CLUNL - Linguistics Research Centre of NOVA University Lisbon

The Linguistics Research Centre of NOVA University Lisbon (CLUNL) is a research unit that aims at promoting research in theoretical and applied Linguistics, to develop the advanced training of researchers and the promotion of the dissemination of scientific data on those domains concerned with the nature and structure of languages and texts.

The work developed at CLUNL since its creation, in 2000, has made a relevant and distinctive contribution to the study of Linguistics in Portugal, in areas such as language acquisition (native language and non-native language), discourse analysis, lexicology and lexicography, text theory and terminology, while developing research in domains such as lexicon and vocabulary (general and specialized), historical linguistics, morphology, syntax, and semantics.

This research unit is financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), having obtained the qualification of Very Good in the latest evaluation exercise carried out by this governmental institution.

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LSSL2024 - Lisbon Summer School in Linguistics

Another edition of the Lisbon Summer School in Linguistics (LSSL) has come to an end.

More than 60 students, from more than 15 different nationalities, attended courses in the 3 areas of specialty.

LSSL2024, which took place between July 1 and 5, 2024, was a success thanks to the effort and enthusiasm of everyone who took part.

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GALA 16: registration is now open

Registration for the 16th Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition Conference (GALA 2016) is now open.
GALA 16 will be held at the NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH), Portugal, on September 12-14, 2024.

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New funded project: European Master in “Linguistic Data Science”

Rute Costa, a researcher in CLUNL's LLT group, is the leader of the European Master in "Linguistic Data Science" (LDS), that has now been approved (...)

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New publication: “Enhancing Lexicographic Work with Terminological Methods”

The paper "Enhancing Lexicographic Work with Terminological Methods", by Ana Salgado and Rute Costa, researchers from CLUNL's Lexicology, (...)

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New publication: “Le glossaire collaboratif en classe de Français Langue Étrangère”

A new article by Christina Dechamps, a researcher in CLUNL's Lexicology, Lexicography and Terminology group, has just been published in the (...)

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