Alicia Galera Masegosa
Master's Programme in English Studies: Professional Applications & Intercultural Communication
Position/ Status
Lecturer
E-mail address
Phone number
(+34) 950 214 450
Office
Humanities Building II, 2.77
Qualifications
Ph.D. in English Philology (University of La Rioja)
Licenciatura in English Philology (University of Almeria)
Membership of Academic Associations
Asociación Española de Lingüística Aplicada (AESLA)
Websites
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Teaching Innovation Groups
Classcraft como herramienta de gamificación en el aula universitaria de lengua extranjera
Profile
Alicia Galera Masegosa teaches English courses in the Department of Philology, Area of English Philology, at the University of Almería. She graduated in English Philology (University of Almería, 2009) and received a doctorate in English Linguistics (University of La Rioja, 2013). Her research career is mainly focused on Cognitive Linguistics and Construction Grammar. The results of her studies have been disseminated in international conferences and through the publication of her works in journals and book chapters. She is currently a member of the research group “Enfoques construccionistas sobre el uso del lenguaje: implicaciones teóricas y aplicaciones curriculares.”
Research Topics
Cognitive Linguistics
Construction Grammar
Courses taught in the Master's Programme
Language for Specific Purposes: English for Health Sciences (Module 3)
Language for Specific Purposes: English for Tourism (Module 3)
Latest academic publications
Galera , Alicia. “The role of echoing in meaning construction and interpretation: a cognitive-linguistic perspective.” Review of Cognitive Linguistics, 18.1 (2020): 19-41
Ruiz de Mendoza, Francisco J. and Alicia Galera. “The Metonymic Exploitation of descriptive, attitudinal, and regulatory scenarios in making meaning.” Figurative Thought and Language. Ed. A. Baicchi. Amsterdam/ Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2018.
Galera , Alicia & Aneider Iza. “Conceptual Complexity in Metaphorical Resemblance Operations Revisited”. RESLA, 28.1 (2015): 97-117.
Ruiz de Mendoza, Francisco y Alicia Galera. Cognitive Modeling: A Linguistic Perspective. Amsterdam/ Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2014.
Galera, Alicia & Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza. “Lexical Class and Perspectivization Constraints on Subsumption in the Lexical Constructional Model: The Case of Say Verbs in English.” Language Sciences, 34 (2012): 54-64.
Galera, Alicia. “Constraints on Subsumption and Amalgamation Processes in the Lexical Constructional Model: The Case of Phone and Email.” Atlantis, 34.2 (2012): 167-184.
Alicia Galera Masegosa
