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Chinese and Sinophone literatures.
Research in modern and contemporary Chinese and/or Sinophone literatures—particularly (but not exclusively) related to the representation of otherness or the interactions between the Chinese-speaking and Western worlds. Approaches to these aspects from the standpoints of comparative literature, translation studies, critical theory, intellectual theory and thought.
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Mail: cprado@uoc.edu |
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Conceptual Metaphor Studies We carry out research on Conceptual Metaphor Theory and its applications to the analysis of conceptualizations or discourse in specific fields, especially health and mental health. Research topics include but are not limited to the following:
Our current research project in this area focuses on mental health. You can find more information here: MOMENT Project. |
Mail: mcollfl@uoc.edu |
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Neural machine translation: technical and integration aspects.
Neural machine translation systems have led to a significant improvement in the quality of the results, but there are still many aspects to research and improve. This PhD line is broad and includes both aspects related to system training and integration in professional translation environments. Research related to the post-editing process and the use of neural machine translation in the translation of creative texts and literary translation can also be included.
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Dr. Antoni Oliver
Mail: aoliverg@uoc.edu
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Automatic terminology extraction: application of machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques.
This is a broad research proposal to explore machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques applied to automatic terminology extraction and the automatic search of translation equivalents in a parallel and comparable corpus.
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Dr. Antoni Oliver
Mail: aoliverg@uoc.edu
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Global Literary Studies Research Lab.
The Global Literary Studies Research Lab analyses literary history from a global, decentred and interdisciplinary perspective. This approach allows us to look at cross-border cultural and literary phenomena that go beyond the national framework and can be thought of in broader configurations. Within a gender, ethical and digital humanities perspective, we test our objectives by means of four lines of research:
Global translation flows:
The Global Novel:
Global Literary Environments:
Global Cinema:
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Dr. Diana Roig-Sanz
Mail: dsanzr@uoc.edu
Dr. Laura Fólica
Mail: lfolica@uoc.edu
Dr. Neus Rotger
Mail: nrotgerc@uoc.edu
Dr. Aurea Mota
Mail: amotad@uoc.edu
Mail: aclariana@uoc.edu
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Contemporary Catalan literature This group researches into the world of Catalan literature of the 19th, 20th and 21st century. We carry out both contextual and theoretical studies with a special focus on sociological aspects. We also encourage comparative studies between Catalan literature and other literary systems. Researchers in this group examine the following subjects:
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Mail: rcanadell@uoc.edu Mail: jfernandezmont@uoc.edu Mail: tiribarren@uoc.edu Mail: ogassol@uoc.edu |
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Specialized communication: linguistic strategies to foster understanding of specialized texts Communication between specialists in a field and non-expert recipients has always been a complex issue not without its problems. The cognitive domains of the two interlocutors are different and the originator must be able to adapt his or her discourse to make it understandable to the non-specialist recipient. With this research subject, the idea is to analyse, from a linguistics perspective, the factors that specialists need to bear in mind when drawing up texts written from their specialist field but aimed at non-experts. The goal is to detect those linguistic strategies that need to be implemented to avoid problems of understanding that hinder effective communication. Although the study is from a linguistics perspective, it also takes into account the cognitive dimension of specialized communication. The specialist fields proposed for the research are those of law and medicine, given that it is vital that recipients have a good understanding of the texts they receive in these fields. Nevertheless, it may be possible to agree to work on other specialist fields. |
Mail: odomenechb@uoc.edu |
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Lexical innovation in the current information and knowledge society The technical revolution experienced by society in recent decades has entailed deep-seated transformations that have had great impact upon language, particularly on language change. These days, Web 3.0 makes it possible for new words to circulate throughout around the internet and spread massively amongst millions of users, who are often private individuals. Given these circumstances, it appears logical to posit that the use of social networks is impacting both the processes of forming new words and the rate of neological change in languages (in the sense of accelerating or increasing it). This research subject seeks to validate or refute these statements based on the analysis of neologisms taken from social networks, to ascertain the current lines followed by languages with regard to lexical innovation processes. |
Mail: odomenechb@uoc.edu |
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Literature, Sexuality, and Subjectivity: Psychoanalysis, Queer Theory, Affective Studies
This research will focus on exploring the various ways in which literary texts represent and participate in the construction of the subject, with a special emphasis on the role of the body, dissident sexualities, and intersections with other social or identity categories. The theoretical framework of this proposal is broad, but pays particular attention to psychoanalysis, queer theory, and affective studies. Comparative thesis projects or those focused on Catalan literature will be particularly welcomed.
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Mail: jfernandezmont@uoc.edu |
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Contemporary Catalan Literature and Culture: Cultural Field and Construction of Identities
This proposal focuses on the study of Catalan literature and culture of the 20th and 21st centuries, both in their sociological dimension and in terms of the analysis of representations. Drawing from a diversity of critical and theoretical approaches, we emphasize issues such as discourses on Catalan culture and identity, the role of emotions and affects, the processes of identity construction, the symbolic dimension of subordination, the dialectic between universality and particularity, representations of immigration, or gender and sexuality.
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Mail: jfernandezmont@uoc.edu |
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Computational Lexicography Studies Computational Lexicography Studies are focused on terminology, linguistic resources and natural language processing tools in a multilingual and interdisciplinary perspective. Research topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Computational terminology
- Corpus linguistics
- Linguistic resources
- Natural language processing tools
- Computational lexicography: theoretical studies
- Computational lexicography: applied studies
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Mail: mvazquezga@uoc.edu |
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Didactics of Language and Literature
The Didactics of Language and Literature (DLL) is a discipline that spans pre-university educational levels (Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle and High School), as well as university didactics (Bachelor, Master, Postgraduate) and regulated and non-regulated adult education (Language Schools, courses for migrants, continuing education, etc.).
Within this multi-level framework, we propose the following research lines in DLL from a non-androcentric perspective and committed to the Sustainable Development Goals:
1. Language Didactics:
2. Literature Didactics:
3. Educational Sociolinguistics:
4. Resources for DLL:
5. Intersection of language, literature, culture in educational practice.
6. DLL from a historical, transnational, or comparative perspective.
7. DLL and reading promotion.
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Mail: mlacueval@uoc.edu
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Multilingualism and Intersectionality
The IdentiCat research group includes a team of sociolinguists interested in understanding how linguistic diversity is embedded in the production and reproduction of social inequalities. More specifically, we are concerned with how language-related inequalities are linked to other axes of inequality, such as gender, sexuality, social class, race, functional diversity, etc.
In particular, we are focused on developing the concept of subjectivity applied to linguistic uses, as well as the new contributions of post-materialism and post-humanism to understand how spaces of agency can be created for subaltern subjects, and also how language policies can be integrated with other equality policies at all levels.
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Correu: jpujolar@uoc.edu |
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