K Stapleton
Biographic Data
| ID | 9052 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K Stapleton |
| GIVEN NAMES | K |
| FAMILY NAME | Stapleton |
| SIGNATURE | STAPLETON K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ulster |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0336-5385 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 93 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Effects of professor swearing on learning and perceptions: A pilot field study
Introduction The purpose of this pilot study was to provide preliminary evidence on the effects of an instructor swearing during a lecture on learning and student perceptions in a field classroom setting. Methods First-year doctoral students ( n = 36) who were enrolled in a Human Anatomy course within a physical therapist education program were randomly assigned to a non-swearing lecture (NSL; n = 18) or a swearing lecture (SL; n = 18) on basic h…
An evaluation of the art of science project; an intervention to promote digital storytelling in a cross-curricular (art and science) and cross sectoral (primary and post-primary) environment in Irelan…
This article discusses a summative evaluation of the 'Art of Science Project (AoSP) funded by the Department of Education and Skills which aimed to integrate ICT with teaching, learning and assessment over three-years in two primary and three post-primary schools in Ireland. Teachers from five schools were trained to use digital storytelling (DS) as an innovative pedagogy to teach their learners (n = 142) how to create a DS in art class based on …
Persian immigrants’ language choice for swearing: The effects of socio-biographical variables and personality traits
Swearing uses language forms that are taboo and potentially offensive. These are often used for emotional expression. Multilingual research shows that because the first language retains most emotional force (Dewaele [2004]. “The Emotional Force of Swearwords and Taboo Words in the Speech of Multilinguals.” Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 25 (2/3): 204–219; Pavlenko [2012]. “Affective Processing in Bilingual Speakers: Disembo…
Censorship and Taboo Maintenance in L1 and LX Swearing
In this paper, we consider the censorship of public swear word usage as a function of, and continued maintenance of, taboo with a focus on L1 and LX swearing and its management. In research with multilingual speakers, first-language swear words are consistently perceived as more taboo, and thus more emotional/powerful than equivalent words from a second or third language. While the public use of English-language swear words may be subject to cens…
Everybody swears on Only Murders in the Building: The interpersonal functions of scripted television swearing
Swearing fulfils a range of interpersonal pragmatic functions and also acts as a distinguishing feature of speakers and contexts. In broadcast media, swearing has traditionally been censored or at least limited in its deployment; although when used, it serves characterization, interactional, and narrative functions. In this article, we consider the Disney+ television series Only Murders in the Building (OMITB, 2021-), in which swearing is not sub…
Swearing and perceptions of the speaker: A discursive approach
Telling the story: Meaning making in a community narrative
Devolution and Identity
Contents: Introduction Identity categories in use: Britishness, devolution, and the Ulster Scots identity in Northern Ireland, John Wilson and Karyn Stapleton Ideologies of language and community in post-devolution Wales, Nikolas Coupland and Hywel Bishop Vernacular constructions of 'national identity' in post-devolution Scotland and England, Susan Condor and Jackie Abell Artists, Wales, narrative and devolution, William Housley New colours for t…
Accountable Preferences? Discourse, Identity, and the Anti-Prejudice Norm
There is, today, a powerful social norm against the expression of prejudice. Hence, as shown in many discursive studies, speakers treat prejudice as an accountable matter and use various strategies (e.g., disclaimers, mitigation, denials, and reformulations) to avoid being seen as personally prejudiced. Analysts have identified this practice as a "new" form of discriminatory discourse, which allows expression of prejudice without negative identit…
Conflicting categories? Women, conflict and identity in Northern Ireland
Women's involvement in ethno-national conflicts is often overlooked, due partly to gender expectations. The gendered nature of ethno-nationalist identities and the salience of gender categories during conflict both work to render women 'invisible'. However, women do frequently engage directly in ethno-national conflict. Such engagement can provide a space to disrupt gender ideologies, but is typically evaluated by others with reference to gender …
Discourse in the shadows: Discursive construction and the Northern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary discourse (PD) is shaped by pre-defined rules, which may be strategically transgressed to achieve political goals. Here, we examine a relatively unique form of PD, the discourse of the ‘Shadow Assembly’, which was tasked with establishing the procedures of the new Northern Ireland Assembly (1998). Using a discursive constructionist perspective, which emphasizes the intersection between social theory and sociolinguistics, we examine …
Double-Bind Accountability Dilemmas: Impression Management and Accountability Strategies Used by Senior Banking Executives
This article considers issues of impression management and accountability in the context of the U.K. Banking Crisis Inquiry, which took place in February 2009. In this setting, the bankers' public image was under serious threat and successful impression management depended on their ability to avoid being held responsible for the crisis. However, in attempting to mitigate or deny their own accountability, they generated a further set of a set of c…
Interpretations of CEO public apologies for the banking crisis: Attributions of blame and avoidance of responsibility
This article analyses the public testimony of four banking CEOs to the Banking Crisis Inquiry of the Treasury Committee of the UK House of Commons in 2009. Utilizing a discursive and interpretive approach, we explore how they attributed responsibility and blame for the crisis through the medium of public apologies. A number of taxonomies of apology are employed to provide an interpretive framework for the analysis. We conclude that the CEO discou…
Community discourse about politics in Northern Ireland
Political and parliamentary discourse analysis is a well-established field of research. Such work focuses on the patterns and processes of political discourse and their relation to wider issues and ideologies. In this article, we aim to further understanding of sociopolitical processes by shifting the focus from parliamentary to community discourse about political life. With reference to data from post-devolution Northern Ireland, we examine how …
The big story about small stories: Narratives of crime and terrorism
The 'big story/small story' distinction has emerged as a discrete approach to narrative analysis. Proponents of this approach are critical of the 'big stories' elicited by structural analysts, which they see as highly structured narratives of past experiences, typically elicited in an interview context. In contrast, they highlight the importance of studying the fragmented, contextualised 'small stories' that arise in everyday conversation/interac…
Discourse and dissonance: Making sense of socio-political change in Northern Ireland
Language, Religion and National Identity in Europe and the Middle East by John Myhill
John Myhill . Language, Religion and National Identity in Europe and the Middle East ( Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture ). Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Philadelphia , Pennsylvania : John Benjamins . 2006 . 300 pp. Hb (902722711X) €115.00/$138.00 . Reviewed by Karyn Stapleton In this book, John Myhill explores the relationship between language and nationalism, while proposing a framework for understanding the differing outcomes …
The discourse of resistance: Social change and policing in Northern Ireland
Modern social theory highlights the role of language in social change/reproduction, yet rarely draws on actual linguistic resources or theory. Equally, sociolinguistics situates linguistic practice within the social domain, but only weakly makes links to social theory. Using a linguistic analysis of policing discourses in Northern Ireland, this article considers how such analyses can both inform and be informed by broader social theories. Policin…
Voices of commemoration: The discourse of celebration and confrontation in Northern Ireland
Anniversaries and commemorations are commonly sources of group solidarity and identity reaffirmation. In particular, the communal marking of historical anniversaries can be seen as a mode of community celebration, commemoration, and display. Such events play a significant role in reinforcing the history, culture, and identity of the group, as well as strengthening feelings of commonality and solidarity between community members. In this paper, ho…
Ulster Scots Identity and Culture: The Missing Voices
In recent years, the Ulster Scots cultural movement has become increasingly prominent, primarily among Protestants/unionists, in Northern Ireland. This movement is frequently seen as a form of cultural unionism that has emerged in response to sociopolitical change. Thus, Ulster Scots is typically seen as a response to the growing confidence of Irish nationalist culture and to a sense of dislocation among unionists in the face of UK devolution and…
Gender, Nationality and Identity: A Discursive Study
Personal identity requires agentic mediation of overlapping social structures and categories; and further the maintenance of a coherent self across different life contexts. A central means of achieving/maintaining identity is through self-narratives and modes of discursive positioning. In this article, we examine the intersection of two key identity categories, gender and nationality, in the biographical accounts of two female friends (one Englis…
Constructing a Feminist Identity: Discourse and the Community of Practice
The relationship between language and gender features prominently in contemporary feminist scholarship. In particular, feminist linguists and feminist psychologists have highlighted the ways in which language works to maintain (and potentially transform) hierarchical gender arrangements and ideologies. However, despite such (political) commonalities, divergent theoretical and methodological commitments have frequently resulted in a lack of dialog…
I. In Search of the Self: Feminism, Postmodernism and Identity
Ethnic Identity in Context: A Comparative Study of Catholicism and Nationalism in Northern and Southern Ireland
The Irish sense of identity has traditionally been linked to religious and nationalist issues. However, ethnicity will acquire different forms and modes of expression, depending on the sociocultural context within which it is situated. Thus the differences between the Northern and Southern Irish contexts are likely to impinge on the prevailing sense of ethnic identity (e.g. Lee, 1989; Cochrane, 1994). Using an Identity Structure Analysis approach…
Telling the story: Meaning making in a community narrative
Devolution and Identity
Contents: Introduction Identity categories in use: Britishness, devolution, and the Ulster Scots identity in Northern Ireland, John Wilson and Karyn Stapleton Ideologies of language and community in post-devolution Wales, Nikolas Coupland and Hywel Bishop Vernacular constructions of 'national identity' in post-devolution Scotland and England, Susan Condor and Jackie Abell Artists, Wales, narrative and devolution, William Housley New colours for t…
Swearing and perceptions of the speaker: A discursive approach
Voices of commemoration: The discourse of celebration and confrontation in Northern Ireland
Anniversaries and commemorations are commonly sources of group solidarity and identity reaffirmation. In particular, the communal marking of historical anniversaries can be seen as a mode of community celebration, commemoration, and display. Such events play a significant role in reinforcing the history, culture, and identity of the group, as well as strengthening feelings of commonality and solidarity between community members. In this paper, ho…
Gender, Nationality and Identity: A Discursive Study
Personal identity requires agentic mediation of overlapping social structures and categories; and further the maintenance of a coherent self across different life contexts. A central means of achieving/maintaining identity is through self-narratives and modes of discursive positioning. In this article, we examine the intersection of two key identity categories, gender and nationality, in the biographical accounts of two female friends (one Englis…
Conflicting categories? Women, conflict and identity in Northern Ireland
Women's involvement in ethno-national conflicts is often overlooked, due partly to gender expectations. The gendered nature of ethno-nationalist identities and the salience of gender categories during conflict both work to render women 'invisible'. However, women do frequently engage directly in ethno-national conflict. Such engagement can provide a space to disrupt gender ideologies, but is typically evaluated by others with reference to gender …
Discourse and dissonance: Making sense of socio-political change in Northern Ireland
Accountable Preferences? Discourse, Identity, and the Anti-Prejudice Norm
There is, today, a powerful social norm against the expression of prejudice. Hence, as shown in many discursive studies, speakers treat prejudice as an accountable matter and use various strategies (e.g., disclaimers, mitigation, denials, and reformulations) to avoid being seen as personally prejudiced. Analysts have identified this practice as a "new" form of discriminatory discourse, which allows expression of prejudice without negative identit…
Double-Bind Accountability Dilemmas: Impression Management and Accountability Strategies Used by Senior Banking Executives
This article considers issues of impression management and accountability in the context of the U.K. Banking Crisis Inquiry, which took place in February 2009. In this setting, the bankers' public image was under serious threat and successful impression management depended on their ability to avoid being held responsible for the crisis. However, in attempting to mitigate or deny their own accountability, they generated a further set of a set of c…
The big story about small stories: Narratives of crime and terrorism
The 'big story/small story' distinction has emerged as a discrete approach to narrative analysis. Proponents of this approach are critical of the 'big stories' elicited by structural analysts, which they see as highly structured narratives of past experiences, typically elicited in an interview context. In contrast, they highlight the importance of studying the fragmented, contextualised 'small stories' that arise in everyday conversation/interac…
Constructing a Feminist Identity: Discourse and the Community of Practice
The relationship between language and gender features prominently in contemporary feminist scholarship. In particular, feminist linguists and feminist psychologists have highlighted the ways in which language works to maintain (and potentially transform) hierarchical gender arrangements and ideologies. However, despite such (political) commonalities, divergent theoretical and methodological commitments have frequently resulted in a lack of dialog…
Censorship and Taboo Maintenance in L1 and LX Swearing
In this paper, we consider the censorship of public swear word usage as a function of, and continued maintenance of, taboo with a focus on L1 and LX swearing and its management. In research with multilingual speakers, first-language swear words are consistently perceived as more taboo, and thus more emotional/powerful than equivalent words from a second or third language. While the public use of English-language swear words may be subject to cens…
Discourse in the shadows: Discursive construction and the Northern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary discourse (PD) is shaped by pre-defined rules, which may be strategically transgressed to achieve political goals. Here, we examine a relatively unique form of PD, the discourse of the ‘Shadow Assembly’, which was tasked with establishing the procedures of the new Northern Ireland Assembly (1998). Using a discursive constructionist perspective, which emphasizes the intersection between social theory and sociolinguistics, we examine …
The discourse of resistance: Social change and policing in Northern Ireland
Modern social theory highlights the role of language in social change/reproduction, yet rarely draws on actual linguistic resources or theory. Equally, sociolinguistics situates linguistic practice within the social domain, but only weakly makes links to social theory. Using a linguistic analysis of policing discourses in Northern Ireland, this article considers how such analyses can both inform and be informed by broader social theories. Policin…
Persian immigrants’ language choice for swearing: The effects of socio-biographical variables and personality traits
Swearing uses language forms that are taboo and potentially offensive. These are often used for emotional expression. Multilingual research shows that because the first language retains most emotional force (Dewaele [2004]. “The Emotional Force of Swearwords and Taboo Words in the Speech of Multilinguals.” Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 25 (2/3): 204–219; Pavlenko [2012]. “Affective Processing in Bilingual Speakers: Disembo…
Everybody swears on Only Murders in the Building: The interpersonal functions of scripted television swearing
Swearing fulfils a range of interpersonal pragmatic functions and also acts as a distinguishing feature of speakers and contexts. In broadcast media, swearing has traditionally been censored or at least limited in its deployment; although when used, it serves characterization, interactional, and narrative functions. In this article, we consider the Disney+ television series Only Murders in the Building (OMITB, 2021-), in which swearing is not sub…
I. In Search of the Self: Feminism, Postmodernism and Identity
Ethnic Identity in Context: A Comparative Study of Catholicism and Nationalism in Northern and Southern Ireland
The Irish sense of identity has traditionally been linked to religious and nationalist issues. However, ethnicity will acquire different forms and modes of expression, depending on the sociocultural context within which it is situated. Thus the differences between the Northern and Southern Irish contexts are likely to impinge on the prevailing sense of ethnic identity (e.g. Lee, 1989; Cochrane, 1994). Using an Identity Structure Analysis approach…
I. In Search of the Self: Feminism, Postmodernism and Identity
Constructing a Feminist Identity: Discourse and the Community of Practice
The relationship between language and gender features prominently in contemporary feminist scholarship. In particular, feminist linguists and feminist psychologists have highlighted the ways in which language works to maintain (and potentially transform) hierarchical gender arrangements and ideologies. However, despite such (political) commonalities, divergent theoretical and methodological commitments have frequently resulted in a lack of dialog…
Ulster Scots Identity and Culture: The Missing Voices
In recent years, the Ulster Scots cultural movement has become increasingly prominent, primarily among Protestants/unionists, in Northern Ireland. This movement is frequently seen as a form of cultural unionism that has emerged in response to sociopolitical change. Thus, Ulster Scots is typically seen as a response to the growing confidence of Irish nationalist culture and to a sense of dislocation among unionists in the face of UK devolution and…
Gender, Nationality and Identity: A Discursive Study
Personal identity requires agentic mediation of overlapping social structures and categories; and further the maintenance of a coherent self across different life contexts. A central means of achieving/maintaining identity is through self-narratives and modes of discursive positioning. In this article, we examine the intersection of two key identity categories, gender and nationality, in the biographical accounts of two female friends (one Englis…
Voices of commemoration: The discourse of celebration and confrontation in Northern Ireland
Anniversaries and commemorations are commonly sources of group solidarity and identity reaffirmation. In particular, the communal marking of historical anniversaries can be seen as a mode of community celebration, commemoration, and display. Such events play a significant role in reinforcing the history, culture, and identity of the group, as well as strengthening feelings of commonality and solidarity between community members. In this paper, ho…
The discourse of resistance: Social change and policing in Northern Ireland
Modern social theory highlights the role of language in social change/reproduction, yet rarely draws on actual linguistic resources or theory. Equally, sociolinguistics situates linguistic practice within the social domain, but only weakly makes links to social theory. Using a linguistic analysis of policing discourses in Northern Ireland, this article considers how such analyses can both inform and be informed by broader social theories. Policin…
Language, Religion and National Identity in Europe and the Middle East by John Myhill
John Myhill . Language, Religion and National Identity in Europe and the Middle East ( Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture ). Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Philadelphia , Pennsylvania : John Benjamins . 2006 . 300 pp. Hb (902722711X) €115.00/$138.00 . Reviewed by Karyn Stapleton In this book, John Myhill explores the relationship between language and nationalism, while proposing a framework for understanding the differing outcomes …
Discourse and dissonance: Making sense of socio-political change in Northern Ireland
Interpretations of CEO public apologies for the banking crisis: Attributions of blame and avoidance of responsibility
This article analyses the public testimony of four banking CEOs to the Banking Crisis Inquiry of the Treasury Committee of the UK House of Commons in 2009. Utilizing a discursive and interpretive approach, we explore how they attributed responsibility and blame for the crisis through the medium of public apologies. A number of taxonomies of apology are employed to provide an interpretive framework for the analysis. We conclude that the CEO discou…
Community discourse about politics in Northern Ireland
Political and parliamentary discourse analysis is a well-established field of research. Such work focuses on the patterns and processes of political discourse and their relation to wider issues and ideologies. In this article, we aim to further understanding of sociopolitical processes by shifting the focus from parliamentary to community discourse about political life. With reference to data from post-devolution Northern Ireland, we examine how …
The big story about small stories: Narratives of crime and terrorism
The 'big story/small story' distinction has emerged as a discrete approach to narrative analysis. Proponents of this approach are critical of the 'big stories' elicited by structural analysts, which they see as highly structured narratives of past experiences, typically elicited in an interview context. In contrast, they highlight the importance of studying the fragmented, contextualised 'small stories' that arise in everyday conversation/interac…
Double-Bind Accountability Dilemmas: Impression Management and Accountability Strategies Used by Senior Banking Executives
This article considers issues of impression management and accountability in the context of the U.K. Banking Crisis Inquiry, which took place in February 2009. In this setting, the bankers' public image was under serious threat and successful impression management depended on their ability to avoid being held responsible for the crisis. However, in attempting to mitigate or deny their own accountability, they generated a further set of a set of c…
Discourse in the shadows: Discursive construction and the Northern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary discourse (PD) is shaped by pre-defined rules, which may be strategically transgressed to achieve political goals. Here, we examine a relatively unique form of PD, the discourse of the ‘Shadow Assembly’, which was tasked with establishing the procedures of the new Northern Ireland Assembly (1998). Using a discursive constructionist perspective, which emphasizes the intersection between social theory and sociolinguistics, we examine …
Conflicting categories? Women, conflict and identity in Northern Ireland
Women's involvement in ethno-national conflicts is often overlooked, due partly to gender expectations. The gendered nature of ethno-nationalist identities and the salience of gender categories during conflict both work to render women 'invisible'. However, women do frequently engage directly in ethno-national conflict. Such engagement can provide a space to disrupt gender ideologies, but is typically evaluated by others with reference to gender …
Devolution and Identity
Contents: Introduction Identity categories in use: Britishness, devolution, and the Ulster Scots identity in Northern Ireland, John Wilson and Karyn Stapleton Ideologies of language and community in post-devolution Wales, Nikolas Coupland and Hywel Bishop Vernacular constructions of 'national identity' in post-devolution Scotland and England, Susan Condor and Jackie Abell Artists, Wales, narrative and devolution, William Housley New colours for t…
Accountable Preferences? Discourse, Identity, and the Anti-Prejudice Norm
There is, today, a powerful social norm against the expression of prejudice. Hence, as shown in many discursive studies, speakers treat prejudice as an accountable matter and use various strategies (e.g., disclaimers, mitigation, denials, and reformulations) to avoid being seen as personally prejudiced. Analysts have identified this practice as a "new" form of discriminatory discourse, which allows expression of prejudice without negative identit…
Telling the story: Meaning making in a community narrative
Swearing and perceptions of the speaker: A discursive approach
Everybody swears on Only Murders in the Building: The interpersonal functions of scripted television swearing
Swearing fulfils a range of interpersonal pragmatic functions and also acts as a distinguishing feature of speakers and contexts. In broadcast media, swearing has traditionally been censored or at least limited in its deployment; although when used, it serves characterization, interactional, and narrative functions. In this article, we consider the Disney+ television series Only Murders in the Building (OMITB, 2021-), in which swearing is not sub…
Persian immigrants’ language choice for swearing: The effects of socio-biographical variables and personality traits
Swearing uses language forms that are taboo and potentially offensive. These are often used for emotional expression. Multilingual research shows that because the first language retains most emotional force (Dewaele [2004]. “The Emotional Force of Swearwords and Taboo Words in the Speech of Multilinguals.” Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 25 (2/3): 204–219; Pavlenko [2012]. “Affective Processing in Bilingual Speakers: Disembo…
Censorship and Taboo Maintenance in L1 and LX Swearing
In this paper, we consider the censorship of public swear word usage as a function of, and continued maintenance of, taboo with a focus on L1 and LX swearing and its management. In research with multilingual speakers, first-language swear words are consistently perceived as more taboo, and thus more emotional/powerful than equivalent words from a second or third language. While the public use of English-language swear words may be subject to cens…
Effects of professor swearing on learning and perceptions: A pilot field study
Introduction The purpose of this pilot study was to provide preliminary evidence on the effects of an instructor swearing during a lecture on learning and student perceptions in a field classroom setting. Methods First-year doctoral students ( n = 36) who were enrolled in a Human Anatomy course within a physical therapist education program were randomly assigned to a non-swearing lecture (NSL; n = 18) or a swearing lecture (SL; n = 18) on basic h…
An evaluation of the art of science project; an intervention to promote digital storytelling in a cross-curricular (art and science) and cross sectoral (primary and post-primary) environment in Irelan…
This article discusses a summative evaluation of the 'Art of Science Project (AoSP) funded by the Department of Education and Skills which aimed to integrate ICT with teaching, learning and assessment over three-years in two primary and three post-primary schools in Ireland. Teachers from five schools were trained to use digital storytelling (DS) as an innovative pedagogy to teach their learners (n = 142) how to create a DS in art class based on …
Sociology (19 works) · Political science (15 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Linguistics (13 works) · Law (11 works) · Gender Studies (10 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Aesthetics (8 works)