Curriculum Vitae
Yolanda Xavier
Yolanda Xavier is currently a PhD candidate in Linguistics (specialty area of Psycholinguistics) with FCT PhD grant (2022.13977.BD)
and an Integrated Researcher without PhD at the Linguistic Research Center of NOVA FCSH. She completed her Bachelor degree
in Languages, Literatures and Cultures (English Studies) from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (University of Lisbon) and
her Master in English Didactics, a collaboration between NOVA FCSH and Aberta University. She worked as an English teacher
at different study centers in the Lisbon area and as a technical translator from Portuguese and English to Russian. Additionally,
she also worked as teacher of Portuguese as a Foreign Language for Ukrainian students on beginner level. Her PhD research
focuses on the effects of pronunciation in linguistic stereotyping. Main areas of interest: Second Language Acquisition, Phonetics
and Phonology, Linguistic Stereotyping.
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Yolanda Xavier
- Date of birth
- 1994/01/21
- Gender
- Female
Citation names
- Xavier, Yolanda
- Xavier, Y.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 2219-BAA6-5B48
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-6627-7676
- Google Scholar ID
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=02TpQTUAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
- Researcher Id
- rid102764
Email addresses
- yolandaxavier@fcsh.unl.pt (Professional)
- yolandax@campus.ul.pt (Personal)
Websites
- https://clunl.fcsh.unl.pt/en/team/xavier-yolanda-doutoranda/ (Scholar)
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yolanda-Xavier (Social media)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/yolanda-xavier-240a64b4/ (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - Other Humanities
- Humanities - Languages and Literatures - Linguistics
- Humanities - Languages and Literatures
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian (Mother tongue) | |||||
| Russian (Mother tongue) | |||||
| Portuguese | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| German | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| Polish | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | ||
| Italian | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | |
| Belarusian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2021/09/20 - 2025
Ongoing
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Linguistics (Doktor (PhD))
Major in Psycholinguistics
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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2024/07/18 - 2024/07/22
Concluded
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Eutopia Doctoral Summer School (Outros)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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2024/06/12 - 2024/06/19
Concluded
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Research Ethics (1 ECTS) (Outros)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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18 out of 20 |
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2024/05/24 - 2024/05/27
Concluded
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38ª Edition_Research Skills Development Course (2 ECTS) (Outros)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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17 out of 20 |
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2022/08/18 - 2022/08/23
Concluded
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TESOL certificate (Outros)
World TESOL Academy, United Kingdom
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95 out of 100 |
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2022/07/18 - 2022/07/29
Concluded
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Introduction to phonetics and phonology (5 ECTS) (Outros)
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
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7.5 out of 10 |
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2022/07/18 - 2022/07/29
Concluded
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Linguistic Fieldwork: A critical approach (5 ECTS) (Outros)
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
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8.3 out of 10 |
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2022/07/04 - 2022/07/08
Concluded
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Bilingual childrens´ syntactic knowledge: Ways of assessing its multifaceted dimensions. Methodology review on syntax acquisition
in bilingual/monolingual children (5 ECTS) (Outros)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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19 out of 20 |
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2022/07/04 - 2022/07/08
Concluded
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L2 speech learning: The effects of phonetic training. Methodology review of production/perception evaluation for phonetical
training. Research project on perception assessment of L1 Ukrainian adult learners of European Portuguese as an L2 (Outros)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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17 out of 20 |
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2019/09/08 - 2021/04/23
Concluded
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English Didactics (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Universidade Aberta, Portugal "L2 acquisition and digital media world: the importance of modern media tools in ELT" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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15 out of 20 |
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2012/09/15 - 2015/07/31
Concluded
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Bachelor)
Major in English Studies
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
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14 out of 20 |
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2006/09/01 - 2010/05/31
Concluded
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Full Secondary School (Ensino secundário)
Rivne Regional Scientific Lyceum , Ukraine
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18 out of 20 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/01/18 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal |
| Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/07/22 - 2022/12/31 | Quality Analyst | Majorel Portugal, Portugal |
| 2022/07/18 - 2022/07/29 | Visiting student - Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics | Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands |
| 2017/05/01 - 2022/02/25 | Technical Translator | QVO Legis, Lda., Portugal |
| 2018/02/02 - 2021/08/01 | Freelance English Teacher | Freelancer, Portugal |
| 2018/10/01 - 2019/06/01 | English Teacher | Aprende Mais, Portugal |
| 2018/04/15 - 2018/07/01 | English Teacher | Scool Tutor, Portugal |
| 2017/10/12 - 2018/07/01 | English Teacher | Teens Academy, Portugal |
| 2018/01/24 - 2018/05/05 | English Teacher | Nota Êxito, Portugal |
| 2017/07/01 - 2017/12/31 | Teacher of Portuguese as a Foreign Language for Ukrainian students | Aprender Centro de Estudos, Portugal |
| 2017/01/01 - 2017/06/01 | English Teacher | Study and Smile Academy, Portugal |
| 2015/11/01 - 2016/11/23 | Freelance Teacher | Freelancer, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/01/01 - Current | Foreign accent, linguistic stereotyping, and their connection with social integration
2022.13977.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/01/15 - Current | UNESCO'S International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL 2022-2032). Ad-hoc Group 1: Provision of Education and Domains
for Indigenous Languages
Researcher
Casa Areyto, United States
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Ongoing
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| 2024/06/01 - 2024/11/01 | Accentedness, comprehensibility, and intelligibility in L2 European Portuguese: the effect of vowel quality and nasality
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2023/01/01 - 2024/05/23 | The production of nasal vowels and primary word stress by L1 Ukrainian speakers of European Portuguese as an L2
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2022/03/01 - 2022/12/31 | NOVA for Ukraine
Volunteer
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference poster |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Other
| Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2023/11/16 | Nasal vowels and primary word stress production by adult L1 Ukrainian speakers of Portuguese as an L2 | Vienna Workshops on Portuguese Linguistics. Acquisition Across Varieties: New Perspectives from Portuguese
University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria)
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| 2023/11/05 | Nasal vowels and primary word stress production by adult L1 Ukrainian speakers of Portuguese as an L2 | NLT L2 Phonology Research Forum
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2023/08/31 | Nasal vowels, primary word stress, and their role in foreign-accented speech of L1 Ukrainian speakers of Portuguese as an L2 | The 32nd Conference of the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA32)
University of Birmingham (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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| 2022/12/02 | Foreign accent, linguistic stereotyping and their connection with social integration | NLT L2 Phonology Research Forum
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/09/12 - 2024/09/14 | 16th Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition Conference (GALA 16) (2024/09/12 - 2024/09/14)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal |
| 2022/10/18 - 2024/07/31 | NLT (NOVA, Lancaster, Toronto) L2 Phonology Research Forum (2022/11/04)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2025/02/20 - 2025/02/20 | Oficina do Canva: como criar apresentações dinâmicas e inclusivas
Workshop
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Oficina do Canva
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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| 2025/01/14 - 2025/01/14 | Can You Say That Again? Linguistic Factors that Influence Comprehensibility by Tracey Derwing
Seminar
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Nordic Speech Research Forum
Jyväskylän yliopisto, Finland
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| 2024/09/18 - 2024/09/18 | Metodologias Ativas no Processo de Ensino-Aprendizagem
Other
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Jornadas Pedagógicas da ULisboa
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
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| 2024/09/06 - 2024/09/06 | NextGenLit Online Workshop: Communicating Research Through Media
Workshop
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Universität Hamburg, Germany
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| 2024/07/05 - 2024/07/07 | Lingathon (online)
Other
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Lingathon
LOT – Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics, Netherlands
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| 2024/06/26 - 2024/07/04 | Courses attended:
• Como criar redes para a colaboração científica – 26 de junho de 2024 (17h00 – 18h30);
• Desafios e oportunidades na escrita colaborativa: boas práticas para escrever em interação – 27 de
junho de 2024 (17h00 – 18h30);
• Escrita colaborativa com Inteligência Artificial – 2 de julho de 2024 (17h00 – 18h30);
• Comunicação gráfica com Inteligência Artificial: o poster – 4 de julho de 2024 (17h00 – 18h30).
Workshop
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4.º Workshop de Escrita Científica – Escrita colaborativa: you, me... [et al.]
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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| 2024/04/04 - 2024/04/04 | Science Communication Workshop with David Vuletich (EAB)
Workshop
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Science Communication Workshop
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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| 2024/03/22 - 2024/03/22 | Introduction to Statistics with Profª Joana Teixeira
Seminar
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Seminário em Metodologias (Estatística)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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| 2024/03/21 - 2024/03/21 | How to identify plagiarism
Other
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Sessão de formação Bibliotecas NOVA FCSH
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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| 2024/02/21 - 2024/02/21 | "How to Write a Narrative CV" with Magda Krufej
Other
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Webinar on how to write a Narrative CV
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2023/12/14 - 2023/12/15 | Poster presentation: "Nasal vowels and primary word stress production by adult L1 Ukrainian speakers of Portuguese as an L2"
Workshop
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2023 Winter Retreat
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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| 2023/07/03 - 2023/07/07 | Researching L2 speech perception and production in instructed SLA: tasks, measures, and cognitive individual differences (Professor
Joan Carles Mora)
Seminar
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Lisbon Summer School in Linguistics 2023
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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| 2023/07/01 - 2023/07/01 | Attendee
Meeting
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XVII Fórum de Partilha Linguística - Jovens Investigadores do CLUNL
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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| 2023/05/03 - 2023/05/03 | Peer Review
Seminar
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Online seminar
School of Advanced Study, United Kingdom
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| 2023/04/11 - 2023/04/11 | O Fluxo editorial no Open Journal Systems
Workshop
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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| 2023/03/21 - 2023/03/21 | Depósito de Dados de Investigação no Zenodo
Workshop
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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| 2023/01/25 - 2023/03/13 | Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis (online course)
Workshop
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Open HPI
Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering gGmbH, Germany
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| 2023/02 - 2023/02 | Linear Regression and Modeling
Other
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Online Course - Coursera
Duke University Department of Statistical Science, United States
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| 2023/02 - 2023/02 | Introduction to Probability and Data with R
Other
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Online Course - Coursera
Duke University Department of Statistical Science, United States
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| 2023/02 - 2023/02 | Inferential Statistics
Other
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Online Course - Coursera
Duke University - Coursera online course, United States
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| 2023/02 - 2023/02 | Data Analysis with R Specialization
Other
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Online Course - Coursera
Duke University - Coursera online course, United States
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| 2022/12/09 - 2022/12/09 | How to write a (really) good conference abstract (online)
Meeting
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Social webinar for Early Career Researchers
European Second Language Association (EuroSLA), United Kingdom
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| 2022/10/25 - 2022/10/26 | Introduction to Bayesian inference for the quantification of phonetic data (online)
Workshop
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Introduction to the Bayesian framework for linguists and speech scientists using R
Universität Konstanz, Germany
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| 2022/07/18 - 2022/07/29 | Training in hands-on field methods.
2 ECTS
Seminar
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Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
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| 2022/07/01 - 2022/07/01 | Attendee
Meeting
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XVI Fórum de Partilha Linguística - Jovens Investigadores do CLUNL
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
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| 2022/04/21 - 2022/04/21 | Research with Infants: Tips and Tricks (online)
Workshop
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EMLAR XVIII
Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
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| 2022/04/19 - 2022/04/19 | Praat (beginners) (online)
Workshop
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EMLAR XVIII
Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
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| 2022/04/19 - 2022/04/19 | Ethics and Privacy (online)
Workshop
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EMLAR XVIII
Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
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| 2021/11/12 - 2021/11/12 | Event participation (listener)
Conference
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Jornadas dos dicionários
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
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| 2021/10/28 - 2021/10/29 | Attendee (online conference)
Congress
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37.º Encontro da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística (APL)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
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| 2015/07/02 - 2015/07/03 | Colaboration with the organization committee
Congress
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Colour and colour naming: crosslinguistic approaches
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
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| 2015/06/23 - 2015/06/27 | Volunteer
Conference
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Kings&Queens: Dynastic changes and Legitimacy
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
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| 2013/04/10 - 2013/04/12 | Collaboration with the organization commitee
Other
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UL Open Night 2013
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/03/19 - Current | International Phonetic Association | Member |
| 2022/02/08 - Current | Associação Portuguesa de Linguística | Member |
| 2022/09/05 - 2023/10/13 | Núcleo Jovens Investigadores do CLUNL (Junior Researchers of Linguistic Research Center of Nova University of Lisbon) |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/03/01 - 2022/04/30 | Community interpreting for Ukrainian refugees (Ukrainian/Russian - Portuguese) together with SoS Ucrânia Project (Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Serviço Municipal de Proteção Civil) | Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal |
| 2017/09/05 - 2017/12/31 | Subtitling (English for Ukrainian/Russian speech) for the "Stalking Chernobyl: exploration after apocalypse" movie. | Cultures of Resistance, United States |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/03/22 - 2023/03/22 | Research and Applications in Language Sciences | BA (Licenciatura) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/04/24 - Current | Journal of the Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Britain (JoULAB) (2754-0820) | Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Britain |
| 2023/04/03 - Current | LingUU | Utrecht University |
Distinctions
Award
| 2024 | Lingathon Winner Team
LOT – Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics, Netherlands
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| 2023 | Junior Researcher LAB Award
Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism Journal, Netherlands
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Other distinction
| 2024 | GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS - The biggest programming lesson in the world
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS, United Kingdom
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| 2014 | Social Scholarship "U CAN"
ESG- Programa Escolhas, Portugal
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| 2014 | Social Merit Scholarship
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
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| 2013 | Social Merit Scholarship
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
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| 2013 | Sports Merit Scholarship
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2010 | II place diploma for an outstanding research work
Junior Academy of Sciences , Ukraine
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