Publications
2020
New methods, old data: using digital technologies to explore 19th C. letter writing practices
Moreton, E. L., & Culy, C. (2020). New methods, old data: using digital technologies to explore 19th C. letter writing practices. In M. Evans, & C. Tagg (Eds.), Message and medium: historicizing digital language practices. De Gruyter Mouton.
Written corpora
Gardner, S., & Moreton, E. (2020). Written corpora. In The Routledge Handbook of English Language and Digital Humanities (pp. 26-48). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003031758-3
2019
Identifying speech acts in a corpus of historical migrant correspondence
De Felice, R., & Moreton, E. (2019). Identifying speech acts in a corpus of historical migrant correspondence. Studia Neophilologica, 91(2), 154-174. doi:10.1080/00393274.2019.1616216
Homesickness, recollections and reunions: Topics and emotions in a corpus of female Irish emigrant correspondence
Moreton, E., & Culy, C. (2019). Homesickness, recollections and reunions: Topics and emotions in a corpus of female Irish emigrant correspondence. In R. Hickey (Ed.), Keeping in Touch: Emigrant letters across the English-speaking world. John Benjamins.
2018
'We work hard here' Exploring Person and Place Deixis in a Corpus of Historical Migrant Letters
Moreton, E. (2019). 'We work hard here' Exploring Person and Place Deixis in a Corpus of Historical Migrant Letters. In RETHINKING LANGUAGE, TEXT AND CONTEXT: INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN STYLISTICS IN HONOUR OF MICHAEL TOOLAN (pp. 79-102). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
The Migrant Letter Digitised: Visualising Metadata
2017
The Migrant Letter Digitised: Visualising Metadata
O’Leary, N., & Moreton, E. (2017). The Migrant Letter Digitised: Visualising Metadata. Journal of Cultural Analytics. doi:10.22148/16.013
2016
'I never could forget my darling mother': the language of recollection in a corpus of female Irish emigrant correspondence
Moreton, E. (2016). 'I never could forget my darling mother': the language of recollection in a corpus of female Irish emigrant correspondence. The History of the Family, 21(3), 315-336. doi:10.1080/1081602X.2016.1155469
Letters from America: Themes and methods in the study of Irish emigrant correspondence
Moreton, E. (2016). Letters from America: Themes and methods in the study of Irish emigrant correspondence. In The Edinburgh Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Letters and Letter-Writing. Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved from https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/
Migration Databases as Impact Tools in the Education and Heritage Sectors
Amador-Moreno, C. P., Corrigan, K. P., McCafferty, K., & Moreton, E. (2016). Migration Databases as Impact Tools in the Education and Heritage Sectors. In Creating and Digitizing Language Corpora (pp. 25-67). Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/978-1-137-38645-8_2
2015
"I hope you will write" The function of projection structures in a corpus of nineteenth-century Irish emigrant correspondence
Moreton, E. (2015). "I hope you will write" The function of projection structures in a corpus of nineteenth-century Irish emigrant correspondence. JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL PRAGMATICS, 16(2), 277-303. doi:10.1075/jhp.16.2.06mor
2014
Visualising the Emigrant Letter
Moreton, E., O’Leary, N., & O’Sullivan, P. (2014). Visualising the Emigrant Letter. Revue européenne des migrations internationales, 30(3-4), 49-69. doi:10.4000/remi.7081
2013
Profiling the Female Emigrant: A Method of Linguistic Inquiry for Examining Correspondence Collections
Moreton, E. (2013). Profiling the Female Emigrant: A Method of Linguistic Inquiry for Examining Correspondence Collections. In Unknown Book (pp. 97-126). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118508206.ch4
Book Review: Dan McIntyre and Beatrix Busse, <i>Language and Style: In Honour of Mick Short</i>
Moreton, E. (2013). Book Review: Dan McIntyre and Beatrix Busse, <i>Language and Style: In Honour of Mick Short</i>. Language and Literature: International Journal of Stylistics, 22(1), 95-98. doi:10.1177/0963947012462950
2012
Profiling the Female Emigrant: A Method of Linguistic Inquiry for Examining Correspondence Collections
Moreton, E. (2012). Profiling the Female Emigrant: A Method of Linguistic Inquiry for Examining Correspondence Collections. Gender & History, 24(3), 617-646. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0424.2012.01699.x
EFL/ESL Writers and the Use of Shell Nouns
Nesi, H., & Moreton, E. (2012). EFL/ESL Writers and the Use of Shell Nouns. In Academic Writing in a Second or Foreign Language: Issues and Challenges Facing ESL/EFL Academic Writers in Higher Education Contexts (pp. 126-145).
2009
Book Review: The Body in Flannery O’Connor’s Fiction by Donald E. Hardy, 2007. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, pp. ix + 188 ISBN 978 1 57003 698 9 (hbk)
Moreton, E. (2009). Book Review: The Body in Flannery O’Connor’s Fiction by Donald E. Hardy, 2007. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, pp. ix + 188 ISBN 978 1 57003 698 9 (hbk). Language and Literature: International Journal of Stylistics, 18(4), 396-399. doi:10.1177/09639470090180040801