PhD in Historical Linguistics from the School of Social Sciences and Humanities of NOVA University Lisbon. She is a member of the Grammar & Text research group at CLUNL. Her research focuses on the Historical Morphology of Portuguese, namely in the field of analogy and grammaticalization. Her other areas of interest are Historical Pragmatics, more specifically in the area of Courtesy. She has published works on Forms of Address and Morphology from a diachronic perspective. She has published work on Forms of Address and Morphology from a diachronic perspective. She has a degree in Modern Languages and Literatures – Portuguese and English Studies and a master’s degree in Historical Syntax of Portuguese from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at the FCSH and a Visiting Adjunct Professor at the Santarém School of Education. She also has extensive experience in teaching Portuguese (mother tongue and non-mother tongue).