Projects
Project Spanish Federal Research Fund: "Emotion, memory, linguistic identity and emotional acculturation: influences on the learning of Spanish as a migrant language" KU Leuven
Within this project (funding by the Spanish Federal Research Fund (FFI2017-83166-C2-2-R; Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad. Gobierno de España; PI: Susana Martín Leralta (Universidad Nebrija, Madrid), 27.467€) we investigate the possible impact of migration on language and emotions. Emotional experiences are closely related to the cultures to which we belong and the languages we speak. As a result of migrations, when people ...
Linguistic aspects of Flemish Sign Language – a further exploration KU Leuven
Linguistic research on Flemish Sign Language started around 1990, however, Flemish Sign Language still is one of the underdescribed signed languages. More research is most important, for example to support teaching activities related to Flemish Sign Language. Signed language research has both societal and scientific relevance, the study of signed languages complements the study of spoken languages and as such forms an important part of the ...
The intercultural Dynamics troughout the ancient Mediterranean. A comparative Study of the Goddesses Athena and 'Anath KU Leuven
THE INTERCULTURAL DYNAMICS THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE GODDESSES ATHENA AND 'ANATH.
This PhD research project aims to contribute to the intercultural and religious transfer throughout the Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age (1400[1]-1200[2])[3]. By means of an extensive comparison of the profiles of ‘Anath from Ugarit and the Ancient Greek Athena, this study examines all possible ...
Storytelling identities of interpreters in conflicts: a narrative study of Iraqi interpreters with the US military (2003-2011) KU Leuven
This project explores the identities of Iraqi interpreters who worked for the US military during the Iraq War 2003-2011. Although interpreting studies is a field by itself and there are enormous researches conducted within, very few researchers have tackled interpreting and interpreters using a narrative theory (Baker, 2006, 2010; Harding, 2012; Probirskaja, 2016). However, the application of the narrative theory in interpreting studies to ...