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Research

Research groups and research projects

Current research groups

(•) Discourse and communication in English: functional and cognitive approaches (DISCOM-COGFUNC)
PI: Dra. Juana I. Marín-Arrese (Full Professor), Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
www.ucm.es/discom-cogfunc

(•) GENTEXT: Gender, Language and Sexual (In)Equality Research Group
Status: external advisor
PI: Dr. José Santaemilia Ruiz, Universitat de València-IULMA
https://gentext.blogs.uv.es

(•) LEIDE: Lengua, emoción, identidad
Status: external advisor
PI: Dra. Ana Blanco Canales, Universidad de Alcalá
https://grupoleide.com

Active research projects

(1) Stance and Subjectivity in Discourse (PGC2018-095798-B-I)
Funded by the National Research Agency, Ministry of Science, Spain
PIs: Dra. Juana I. Marín-Arrese (UCM) & Dra. Laura Hidalgo Downing (Autonomous University of Madrid)
(2) Gamifying the higher education classroom: learning by playing
Research projects for innovative teaching, funded by the Vice-Provost for Research, UCM.
PI: Dra. Carmen Maíz-Arévalo (UCM)

Publications

Monographs/Thesis

(1) Sánchez-Moya, A. (2018). Exploring digital discourses on Intimate Partner Violence. A socio-cognitive approach. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. ISBN: 978-94-6380-076-1

Articles, papers & book chapters

Book chapters (7)
Sánchez-Moya, A. (forthcoming, 2022). The metaphorical construction of masculinities in online accounts of ‘coming out’. In Robert Lawson (Ed). Discourse of Digital Masculinities. London/New York: Routledge. (SPI> ICEE: 1153.000)

Sánchez-Moya, A. (accepted, 2021). Incorporating Instagram in e-learning contexts: reflections from ESP adult learners’ experiences and perceptions. Granada: Comares. (SPI> ICEE: 491.000)

Sánchez-Moya, A. & Maíz-Arévalo, C. (accepted, 2021). ‘Histrionic, appalling, a major turkey’: the expression of evaluative stance in the discourse of online forums. En Marín Arrese, J. I., Hidalgo-Downing, L. and Zamorano, J.R. (eds.), Stance, Inter/Subjectivity and Identity in Discourse. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. (SPI> ICEE: 642.000)

Sánchez-Moya, A. (2021). How does violence-motivated online discourse differ from its non-violent counterpart?. En J. Santaemilia et al. (Eds.) Exploring discourse and ideology through corpora (pp. 167-188). Bern: Peter Lang. (SPI> ICEE: 642.000)

Sánchez-Moya, A. (2019). Violence, media, and gender biases. En J.I. Marín-Arrese et al. (Eds.). Discourse, meaning and communication (pp. 113-119). Madrid: Escolar y Mayo. ISBN: 978-84-18093-24-1 (SPI> ICEE: 8.000)

Sánchez-Moya, A. (2019). Violencia, medios de comunicación y sesgos de género. En J.I. Marín-Arrese et al. (Eds.). Discourse, meaning and communication (pp. 121-127). Madrid: Escolar y Mayo. ISBN: 978-84-18093-24-1 (SPI> ICEE: 8.000)

– Maíz-Arévalo, C. & Sánchez-Moya, A. (2017). ‘I Know How You Feel’: Multifaceted Insights into the Expression of Support Strategies in Computer-Mediated-Communication. In C. Vargas-Sierra (Ed.), Professional and Academic Discourse: an Interdisciplinary Perspective (214-223). EPiC Series in Language and Linguistics. ISSN: 2398-5283. (Indexed in: Crossref, Scopus, Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic).

 

Research papers (8)
– Sánchez-Moya, A. (aceptado, 2021). From the uncertainty of violence to life after abuse: discurstive transitions among female survivors of IPV in online contexts. Research in Corpus Linguistics. (ICDS 5.9) (Indexed in: DOAJ, Linguistic Bibliography, MLA – Modern Language Association Database, DIALNET)

Sánchez-Moya, A. & Cruz-Moya, O. (aceptado, 2021). A discursive examination of the use of emojis in WhatsApp groups: a cross-generational study. In S. Petroni & M. Lozano-Zahonero (Eds.). Special issue: Investigating emotions across cultures and disciplines. Rivista di Psicolinguistica Applicata / Journal of Applied Psycholinguistics (ICDS: 7.8) (Indexed in: APA, ERIH Plus, Scopus, Web of Science)

– Cruz-Moya, O. & Sánchez-Moya, A. (2021). Humour in multimodal times: insights from online interactions among senior users of a WhatsApp group. Internet Pragmatics, 4(1), 52-86. https://doi.org/10.1075/ip.00061.cru (CiteScore: 0.500) (Indexed in: Bibliography of Pragmatics Online (BoP) ; CNKI Scholar ; Dimensions ; Emerging Sources Citation Index ; ERIH PLUS ; Glottolog ; IBR/IBZ ; Linguistic Bibliography/Bibliographie Linguistique ; Linguistics Abstracts Online ; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) ; MLA International Bibliography ; Scopus)

Sánchez-Moya, A. (2017). Corpus-driven insights into the discourse of women survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. Quaderns de Filologia: Estudis Lingüístics, 22, 215-243. doi: 10.7203/qf.22.11309 (ICDS 10.0) (Indexed in: Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus, DOAJ, Linguistic Bibliography, MLA – Modern Language Association Database, DIALNET)

Sánchez-Moya, A. & Cruz-Moya, O. (2015). ‘Hey there! I am using WhatsApp’: a preliminary study of recurrent discursive realisations in a corpus of WhatsApp statuses. Procedia: Social & Behavioral Sciences, 12 (2), 52-60. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.298 (ICDS 6.1) (Indexed in: ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), MLA – Modern Language Association Database)

Sánchez-Moya, A. & Cruz-Moya, O. (2015). WhatsApp, textese, and moral panics: discourse features and habits across two generations. Procedia: Social & Behavioral Sciences, 173, 300-306. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.02.069 (ICDS 6.1) (Indexed in: ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), MLA – Modern Language Association Database)

– Cruz-Moya, O. & Sánchez-Moya, A. (2015). Las instrucciones de los manuales de español para extranjeros y su heterogeneidad discursiva. Centro Virtual Cervantes. E-AESLA, 1. ISSN: 2444-197X. (ICDS: 1.2) (Indexed in Dialnet)

Sánchez-Moya, A. (2012). Turning a Blind Eye to Linguistic Politeness: Exploring the Use of Euphemism in British and Spanish University Students. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference ‘The Priorities of Contemporary Philology: Theory and Practice’, Potlava: ABTOPȞ CTATEȞ, 2012. ISBN: 978-966-8798-64-1

Book reviews

(5) Sánchez-Moya, A. (in preparation). Book review: Daniel Silva (ed.). 2017. Language and violence: Pragmatic perspectives. Discourse & Society.

(4) Sánchez-Moya, A. (2018). From traditional media practices to the different digital platforms. index.comunicación, 8(1), 301-304. E-ISSN: 2174-1859 | ISSN: 2444-3239

(3) Cruz-Moya, O. & (4) Sánchez-Moya, A. (2018). Book review: Sara Mills & Abojali S. Mustapha (eds.) 2015. Gender Representation in Learning Materials: International Perspectives. Discourse & Society, 29 (3).
doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926517753789e

(2) Sánchez-Moya, A (2017). Book review: Zimman, Lal, Davis, Jenny L., Raclaw, Joshua (eds). 2014. Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. Journal of Language & Sexuality, 6(2). 343-346.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.6.2.06san

(1) Sánchez-Moya, A (2017). Book review: Hanna Pishwa and Rainer Schulze (eds.) The Expression of Inequality in Interaction. Discourse & Society, 28 (1). 114-116.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926516677193e

Translations

(1) Iglesia, María Covadonga. (2012). A didactic and methodological lesson of the study of Economics and the skill development of students. Trans. Guirado-López, Patricia & Alfonso Sánchez-Moya. Social Sciences and Humanities – Applications and Theories / Book 1. Ed. M. A. López-Varela. In Tech, 2012. ISBN: 979-953-307-527-2 (OpenAccess: link to chapter)

Talks and conferences

2020

The multimodal spread of right-wing digital populism: Santiago Abascal (VOX) and his political online persona on Instagram
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Political Discourse | 25 June 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19)
University of Liverpool, UK

‘Is it too late to apologise?’: a cross-generational examination of digital apologising on WhatsApp
Co-authored: Cruz-Moya, Olga
9th International Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics| 9 May 2020 (cancelled due to COVID)
University of Seville, Spain

Insulting implicitly in English and Spanish Forums
Co-authored: Maíz-Arévalo, Carmen
9th International Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics| 9 May 2020 (cancelled due to COVID)
University of Seville, Spain

2019

Evaluation and attitude across discourse domains: advertising, for a and scientific discourses
Co-authored: Maíz-Arévalo, Carmen & Núñez-Perucha, Begoña.
43rd Conference Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies | 13 November 2019 · University of Alicante, Spain

Language and world views: understanding socio-political realities through the lens of discourse
Harvard Worldwide Week: RCC researchers showcase | 9 October 2019
Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard, Cambridge (MA), USA.

Humour in online conversation: a contrast study between junior and senior generations of WhatsApp group users (second author)
Approaches to Multimodal Digital Environments: from theories to practices | 20-22 June 2019
Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy

A discursive examination of the use of emojis in two WhatsApp groups: a matter of age?
Approaches to Multimodal Digital Environments: from theories to practices | 20-22 June 2019
Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy

Violence, media, and gender biases
III Linguistic Circle | DISCOM-COGFUNC, 21-22 May 2019
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

How does violence-motivated online discourse differ from its non-violent counterpart? Insights from a corpus-assisted discourse analysis
XI International Corpus Linguistics Conference | Spanish Association of Corpus Linguistics, 15-17 May 2019
Universidad de Valencia, Spain

2018

Metaphorical representations of Intimate Partner Violence perpetrators in online discourse
V Forum | Association of Discourse Linguistics, 31 May-1 June 2018
Universidad de Navarra, Spain

Intimate Partner Violence survivors’ digital discourses: explorations from a sentiment analysis perspective
X International Conference on Corpus Linguistics, 9-11 May 2018
Universidad de Extremadura (Cáceres), Spain

2017

Investigating discourse in online environments: opportunities, challenges and controversies
VI International Conference on Innovation in Philology and Communication (upon invitation), 25-27 October 2017
Universidad de Valencia, Spain

Critical Discourse Analysis and social inequalities: Intimate Partner Violence
Seminar at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Summer School “Doing Research with Discourse Analysis” (upon invitation), Coor. Dr. Bertie Kaal, 10-13 July 2017
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

‘Oops! That’s not the one’: old speakers, new practices
Sociolinguistics Summer School 8, 4-7 July 2017
Universidad de Barcelona

‘Walking on eggshells, treated like crap, getting nothing out of the relationship’: metaphorical accounts of Intimate Partner Violence in online discourse
Research meeting (upon invitation), Metaphor Lab Amsterdam, 9 May 2017
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

How can corpus linguistics contribute to research on Intimate Partner Violence?
TWIST XI Graduate Student Conference in Linguistics, 21-21 April 2017
Leiden University, The Netherlands

2016

Corpus-driven insights into the discourse of women survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
V Conference on Innovation in Philology and Communication Studies, 14-16 December 2016
Universidad de Valencia, Spain

‘It seems I passed it!!!!’: analysing cyberemotion in professional students’ digital discourses
International Conference on Language and Emotion, 23-25 November 2016
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Standing at the PhD crossroads: embracing challenges, avoiding pitfalls
Welcome session to new PhD students, 15 November 2016
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Towards a better understanding of Intimate Partner Violence: A Critical Discourse Analysis Approach
XII International Conference on General Linguistics (CILG), 23-25 May 2016
Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

‘Stay strong, everyone is here for you’: discursive strategies for digital rapport among IPV survivors in online environments
Round table (“Disembodied gender in computer-mediated-communication: multifaceted insights into Facebook, online forums and blogs”, together with Dr. Carmen Maíz-Arévalo (UCM) & Dr. Antonio García-Gómez (UAH)
XXXIV AESLA International Conference (AESLA), 14-16 April 2016
Universidad de Alicante, Spain

2015

‘I keep remembering things he did from the past :(‘. Men perpetrators as social actors in women’s digital reported experiences with intimate partner violence
1st International Conference: Approaches to Digital Discourse Analysis (ADDA 1), 18-20 November 2015
Universidad de Valencia, Spain

‘¿Cualitativo versus cuantitativo?’: métodos mixtos en el análisis crítico-discursivo de experiencias en torno a la violencia de género
Primeras Jornadas de Investigadorxs Feministxs, 12-13 November 2015
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

“Partner? Baby’s dad?”: discursive representations of male perpetratros in women’s reported experiences with intimate partner violence
1st International UCM Predoctoral Conference on English Linguistics (UPCEL), 17-18 September 2015
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

“Warning: this is a live public forum”: ethical issues underlying research methods on digital discourse of domestic violence
2nd International Symposium EDiSO, 17-19 June 2015
Universidade Coimbra, Portugal

“Hey there! I am using WhatsApp”: a preliminary study of recurrent discursive realisations and pragmatic uses in a corpus of WhatsApp statuses (second author: Olga Cruz-Moya)
XXXIII AESLA International Conference, April 2015
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

2014

Exploring the negotiation of linguistic politeness around compromising discourse
XXIX International Conference Young Linguists Association, September 2014
Universidad de Murcia, Spain

“When he first hit me”: exploring social actor representation of male perpetrators in the discourse of women victims of domestic violence
1st International Symposium EDiSO, May 2014
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

Research on IPV from a Critical Discourse Analysis perspective: problems, concerns, and suggestions
1st International Symposium EDiSO, May 2014
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

WhatsApp, textese and moral panics: discourse features and habits across two generations
XXXII AESLA International Conference, April 2014
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain

2013

“I don’t understand girls!”: tracing traditional gender stereotypes in a currently-used textbook
Research in Language, Gender & Sexuality (research group), May 2013
Lancaster University, UK

Textese and morals panics: much ado about nothing?
Birmingham English Language Postgraduate Conference, March 2013
Birmingham University, UK

2012

The construction of authoritative discourses in periods of crisis: the Orwellian voice revisited (together with: Alejandro Mendive-Esparza)
Discourses that Matter, November 2012
Universidade Coimbra, Portugal

Turning a Blind Eye to Linguistic Politeness: Exploring the use of Euphemism in British and Spanish University Students
The Priorities of Contemporary Philology: Theory and Practice, February 2012
Poltava V. G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Conference and workshop organisation

Organising committees (member)

2020

II International Conference in Innovative Teaching
April 2020, Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard, Cambridge (MA), EEUU

2019

II Nebrija Workshop on Cross-curricular Teaching
18-19 June 2019, Universidad Nebrija Madrid

2018

International Conference on Evidentiality and Modality (ICEM’18)
19-22 September 2018, Facultad de Filología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

2017

2nd International UCM Predoctoral Conference on English Linguistics (UPCEL): Language in Society
20-22 September 2017, Facultad de Filología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

2015

1st International UCM Predoctoral Conference on English Linguistics (UPCEL): Social, Cognitive and Functional Perspectives
17-18 September 2015, Facultad de Filología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

2014

International Conference on Evidentiality and Modality in European Languages
Organiser (main): Dra. Juana Isabel Marín-Arrese
6-8 October 2014, Facultad de Filología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Assistant organiser

2011

XXV International Seminar for Anglo-American Thinking, ‘Literature and Politics in the USA’
Organisers: Department of English Studies II, Department of Philosophy IV
11-13 October 2011, Facultad de Filología, UCM

2007

VIII International Conference Women Studies
Organisers: Departments of English Studies I & II
12-14 March 2007, Facultad de Filología, UCM

Research stays

(1) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
January – September 2017
Visiting researcher
Amsterdam, The Netherlands


(2) Harvard University

September 2019 – August 2021 (expected)
Postdoctoral researcher
Cambridge, Massachusetts, EEUU

Supervised research

MA final dissertation

(1) Díaz-Álvarez, Aníbal. Business Spanish: a contrast between u-learning versus face-to-face learning
Supervisor: Dr Alfonso Sánchez-Moya
MA in Applied Linguistics
Universidad Nebrija Madrid, April 2019

(2) Alonso-Aransay, Minerva. The impact of bilingual education in students’ academic achievement: biology and geology
Supervisor: Dr Alfonso Sánchez-Moya
MA in Bilingual Education
Universidad Nebrija Madrid, September 2019

(3) Garrido-Padilla, Álvaro. Development and efficacy of bilingual programmes in Spain
Supervisor: Dr Alfonso Sánchez-Moya
MA in Bilingual Education
Universidad Nebrija Madrid, June 2020

(4) Nichols, Sarah. OkSpeak: an app to improve speaking skills and speaking assessment in L2 at secondary schools
Supervisor: Dr Alfonso Sánchez-Moya
MA in Bilingual Education
Universidad Nebrija Madrid, September 2019

(5) Ortega-Luis, Alejandro. Perceptions and stereotypes around male teachers in Primary Education: a comparison between rural and urban areas in Spain
Supervisor: Dr Alfonso Sánchez-Moya
MA in Bilingual Education
Universidad Nebrija Madrid, December 2019

BA final dissertation

(1) Rizk, Bruna. New Media Sociolinguistics: Instagram’s Fashion Influencers
Supervisors: Dr Alan Cienki & Alfonso Sánchez-Moya
Bachelor English-Language and Culture / CIW International-Communication: English
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, June 2017

Research transfer and outreach

2019

‘The power of discourse Organisation and interview to Professor Teun van Dijk, founding father of Critical Discourse Studies
La Caixa Foundation | La Caixa Fellowship Association | Horizons: Talks and Lectures (+info) (vídeo resumen)
28 February 2019 | Palau Macaya, Barcelona

2018

‘The power of discourse Organisation and interview to Professor Teun van Dijk, founding father of Critical Discourse Studies
La Caixa Foundation | La Caixa Fellowship Association | Horizons: Talks and Lectures (+info) (vídeo resumen)
28 February 2019 | Palau Macaya, Barcelona