David Atkinson

Senior Lecturer

 
researcher

Biography

I am Senior Lecturer in Spanish in the School of Modern Languages and Linguistics, and also Research Director for the School. My main research interests are: the sociolinguistics of minoritised languages in Spain, in particular Catalan; Irish in Ireland, with particular reference to the media; critical discourse analysis of the language of politics. I have published on these areas in a wide variety of international journals.

Research Interests

My main research interests are: the sociolinguistics of minoritised languages in Spain, in particular Catalan; Irish in Ireland, with particular reference to the media; critical discourse analysis of the language of politics. I have published on these areas in a wide variety of international journals. In the case of Catalonia I am currently researching the ways in which established tropes around civic, ethnic and ethnolinguistic are being discursively exploited by both left and right political constituencies in the context of the independence movement. My most recent work on Irish focuses on, respectively, the interplay between (potential) speakers’ language-ideological positions and the ways in which the language is thematised in the media.

 

I welcome applications for research supervision in the areas of discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, language policy, pragmatics; language teaching methodology and the politics of language teaching.

Books

  Year Publication
2003 Language and Power in the Modern World.
Talbot, M; Atkinson, K; Atkinson, D (2003) Language and Power in the Modern World. 1. Edinburgh 2. Alabama: EUP and University of Alabama Press. [Details]
1993 Teaching Monolingual Classes.
Atkinson, D (1993) Teaching Monolingual Classes. : Longman. [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
2018 '‘New speakers and linguistic practices: Contexts, definitions and issues’'
Atkinson, D. (2018) '‘New speakers and linguistic practices: Contexts, definitions and issues’' In: New Speakers of Minority Languages,: Linguistic Ideologies and Practices. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]
2011 '‘Political Implicature in Parliamentary Discourse: An analysis of Mariano Rajoy’s Speech on the 2006 Catalan Statute of Autonomy’'
Atkinson, D. (2011) '‘Political Implicature in Parliamentary Discourse: An analysis of Mariano Rajoy’s Speech on the 2006 Catalan Statute of Autonomy’' In: Spanish at work: Analysing Institutional Discourse across the Spanish Speaking World. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]
2010 'Spain and Portugal'
Atkinson, D., M. Bengoechea and S. Michele de Oliveira. (2010) 'Spain and Portugal' In: Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World. London and New York: Routledge. [Details]
2007 '`When Hector met Tom Cruise': Attitudes to Irish in a radio satire'
Kelly-Holmes, H; Atkinson, D (2007) '`When Hector met Tom Cruise': Attitudes to Irish in a radio satire' In: Language in the Media; Representations, Identities, Ideologies. London and New York: Continuum. [Details]
2006 'Linguistic and cultural issues in teaching Erasmus students'
Atkinson, D (2006) 'Linguistic and cultural issues in teaching Erasmus students' In: Teaching in the Multicultural Classroom at University: The TEMCU Project. [Details]
1999 '‘Normalisation: integration or assimilation? A response to Miquel Strubell’'
Atkinson, D. (1999) '‘Normalisation: integration or assimilation? A response to Miquel Strubell’' In: Language, Democracy and Devolution in Catalonia. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters: Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. [Details]

Edited Books

  Year Publication
2006
Atkinson D., M. Morón and D. Kelly (Ed.). (2006) Teaching in the Multicultural Classroom: the TEMCU project. Granada, Spain: Atrio. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
2018 '‘Democratic credentials and the ‘other(s)’ in the discourse of the Spanish Partido Popular 1977-2015'
Atkinson, D. and C.Ramblado (2018) '‘Democratic credentials and the ‘other(s)’ in the discourse of the Spanish Partido Popular 1977-2015'. Journal Of Language And Politics, [Details]
2017 '‘Perspectives on language sustainability in a performance era: Discourses, policies and practices in a digital and social media campaign to revitalise Irish’'
Kelly-Holmes, H. and D. Atkinson (2017) '‘Perspectives on language sustainability in a performance era: Discourses, policies and practices in a digital and social media campaign to revitalise Irish’'. Open Linguistics, 3 (1):236-250 [ULIR Link] [Details]
2016 'Exploring language attitudes and ideologies in university students’ discussion of Irish in a context of increasing language diversity'
David Atkinson and Helen Kelly-Holmes (2016) 'Exploring language attitudes and ideologies in university students’ discussion of Irish in a context of increasing language diversity'. Language And Intercultural Communication, [DOI] [Details]
2012 '‘There's no excuse. Speak Catalan!’– the marketing of language acquisition to mobility students'
Atkinson, David and Moriarty, Máiread (2012) '‘There's no excuse. Speak Catalan!’– the marketing of language acquisition to mobility students'. International Journal Of Applied Linguistics, [DOI] [Details]
2011 'Codeswitching, identity and ownership in Irish radio comedy'
Atkinson, D; Kelly-Holmes, H (2011) 'Codeswitching, identity and ownership in Irish radio comedy'. JOURNAL OF PRAGMATICS, 43 (1):251-260 [DOI] [Details]
2007 'Minority language advertising: A profile of two Irish-language newspapers'
Kelly-Holmes H., Atkinson D. (2007) 'Minority language advertising: A profile of two Irish-language newspapers'. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 28 (1):34-50 [DOI] [Details]
2006 'Catalan on the Internet and the .ct and .cat campaigns'
Atkinson, D (2006) 'Catalan on the Internet and the .ct and .cat campaigns'. JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND POLITICS, 5 (2):239-249 [Details]
2006 'Linguistic normalisation and the market: advertising and linguistic choice in El Periódico de Catalunya'
Atkinson, D; Kelly-Holmes, H (2006) 'Linguistic normalisation and the market: advertising and linguistic choice in El Periódico de Catalunya'. LANGUAGE PROBLEMS AND LANGUAGE PLANNING, 30 (3):239-260 [Details]
2000 'Minoritisation, identity and ethnolinguistic vitality in Catalonia'
David Atkinson (2000) 'Minoritisation, identity and ethnolinguistic vitality in Catalonia'. Journal Of Multilingual And Multicultural Development, 21 (3):185-197 [Details]
2000 'Language legislation in Catalonia: the 1998 Language Policy Act and the politics of normalisation'
David Atkinson (2000) 'Language legislation in Catalonia: the 1998 Language Policy Act and the politics of normalisation'. International Journal of Iberian Studies, 13 (2):95-108 [Details]
1998 'Normalisation: integration or assimilation: a response to Miquel Strubell'
David Atkinson (1998) 'Normalisation: integration or assimilation: a response to Miquel Strubell'. Current Issues In Language And Society, 5 (3):2010-2014 [Details]
1997 'Attitudes towards language use in Catalonia: politics or sociolinguistics?'
David Atkinson (1997) 'Attitudes towards language use in Catalonia: politics or sociolinguistics?'. International Journal of Iberian Studies, 10 (1):5-14 [Details]
1995 ''Communicative language teaching in the 1990s: a consumer's perspective.’'
Atkinson, D. (1995) ''Communicative language teaching in the 1990s: a consumer's perspective.’'. TESOL France Journal, 2 (1):101-111 [Details]
1995 '‘Languages for all: the crucial role of the first few weeks.’'
Atkinson, D., N. Reimann and J. Turner (1995) '‘Languages for all: the crucial role of the first few weeks.’'. Language Learning Journal, 12 :26-30 [Details]
1993 '‘Teaching in the target language: a problem in the current orthodoxy.’'
Atkinson, D. (1993) '‘Teaching in the target language: a problem in the current orthodoxy.’'. Language Learning Journal, 8 :2-5 [Details]
1989 ''Humanistic techniques in the adult classroom: an affective reaction.''
Atkinson, D (1989) ''Humanistic techniques in the adult classroom: an affective reaction.''. ELT Journal, 43 (4):268-273 [Details]
1987 '‘The mother tongue in the classroom: a neglected resource?''
Atkinson, D (1987) '‘The mother tongue in the classroom: a neglected resource?''. ELT Journal, 41 (4):241-247 [Details]

Other Journals

  Year Publication
1988 'The learner often forgets: memorisation in the post-communicative classroom'
Atkinson, D. (1988) 'The learner often forgets: memorisation in the post-communicative classroom' Modern English Teacher, 16 (1) :40-42. [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
2008 Spanish in Society
Atkinson (2008) The 2006 Catalan statute of autonomy and the discursive construction of the `other¿ in the parliamentary discourse of Mariano Rajoy . In: N. Lorenzo-Dus and others. Paper submitted to be considered for publication in book eds. Spanish in Society , 26-MAR-08 - 29-MAR-08 [Details]
2007 Royal Irish Academy conference In/difference: current and historical perspectives on cultures in contact
Atkinson, D. (2007) `Discourse and National Identity in Spain¿ Royal Irish Academy conference In/difference: current and historical perspectives on cultures in contact , 08-NOV-07 - 09-NOV-07 [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
2015 Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies (ACIS) Annual Conference,
Atkinson, D., Ramblado, C. (2015) ‘‘Españoles and the Partido Popular: the evolution of conservative political discourse in the Spanish State. [International Refereed Conference], Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies (ACIS) Annual Conference, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain , 02-SEP-15 - 04-SEP-15 [Details]

Published Reports

  Year Publication
2015 ‘Research in progress: Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Limerick, Ireland.’.
Chambers, A., Atkinson, D., Farr, F. (2015) ‘Research in progress: Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Limerick, Ireland.’. Language Teaching, Cambridge, UK. [Details]
2012 ‘Research in progress: Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Limerick, Ireland.’.
Chambers, A., Atkinson, D. and Farr, F. (2012) ‘Research in progress: Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Limerick, Ireland.’. Language Teaching, Cambridge, UK. [Details]

Book Review

  Year Publication
2013 Second language identities.
Atkinson, D (2013) Second language identities. Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2010 Review of Fernàndez, J. (2008) El Malestar en la Cultura Catalana, Barcelona: Biblioteca Universal Empúries., ISBN 978-84-9787-341-3, Paperback, 410pp.
D. Atkinson (2010) Review of Fernàndez, J. (2008) El Malestar en la Cultura Catalana, Barcelona: Biblioteca Universal Empúries., ISBN 978-84-9787-341-3, Paperback, 410pp. UK: Book Review [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2005 Nominated for University of Limerick Excellence in Teaching Award. University of Limerick
2008 University of Limerick Excellence in Teaching Award. University of Limerick

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies (ACIS) Secretary (1997-2004) /
International Association for the Study of Spanish in Society (SIS) Membership Secretary (2010-2016) /

Languages

  Language Reading Writing Speaking
Greek Basic Basic Basic
Portuguese Functional Basic Basic
Italian Functional Functional Functional
French Fluent Functional Fluent
German Fluent Fluent Fluent
Spanish Fluent Fluent Fluent

Outreach Activities

  Description

Voluntary English Language tutor, Doras Luimni. March 2017-

Teaching Interests

I teach a wide variety of topics within the broad areas of Hispanic Studies, linguistics and sociolinguistics, from first year undergraduate to postgraduate level. I also supervise FYPs on an extensive range of topics, mainly related to language in one form or another in Latin America and Spain, and also projects in the area of language teaching methodology.