topic co-ordinator)

ENGL7214: The Story of Australian English (topic co-ordinator)

 

 

Research interests:

Professional English and and writing for work and academia
English language history
Australian English
Irish language
Irish English dialect
Place names and the Irish in South Australia

Publications:

2007 March, Tain (Melbourne), 'Irish Town in Adelaide'
2007 May, The South Australian Genealogist, 'A Place Named Irishtown'
2005 October, Ozwords Canberra) 'A Grouse Cobber'
2005 June-July Táin (Melbourne)‘From Tíaralaí to Shiralee’, 18-20
2005 ‘Away from Home’, 200-205 in The Regenerative Spirit Vol. 2, Lythrum Press (Adelaide)
2004 Ozwords (Canberra) ‘The Pioneering Shiralee’,
2004 Sounds Irish: The Irish Language in Australia, Lythrum Press (Adelaide)
2004 Aug-Sept Táin (Melbourne‘Irish Accent in Ned’s Jerilderie Letter’ 18-20
2004 ‘An Irish-centric View of Australian English’ 151-159 in Australian Journal of Linguistics
2003‘Music Out of Their Mouths: Irish Language Speakers in Colonial Australia’ 23-33 in The Australian Journal of Irish Studies Vol. 3
2003 June-July Táin (Melbourne) ‘Gaelic Poet in Queensland’ 12-14
2002 November Ozwords (Canberra) ‘Aussie Words: Didgeridoo
2002 June/July<Táin, (Melbourne) ‘Why Is It Called a Didgeridoo? 26’
2002 ‘Native Voices: Irish speaking characters in Thomas Keneally’s The Great Shame and Christopher Koch’s Out of Ireland’ in New Voices in Irish Criticism 3, Dublin Four Courts Press, 2002, 88-94
2002 February Táin (Melbourne) ‘Henry Lawson’s Irish Characters’ 18-21
2001 November, Ozwords (Canberra) ‘Who is Sheila?’
2001 April Táin (Melbourne) ‘Michael Tierney Couldn’t Speak English’
2000 October Táin (Melbourne) ‘New Recognition for Irish words in Australian English’
1999 December Irish for Beginners book and cassette
1999 October Ozwords (Canberra) ‘It’s Only a Pipe: It’s Not a Word Like Federation’

Supervisory Interests:

English language history and Australian English
Irish and Irish Australian literature
19th century Australian literature

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