Shannon College of Hotel Management

DR. MARIA PALMA-FAHEY

M.A.,PhD

Contact Details

UNIVERSITY TEACHER
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Biography

María Palma-Fahey lectures in Shannon College, University of Galway. She teaches Spanish and Intercultural Communication for Business (MSc courses). Maria holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, and a MA in Spanish from the University of Cork.
She has designed and developed the Intercultural Communication modules which are taught in Shannon College, at undergraduate and at postgraduate levels. She is Programme Leader of Intercultural Communication Training, and also leads the Cultural Immersion Programme at Shannon College.
Her research interests include: Language, Culture and Identity; Language and Gender in Fictional Media; Irish English Pragmatics; Language Regional Variation across Spanish(es); and International Hotel Management Students' Pre-Placement Intercultural Communication Training.

Research Interests

Language, Culture and Identity
Language and Gender in Fictional Media
Irish English Pragmatics
Language Regional Variation across Spanish(es)
International Hotel Management Students' Pre-Placement Intercultural Communication Training

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2005)	'Speech Acts as Intercultural Danger Zones: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Speech Act of Apologising in Irish and Chilean Soap Operas' Palma-Fahey, María (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, 5 (1):1-16 [DOI] [Details]
	(2004)	'Understanding Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions in Context: A Look at Idioms Found in an Irish Soap Opera' Palma-Fahey, María (2004) 'Understanding Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions in Context: A Look at Idioms Found in an Irish Soap Opera'. Teanga, 22 :84-104 [Details]
	(2019)	'Operadores Comprobativos y Variación Pragmática Regional: Agreement-Seeking Markers and Regional Pragmatic Variation' Fuentes Rodríguez, Catalina; Placencia, María Elena & Palma-Fahey María (2019) 'Operadores Comprobativos y Variación Pragmática Regional: Agreement-Seeking Markers and Regional Pragmatic Variation'. Revista Internacional de Lingüística Iberoamericana (RILI), 17 (1):57-82 [Details]
	(2018)	'Exploring the Construction of the Irish Mammy in 'Mrs Brown's Boys' Making and Breaking the Stereotype' Murphy, Bróna & Palma-Fahey, María (2018) 'Exploring the Construction of the Irish Mammy in 'Mrs Brown's Boys' Making and Breaking the Stereotype'. Pragmatics and Society, 9 (4):297-328 [DOI] [Details]
	(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, Catalina; Placencia, Maria Elena & Palma-Fahey, María (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]
	(2015)	'Nominal Address and Rapport Management in Informal Interactions among University Students in Quito (Ecuador), Santiago (Chile) and Seville (Spain)' Placencia, Maria Elena; Fuentes Rodriguez, Catalina & Palma-Fahey, María (2015) 'Nominal Address and Rapport Management in Informal Interactions among University Students in Quito (Ecuador), Santiago (Chile) and Seville (Spain)'. Multilingua-Journal Of Cross-Cultural And Interlanguage Communication, 34 (4):547-575 [DOI] [Details]
	(2011)	'Exploring the Representation of Orality: The Use of Vocatives in Two Spanish-Speaking Films, Machuca and Volver' Palma-Fahey, María (2011) 'Exploring the Representation of Orality: The Use of Vocatives in Two Spanish-Speaking Films, Machuca and Volver'. Sociolinguistic Studies, 5 (1):103-125 [DOI] [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2021)	''I thought you didn't accept gay marriage Fr': Combining corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis to investigate the representation of gay marriage and the Irish Mammy stereotype in 'Mrs Brown's Boys'' Murphy Bróna & Palma-Fahey, María (2021) ''I thought you didn't accept gay marriage Fr': Combining corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis to investigate the representation of gay marriage and the Irish Mammy stereotype in 'Mrs Brown's Boys'' In: The Routledge Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality. :368-381 London, UK: Routledge. [Details]
	(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. :348-369 Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. [Details]
	(2011)	'Target Language Use in Professional Placement Abroad: Perceptions and Attitudes of Hotel Management Students' Palma-Fahey, María (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. :197-212 Galway / Shannon: College of Business, Public Policy and Law, National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway. [Details]

Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2010)	*5th Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies International Conference (IVACS)* Palma-Fahey, María (2010) Supporting the Conveyance of Social Networks and Characterisation: A Pragmatic Approach to the Use of Vocatives in Contemporary Hispanic Films and Literature 5th Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies International Conference (IVACS) University of Edinburgh , UK, , 18-JUN-10 - 19-JUN-10 [Details]
	(2015)	*Annual Inter-Varietal Corpus Studies Research Symposium (IVACS)* Palma-Fahey, María & Fahey-Palma Tania (2015) Exploring the negotiation of identity and culture in immigrants' presentations Annual Inter-Varietal Corpus Studies Research Symposium (IVACS) Shannon College of Hotel Management, , 20-FEB-15 [Details]
	(2015)	*14th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA 2015): Language and Adaptability* Palma-Fahey María & Murphy, Bróna (2015) Exploring the Construction of The Irish Mammy in 'Mrs Brown's Boys' 14th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA 2015): Language and Adaptability Antwerp University, Belgium, , 26-JUL-15 - 31-MAY-15 [Details]
	(2012)	*British Association for Applied Linguistics Intercultural Communication Seminar (SIG). Intercultural Communication in International Contexts: Training and development, Practice and Research* Palma-Fahey María (2012) Exploring portrayals of identity in immigrants' speeches British Association for Applied Linguistics Intercultural Communication Seminar (SIG). Intercultural Communication in International Contexts: Training and development, Practice and Research Open University. Milton Keynes, UK, , 17-MAY-12 - 18-MAY-12 [Details]
	(2012)	*6th Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies International Conference (IVACS)* Palma-Fahey María & Murphy, Bróna (2012) Doing gender: exploring identity construction and stereotyping in Irish soap opera corpora 6th Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies International Conference (IVACS) Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, , 21-JUN-12 - 22-JUN-12 [Details]
	(2011)	*44th Annual International Conference of the British Association for Applied Linguistics* Palma-Fahey, María & Murphy, Bróna (2011) 'Sure she's just the same as all the women. Give them a centimeter and they take a kilometer': Exploring gender and humour in a corpus of Irish English soap opera discourse 44th Annual International Conference of the British Association for Applied Linguistics University of the West of England. Bristol, UK, , 01-SEP-11 - 03-SEP-11 [Details]
	(2010)	*5th International Conference of Hispanic Linguistics (3rd Biennial Meeting of the Spanish in Society Association [SiS])* Palma-Fahey, María (2010) The role of vocatives in the construction of characters' identity and autonomy in Isabel Allende¿s novel La Isla Bajo El Mar 5th International Conference of Hispanic Linguistics (3rd Biennial Meeting of the Spanish in Society Association [SiS]) University of Limerick, Ireland, , 08-JUL-10 - 10-JUL-10 [Details]
	(2010)	*Research Seminar Series. Centre for Mexican Studies. Department of Hispanic Studies, UCC* Palma-Fahey, María (2010) 'Un ser que no es humano no tiene opiniones, amo': Terms of address in Isabel Allende's novel La Isla Bajo El Mar Research Seminar Series. Centre for Mexican Studies. Department of Hispanic Studies, UCC Department of Hispanic Studies, University College Cork, , 12-FEB-10 [Details]
	(2010)	*6th Annual Tourism and Hospitality in Ireland Conference (THRIC)* Palma-Fahey, María (2010) Foreign language use in professional placement abroad: Perceptions and attitudes of Hotel Management students 6th Annual Tourism and Hospitality in Ireland Conference (THRIC) Shannon College of Hotel Management, Ireland, , 15-JUN-10 - 16-JUN-10 [Details]
	(2004)	*The Irish Association for Applied Linguistics Postgraduate Symposium (IRAAL)* Palma-Fahey, María (2004) Creating pragmatics awareness through a cross-cultural comparative analysis of speech acts conveyed in one Irish and one Chilean soap opera The Irish Association for Applied Linguistics Postgraduate Symposium (IRAAL) Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, , 17-JAN-04 [Details]
	(2004)	*2nd Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies International Conference. Analysing Discourse in Context (IVACS)* Palma-Fahey, María (2004) Universal soaps: A corpus-based analysis of language use in one media genre across two linguistic and cultural settings 2nd Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies International Conference. Analysing Discourse in Context (IVACS) Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, , 14-MAY-04 [Details]
	(2003)	*10th Conference of the Nordic Network for Intercultural Communication (NIC)* Palma-Fahey, María (2003) Speech acts and intercultural communication: A cross-cultural comparison of the speech act of apologising in an Irish and Chilean soap opera 10th Conference of the Nordic Network for Intercultural Communication (NIC) Göteborg University, Sweden, , 23-NOV-03 - 25-NOV-03 [Details]
	(2003)	*30th Royal Irish Academy Symposium (RIA / SALIS) Intercultural Spaces: Language, Culture, Identity* Palma-Fahey, María (2003) Speech as intercultural danger zones: A corpus-based analysis of apologising in Irish and Chilean soap operas 30th Royal Irish Academy Symposium (RIA / SALIS) Intercultural Spaces: Language, Culture, Identity Dublin City University, Ireland, , 07-NOV-03 - 08-NOV-03 [Details]

Edited Books

	Year	Publication
	(2011)	Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities. O'Connell, Kate; Palma Fahey, María; Ruan, Sean T. & Onderdonk Horan, Kristin (Ed.). (2011) Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities 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. [Details]

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2003)	The 3rd International Conference on Trilingualism and Third Language Acquisition, Palma-Fahey, María (2003) Conference Organiser. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], The 3rd International Conference on Trilingualism and Third Language Acquisition, Tralee Institute of Technology , 04-SEP-03 - 06-SEP-03. [Details]
	(2010)	The 5th International Conference of Hispanic Linguistics. (3rd Biennial Meeting of the International Association for the Study of Spanish in Society [SiS]), Palma-Fahey, María (2010) Conference Chair. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], The 5th International Conference of Hispanic Linguistics. (3rd Biennial Meeting of the International Association for the Study of Spanish in Society [SiS]), University of Limerick, Ireland , 08-JUL-10 - 10-JUL-10. [Details]
	(2010)	The 6th Annual Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC). Current Challenges and Future Opportunities, Palma-Fahey, María (2010) Member of the Scientific Research Committee. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], The 6th Annual Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC). Current Challenges and Future Opportunities, Shannon College of Hotel Management , 15-JUN-10 - 16-JUN-10. [Details]

Working Paper

	Year	Publication
	(2013)	Woman and Slave: The Role of Vocatives in the Construction of Characters' Identity and Autonomy in Isabel Allende's novel 'La Isla Bajo el Mar'. María Palma-Fahey (2013) Woman and Slave: The Role of Vocatives in the Construction of Characters' Identity and Autonomy in Isabel Allende's novel 'La Isla Bajo el Mar'. Southampton, UK: International Association for the Study of Spanish in Society [SiS] Working Paper [Details]

Teaching Interests

Spanish
Intercultural Communication
Intercultural Communication for Business

Modules Taught

Term/Year	Module Title	Module Code
2020-2021	SC4133 Spanish Year 4	SC4133
2022-2023	Spanish Year 2 / Distance Learning Project	SC2104
2022-2023	Spanish Year 1	SC1112
2022-2023	Intercultural Communication for Business	SC6116
2022-2023	Spanish Year 3	SC3209