PROJECT TITLE:

MAPPING IDENTITY AND DIVERSITY IN INTRA- AND INTERLINGUAL LEXICAL AND TERMINOLOGICAL RESOURCES

 

OVERVIEW:

In a society which promotes an ever-increasing mobility, the knowledge and study of languages is of paramount importance. Hence, there is currently a set of language policies issued by the European Council which emphasize the defence of plurilingualism, as well as the concern of a fruitful linguistic diversity. Therefore, it is defended that individuals learn diverse languages ​​in a European context open to the defence of a diverse and pluricultural linguistic framework. It is, in the first instance, up to Higher Education institutions to develop this aim, by promoting the scientific study of languages across the academic community and in the region where the Institution is located.

 

PROJECT OBJECTIVES:

“Mapping identity and diversity in intra- and interlingual lexical and terminological resources”  dedicates itself to research in fundamental, experimental and applied linguistics, with the following general aims:

1. promote research in Linguistics;

2. develop applied areas of Linguistics (namely Cognitive Sciences, Computer Sciences and Inter-comprehension);

3. stimulate research in the context of the digitalization of (oral and written) texts, both with regards to their digital availability and to their linguistic analysis;

4. promote collaboration with national and foreign institutions which undertake similar activities.

Specific objectives:

1. Focus on romance Languages to English wordnet linkage: challenges and solutions, with reference to Madeiran / European Portuguese, Italian and Romanian and English equivalents

2.  Interlingual influences and foreign borrowings in Madeiran (Portuguese) / Romanian tourism and leisure terminology

3. Terminology as mirror of national history and domain specific knowledge

4. The lexical influence of English on European languages.

 

RESEARCH AREAS:

GT 1: Madeiran Portuguese / European Portuguese: Diversity, change and modality

 

GT 2: Digital Humanities / Computational approaches to Cognitive Linguistics

 

GT 3: Language Teaching and Acquisition in a globalised multiliteracy world

 

BOARD OF COORDINATORS:

Teodora Popescu

Paulo Osório

Giacomo Ferrari

Alcina Sousa

Crina Herteg

 

Research TEAM:

Adina Botas (“1 Decembrie University of Alba Iulia / CIEL -Romania)

Alcina de Sousa (University of Madeira and postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Humanities at UBI - CEAUL)

Alexandra Nunes (UÉ doctoral student –CEL)

Bernardo Manuel Pereira Silva (UTAD doctoral student, Language Sciences) 

Crina Herteg (“1 Decembrie University of Alba Iulia / CIEL -Romania)

Dana Avram (“1 Decembrie University of Alba Iulia doctoral student / CIEL -Romania)

Diogo César Henriques Jasmins (UÉ doctoral student – CEL) 

Giacomo Ferrari (Piemont University)

Paulo Osório (UBI Literature Department)

Teodora Popescu (“1 Decembrie University of Alba Iulia / CIEL -Romania)