O'Driscoll, Jim (2013) How to talk about languages: the venues metaphor. Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 32 (5). pp. 601-625. ISSN 1613-3684
O'Driscoll, Jim (2013) Situational Transformations: the offensive-izing of an email message and the public-ization of offensiveness. Pragmatics and Society, 4 (3). pp. 369-387. ISSN 1878-9714
O'Driscoll, Jim (2013) The role of language in interpersonal pragmatics. Journal of Pragmatics. ISSN 0378-2166
O'Driscoll, Jim (2007) Brown and Levinson's face: How it can—and can't—help us to understand interaction across cultures. Intercultural Pragmatics, 4 (4). pp. 463-492. ISSN 1612295X
O'Driscoll, Jim (2007) What's in an FTA? Reflections on a chance meeting with Claudine. Journal of Politeness Research Language Behaviour Culture, 3 (2). pp. 243-268. ISSN 1612-5681
O'Driscoll, Jim (2004) World Englishes, Gunnel Melchers and Philip Shaw (book review). Belgian journal of english language and literature (2). ISSN 1376-2958
O'Driscoll, Jim (2004) World Englishes: A resource book for students, Jennifer Jenkins (book review). Belgian journal of english language and literature (2). ISSN 1376-2958
O'Driscoll, Jim (2001) Hiding Your Difference: How Non-global Languages are being Marginalised in Everyday Interaction. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 22 (6). pp. 475-490. ISSN 01434632
O'Driscoll, Jim (2001) A face model of language choice. Multilingua - Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 20 (3). pp. 245-268. ISSN 01678507
O'Driscoll, Jim (2000) Sociolinguistics in a straitjacket. (Review of Spolsky's 'Sociolinguistics'). Functions of language, 7 (1). pp. 133-148. ISSN 0929-998X
O'Driscoll, Jim (1996) About face: A defence and elaboration of universal dualism. Journal of Pragmatics, 25 (1). pp. 1-32. ISSN 0378-2166
O'Driscoll, Jim (1990) Quality versus equality: making value judgements about language. BELL: Belgian essays on language and literature. pp. 51-70. ISSN 1376-2958
O'Driscoll, Jim (2010) Some Issues with the Concept of Face: When, What, How and How Much? In: Politeness Across Cultures. Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK, pp. 17-41. ISBN 9780230236486
O'Driscoll, Jim (2010) Epilogue. In: Historical (Im)politeness. Linguistic Insights: Studies in Language and Communication, 65 . Peter Lang Publishers, pp. 265-289. ISBN 9783039114962
O'Driscoll, Jim (2009) A viable Israel and a secure Palestine: Textual intervention in a British public debate. In: From will to well: Studies in Linguistics offered to Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen. Academia Press, Gent, Belgium, pp. 361-371. ISBN 9789038214962
O'Driscoll, Jim (2009) Erving Goffman. In: The Pragmatics of Interaction. Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights (4). John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 79-95. ISBN 9789027207814
O'Driscoll, Jim (2005) Erving Goffman. In: IPrA Handbook of pragmatics. International Pragmatics Association.
O'Driscoll, Jim (1999) Language choice as identity construction in Pan-European Interaction - A Case Study. In: Language, Culture and Identity. Aalborg University Press, Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 115-135. ISBN 9788773076293
O'Driscoll, Jim and Simon-Vandenbergen, Anne-Marie (2009) Personalisation in extremist political discourse across cultures. In: 11th International Pragmatics Conference, 12th - 17th July 2009, Melbourne, Australia. (Unpublished)
O'Driscoll, Jim (2008) Conflict participation frameworks. In: Conflict Research Society Conference 2008, 2nd - 3rd September 2008, University of Kent, Canterbury. (Unpublished)
O'Driscoll, Jim (2008) Metaphors we speak by: time for an alternative to the biological metaphor for languages. In: Annual Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association, 23rd - 26th July 2008, University of Sheffield. (Unpublished)
O'Driscoll, Jim (2008) Some problems with the concept of face: A review. In: 4th International Symposium on Politeness, 2nd - 4th July 2008, Budapest. (Unpublished)
O'Driscoll, Jim (2006) How can linguistics help with conflict research? In: Conference Research Society Conference 2006, 6th September 2006, Birmingham. (Unpublished)
O'Driscoll, Jim (2006) Languages as venues: an alternative to the biological metaphor. In: Sociolinguistics Symposium 16, 6th - 8th July 2006, University of Limerick, Limerick. (Unpublished)
O'Driscoll, Jim (2006) Linguistics and conflict studies. In: Linguistic impoliteness and rudeness (LIAR) 2006: confrontation and conflict in discourse, 3rd - 4th July 2006, University of Huddersfield. (Unpublished)
O'Driscoll, Jim (2004) The discourse of English as T-Rex. In: Language and the future of Europe: ideologies, policies and practices, 8th - 10th July 2004, Universtiy of Southampton. (Unpublished)
O'Driscoll, Jim (2002) First-order and second-order politeness: The dispute over 'modelling' politeness. In: Sociolinguistics Symposium 14, 4th - 6th April 2002, Gent, Belgium. (Unpublished)
O'Driscoll, Jim (2009) Britain: for learners of English. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780194306447
O'Driscoll, Jim (1995) Britain: the country and its people: an introduction for learners of English. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9783464100523
O'Driscoll, Jim (1990) Basic English grammar exercises. Penguin. ISBN 9780140809459
O'Driscoll, Jim (1988) Basic English grammar. Penguin. ISBN 9780140808988
O'Driscoll, Jim (1984) Advanced writing skills. Penguin. ISBN 9780140808360