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About NUI Galway
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
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Shannon College of Hotel Management
DR. MARIA PALMA-FAHEY

Biography
Peer Reviewed Journals
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(2018) | 'Exploring the construction of the Irish Mammy in 'Mrs Brown's Boys' Making and breaking the stereotype'
Murphy, B,Palma-Fahey, M (2018) 'Exploring the construction of the Irish Mammy in 'Mrs Brown's Boys' Making and breaking the stereotype'. Pragmatics and Society, 9 :297-328 [DOI] [Details] |
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(2016) | 'Regional pragmatic variation in the use of the discourse marker pues in informal talk among university students in Quito (Ecuador), Santiago (Chile) and Seville (Spain)'
Fuentes-Rodriguez, C,Placencia, ME,Palma-Fahey, M (2016) 'Regional pragmatic variation in the use of the discourse marker pues in informal talk among university students in Quito (Ecuador), Santiago (Chile) and Seville (Spain)'. Journal Of Pragmatics, 97 :74-92 [DOI] [Details] |
Book Chapters
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(2007) | 'Understanding Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions in Context: A Look at Idioms Found in an Irish Soap Opera'
María Palma-Fahey (2007) 'Understanding Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions in Context: A Look at Idioms Found in an Irish Soap Opera' In: The Irish Year Book of Applied Linguistics (TEANGA) (2003-2004). Dublin: Irish Association for Applied Linguistics. [Details] |
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(2011) | 'Target Language Use in Professional Placement Abroad: Perceptions and Attitudes of Hotel Management Students'
María Palma-Fahey (2011) 'Target Language Use in Professional Placement Abroad: Perceptions and Attitudes of Hotel Management Students' In: Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland. “Current Challenges and Future Opportunities”. Galway / Shannon: College of Business, Public Policy and Law, National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway and Shannon. [Details] |
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(2015) | 'Yeah well, probably, you know I wasn't that big into school., you know, Pragmatic markers and the representation of Irish English in fictionalised dialogue'
Palma-Fahey María (2015) 'Yeah well, probably, you know I wasn't that big into school., you know, Pragmatic markers and the representation of Irish English in fictionalised dialogue' In: Pragmatic markers in Irish English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. [Details] |
Other Journals
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(2005) | 'Speech Acts as Intercultural Danger Zones: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Speech Act of Apologising in Irish and Chilean Soap Operas'
María Palma-Fahey (2005) 'Speech Acts as Intercultural Danger Zones: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Speech Act of Apologising in Irish and Chilean Soap Operas' Journal of Intercultural Communication, (8) . [Details] |