Research group on Applied Cognitive Linguistics (CLaRe)
The Cognitive Linguistics applied Research (CLaRe) group explores language as a fundamental component of human cognition, closely connected with perception, memory, attention, reasoning, and social interaction. Our research examines how linguistic knowledge reflects the ways in which speakers conceptualize and understand the world, shaped by both shared and culturally specific cognitive patterns.
I International Conference on Applied Cognitive Linguistics (CLaRe)
CLaRe focuses on several interrelated lines of research:
Contrastive analysis and translation:
applying cognitive linguistics to study cross-linguistic conceptualizations and to improve human and machine translation, particularly in handling figurative language and cultural frameworks.
Pedagogical grammar:
developing innovative teaching approaches grounded in cognitive principles such as image schemas, conceptual metaphors, and constructions.
Construction Grammar:
analyzing constructions as functional units, creating pedagogical resources that highlight patterns and connections to facilitate language acquisition.
Figurative language:
investigating metaphor, metonymy, and related phenomena, and designing resources to support their teaching and understanding in multilingual contexts.
Interfaces with other approaches:
connecting cognitive linguistics with pragmatics and functionalism, and applying these insights to specialized discourses such as medical, legal, and media communication.
The group also promotes knowledge transfer into fields such as education, intercultural communication, artificial intelligence, and language technologies, contributing to both theoretical advances and practical applications.
Through this interdisciplinary perspective, CLaRe aims to become a reference point in the study of language, bridging theory and practice to address academic, educational, and societal needs.