Born and raised in Barcelona, Spain
Nationality: Dutch
Nominated member of ‘AcademiaNet: Expert Database of Outstanding Female Scientists and Scholars’ (2012-) [Profile]
Education
| Jan. 2003 | Ph.D. Humanities, VU University Amsterdam Dissertation: “Imaginary Trialogues: Conceptual Blending and Fictive Interaction in Criminal Courts” Supervisors: Th.A.J.M. Janssen, A.V. Cicourel, F.C. van der Leek |
| Nov. 1999 | M.A. English Language, Autonomous University of Barcelona (cum laude) |
| Dec. 1996 | M.A. English Language and Literature, Universiteit van Amsterdam (cum laude) |
| Jun. 1995 | B.A. Anglo-Germanic Philology, Autonomous University of Barcelona |
– 2025- Present: Associate Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
| 2022-2024
2015-2021 |
Associate Professor, Institute of Linguistics, Shanghai International Studies University, China
Associate Professor & Senior researcher (‘100 Talents’ program), Spanish Language & Culture Dept. and Linguistics Dept., School of International Studies, Zhejiang University, China |
| 2009 -2015 | Assistant Professor, Communication & Information Sciences Dept., University of Groningen, the Netherlands |
| Feb – Aug 2009 | Lecturer, Communication and Information Sciences Dept., University of Groningen, Netherlands |
| 2008 – 2009 | Lecturer, ITV University of Applied Sciences for Translation and Interpreting, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 2006 – 2008 | Lecturer, Language and Communication Dept., VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 2005 – 2009 | Post-doctoral researcher, Language and Communication Dept, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Nov – Dec 2004 | Post-doctoral researcher, English Dept., Universiteit Gent, Belgium |
| 2003 – 2004 | Post-doctoral researcher, English Dept., Universiteit Gent, Belgium and Dept. of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, USA |
| Feb – May 2003 | Post-doctoral research assistant, Dutch Dept., VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| Sep – Dec 2002 | Ph.D. researcher, Dutch Dept., VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 2000 – 2002 | Visiting Ph.D. candidate, Cognitive Science Dept. and Center for Research in Language, University of California, San Diego |
| 1998 – 2000 | Junior lecturer, Humanities Dept., Open University of Catalonia, Spain |
| 1997 – 1999 | Research assistant, Sociology Dept, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain |
| 1997 – 2000 | Junior lecturer, Linguistics Dept., Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain |
Professional Activities (selection)
– Elected President (2018-2022) and Vice-President (2016-2018) of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS).
– Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Language and Culture, June 2020-June 2026.
– Co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of Language Under Discussion, since June 2013.
– Editorial Board member of Journal of Linguistics (since January 2019); Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science (since November 2020); and the book series Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use (published by John Benjamins, since December 2019); Veredas – Journal of Linguistic Studies (since May 2012);
– Associate member of The Center for Cognitive Science, Hunan Normal University. Director: Prof. Mark Turner, since March 2018.
– Founding member and Secretary of the Belgium and Netherlands Cognitive Linguistics Association (BeNeCLA), 2008-2010; board member, 2012-2014.
– Founding board member of the European Society for Transcultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogue (ESTIDIA), since Jun 2012.
– Permanent member of the International Organizing Committee of the Language, Culture, and Mind (LCM) conference series (since June 2010) and of the scientific committee of the Spanish Association of Cognitive Linguistics (AELCO), since Sep 2013.
– Permanent reviewer of teaching and research projects for: the Catalan Foundation for University Education and Research Grants ( ‘Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca’, AGAUR), since April 2011.
– Ad hoc reviewer of research projects for: Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO: Veni postdoc grants, Innovational Research Incentives Scheme), Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO: Post-doctoral fellow grants), the Research Council KU Leuven (University of Leuven, Belgium), and the LEaDing Fellows Postdocs Programme (the Netherlands).
– Ad hoc reviewer of articles in (selection): Anuari de Filologia, Crossroads: A Journal of English Studies, eHumanista/IVITRA, International Journal of Chinese Linguistics, Journal of Linguistics, Journal of Pragmatics, Language and Cognition, Language & Communication, Linguistics in the Netherlands, Metaphor and the Social World, Nederlandse Taalkunde, Pragmatics and Society, Review of Cognitive Linguistics, Revista Española de Lingüística, and Text & Talk; and books or book chapters in: Cambridge University Press, Mouton de Gruyter, John Benjamins, CSDL Publications, and Berghahn Books.
Funded Research Projects (selection)
Principal Investigator
– “Fictive interaction as linguistic construction and communicative strategy” (411836), ‘Hundred Talents’ program, senior researcher position. Zhejiang University, P.R. China, 2015- 2018.
– “The Conversation Frame: Linguistic Forms and Communicative Functions in Discourse” (276-70-019), NWO, Vidi research program, Groningen University, 2010-2015.
– “Speech Representation as Re-contextualization: A Comparative Study of Reported and Constructed Questions in Dutch and American Criminal Trials” (275-70-012), NWO, Veni post-doc grant, VU University Amsterdam, 2005-2008.
– “An Ethnographic Study of Interaction and Language Use in Criminal Trials before the Flemish Jury” (R 33-302), NWO, Talent travel grant, Ghent University, Nov.-Dec. 2004.
– “A Comparative Study of Fictive Interaction Clauses in Dutch and English” (S 20-3), NWO, Talent post-doc grant, Supervisors:Prof. S. Slembrouck and Prof. A.V. Cicourel, Universiteit Gent, and University of California, San Diego, 2003-2004.
– “An Ethnographic Study of Discourse Processes in Court” (020033S), Fulbright, Supervisors: Prof. A.V. Cicourel and Prof. G. Fauconnier, University of California, San Diego, 2000-2002.
Member of advisory team
– “Epistemic Strategies in Discourse, Interaction and Communication” (FFI2008-00070/FISO), Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (MEC), P.I.: Prof. T.A. van Dijk, Pompeu Fabra Universiy (Barcelona, Spain), Jan. 2009-Jan. 2012.
– “Intertextuality in Judicial Settings: The Interrelations Between Talk and Written Documents in Police Interrogations and Criminal Trials” (PR-05-01), Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), Principal investigators: Prof. W. Spooren and Dr. M.L. Komter, VU University Amsterdam , Jan. 2007-Jan. 2011.
Languages
1. Catalan: native
2. Spanish: native
3. English: near-native
4. Dutch: near-native (‘National certificate of Dutch as second language for education and work: University level’, ‘NT2’)
5. German: intermediate (Mittelstufe III)
6. French: intermediate comprehension, basic speaking (‘D.E.L.F. Premier degré’)
7. Chinese: beginners (very basic written and spoken comprehension and production)
