M Carmen Pérez-Llantada Auría
Centre: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Departamento de Filología Inglesa y Alemana
Institution: University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza (Spain)
Position: Researcher from the University of Zaragoza
E-mail: llantada@unizar.es
Phone: 976 762588
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Personal statement
My doctoral thesis was on the use of scientific metalanguage in the narrative of the American writer T. Pynchon. Later, I joined the University of Zaragoza as a professor in the Department of English and German Philology and began a line of research in applied linguistics and languages for academic and professional purposes. In 2003, I obtained a Morley Scholarship at the English Language Institute of the University of Michigan (USA) to continue my training as a linguist. I have carried out other research stays at Florida International University, Boston Massachusetts (USA) and the University of Cambridge (UK). I have led national and international research projects related to the use of language as a complex system and I work with quantitative research methods (data mining, corpus linguistics software) and qualitative research methods (ethnomethodologies). I also develop research transfer projects and activities in collaboration with the spin-off Kampal Data Solutions and with the Ibercivis Foundation for Citizen Science. I am currently the Head of the Digital Science line of the Computing and Data Science Area of BIFI.
Researcher profile identity
I am a EURAXESS R4 level researcher. My main lines of research focus on the professional and public communication of scientific knowledge through traditional media (written texts) and digital media (web environments and social networks). I investigate linguistic resources and communication strategies for the construction of identities in specialized discourse typologies (medical and health texts, ecology and environment texts, etc.) and their rhetorical effects in relation to the transmission of scientific knowledge. I also analyze networks of interconnected genres in virtual environments, focusing on semantic intertextuality, the interaction between verbal and visual/multimodal modes of these genres, and on the hypertextuality and interactivity of the medium.
Why my research is important
Research in the broad field of applied linguistics involves an interdisciplinary area that focuses on the use of linguistic knowledge to solve problems of various kinds, for example, problems related to language education, language policy and planning, and language acquisition and bilingualism. My research helps to integrate problems related to foreign language learning, for example, by integrating technologies (apps and software) to facilitate learning and communication, and also by providing creative solutions to use artificial intelligence for processing and analysis of second and foreign languages.
Nowadays, science communication has become a fundamental pillar to contribute to the generation of knowledge that allows improving the well-being of society. My research provides data that serve to empirically document decision-making in aspects of scientific policy and research policy, specifically Open Science policies that seek to enhance the interaction between the scientific community and citizens, thus promoting the democratisation of science.
Know more about me and my research
– https://bifi.es/es/computacion/
– https://genci.unizar.es/llantada/
– Twitter/X: @carmenpll2016
