Chris Mulhall

Dr Chris Mulhall is a Lecturer in the Department of Arts at South East Technological University (SETU), Ireland. He holds a PhD from University College Dublin focusing on lexicographical challenges in bilingual Italian-English dictionaries. His research interests span lexicography, corpus linguistics, and historical linguistic studies, with particular emphasis on cultural and sociolinguistic dimensions of dictionary production.

Education: PhD in Lexicography (2009, UCD), specializing in comparative analysis of bilingual dictionaries. Academic career includes contributions to lexicographical methodology and language policy.

Research focuses on topics such as gender representation in bilingual dictionaries, corpus-driven lexicography, and historical patterns of language borrowing. His work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical lexicographical practices, emphasizing the sociocultural context of language documentation.

Recent publications explore the depiction of gender identities in French-English dictionaries (2024), European dictionary usage trends (2019), and corpus-based analyses of verb translation challenges (2018). Media engagement includes discussions on the future of printed dictionaries (2016).