Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS)
About IVACS
Welcome to IVACS
IVACS, based at Mary Immaculate College, is a dynamic research centre and international network that connects corpus linguists and PhD students worldwide. Because corpus researchers often work in isolation within larger departments, IVACS plays a key role in fostering a supportive community of practice.
Established in 2002 at Mary Immaculate College, IVACS began as both a research centre and an inter-institutional network involving Mary Immaculate College, the University of Limerick, the University of Nottingham, and Queen’s University Belfast. It has since expanded to include researchers across many other institutions.
Since its founding, IVACS has hosted one-day symposia and biennial international conference.
- Prof. Anne O'Keeffe, MIC (Director)
- Dr Brian Clancy, MIC
- Dr Christopher Fitzgerald, MIC
- Dr Joan O'Sullivan, MIC
- Prof. Carolina P. Amador-Moreno, University of Bergen / University of Extremadura
- Prof. Paula Buttery, University of Cambridge
- Dr Graham Burton, The Free University of Bozen-Bolzan
- Dr Andrew Caines, University of Cambridge
- Dr Niall Curry, Coventry University
- Prof. Fiona Farr, University of Limerick
- Prof. Dawn Knight, Cardiff University
- Dr Robbie Love, Aston University
- Prof. Michael McCarthy, University of Nottingham
- Dr Aisling O'Boyle, Queen's University Belfast
- Prof. Pascual Pérez-Paredes, University of Murcia
- Dr Sandrine Peraldi, University College Dublin
- Prof. Ivor Timmis, Leeds Beckett University
- Dr Elaine Vaughan, University of Limerick
- Prof. Steve Walsh, Newcastle University
- Dr Valentin Werner, University of Bamberg
- Dr Odette Vassallo, University of Malta
IVACS publications
The IVACS Research Centre has a dedicated book series with Routledge, entitled Applied Corpus Linguistics. It is co-edited by Anne O’Keeffe and Niall Curry. If you have an idea for a book in this series, please email: Anne.OKeeffe@mic.ul.ie
Titles to date in Applied Corpus Linguistics
A. L. Du Bois, S. 2026. The Hidden Politics of Grammar: Unveiling Discourses of American Identity in a Corpus of Historical American Grammar Writing. London: Routledge.
Szita, S. 2025. Increasing Naturalness in the Language Learning Classroom: Towards a Corpus-Informed Principled Communicative Approach. London: Routledge.
Alejo-González, R. 2025. Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics: Building and Investigating an English as a Medium of Instruction Corpus. London: Routledge.
Vyatkina, N. 2025. Corpus Applications in Language Teaching and Research: The Case of Data-Driven Learning of German. London: Routledge.
Handford, M. and Koester, A. 2025. Language and Creativity at Work: A Corpus-Assisted Model of Creative Workplace Discourse. London: Routledge.
Gillings, M. 2025. Corpus Linguistic Approaches to Deception Detection. London: Routledge.
Bakeer, S. 2024. Discourse Markers in Doctoral Supervision Sessions: A Multimodal Perspective. London: Routledge.
Forti, L. 2024. Corpus Use in Italian Language Pedagogy: Exploring the Effects of Data-Driven Learning. London: Routledge.
Deignan, A. Candarli, D. & Oxley, F. 2024. The Linguistic Challenge of the Transition to Secondary School: A Corpus Study of Academic Language. London: Routledge.
Balfour, J. 2024. Representing Schizophrenia in the Media: A Corpus-Based Approach to UK Press Coverage. London: Routledge.
Nicaise, N. 2022. Native and Non-Native Teacher Talk in the EFL Classroom: A Corpus-informed Study. London: Routledge.
Fitzgerald, C. 2022. Investigating a Corpus of Historical Oral Testimonies. London: Routledge.
Islentyeva, A. 2022. Corpus-Based Analysis of Ideological Bias: Migration in the British Press. London: Routledge.
Curry, N. 2021. Academic Writing and Reader Engagement: Contrasting Questions in English, French and Spanish Corpora. London: Routledge.
Thompson. P. & Hunston, S. 2019. Interdisciplinary Research Discourse: Corpus Investigations into Environment Journals. London: Routledge.
Conferences and Events
12th IVACS Biennial International Conference, University of Cambridge
The 12th Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Biennial International Conference will be held on 1 - 3 July 2026 at the University of Malta.
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