CORALINGO (Linguistics, Discourse and Corpus: Didactics and Technological Applications)
Scientic Supervisor / Contact Person
Name and Surname
Margarita Borreguero Zuloaga
Localization & Research Area
Faculty / Institute
Faculty of Language Studies
Department
General Linguistics
Research Area
Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)
MSCA & ERC experience
Research group / research team hosted any MSCA fellow?
No
Research group / research team have any ERC beneficiaries?
No
Research Team & Research Topic
Research Team / Research Group Name (if any)
CORALINGO (Linguistics, Discourse and Corpus: Didactics and Technological Applications)
Brief description of the Research Team / Research Group / Department
This group aims at developing research in the main European languages (Spanish, English, Italian, German, Portuguese) from a discursive and interactional perspective using corpus linguistics methodology. The results are applied to the field of language teaching mainly linked to the use of computer tools and social networks. We are particularly interested in spoken language (from phonetics to text structure), in pragmatic strategies and in the acquisition of the oral competence in L2.<br />The group is formed by linguists of different deparments (General Linguistics, Romance Languages, German and Slavic Languages) of the Faculty of Language Studies and encourages young researchers to take part in the project (PhD candidates, post-doc candidates, junior professors).
Research lines / projects proposed
- Corpus Linguistics: spoken corpora, L2 corpora, slang <br />- Language teaching with new tools: software, social networks, mobile learning<br />- Language acquisition: oral and discursive competence, phonetics<br />- Discourse: cohesion devices, informa
Application requirements
Professional Experience & Documents
- Design of mobile app to improve language learning<br />- Collect a reference corpus of Spanish young language<br />- Pragmatics and discourse studies applied to language acquisition and teaching
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