lirondos.github.io - Elena Álvarez Mellado

Description: Elena Álvarez Mellado's page

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I’m Elena. I’m a computational linguist: I’m interested in Linguistics, technology and the intersection between them. I currently work at the NLP&IR research group at UNED University , where I’m pursuing my PhD under the supervision of Julio Gonzalo and Constantine Lignos . I’m particularly interested in computational approaches to language contact, borrowing detection and language change. My research has led to the creation of Observatorio Lázaro , an observatory that automatically monitors anglicism usage

Prior to that, I spent a decade working on different language technology projects at various organizations, such as the Information Sciences Institute at University of Southern California , Fundéu , Molino de Ideas , McLean Hospital or UNED Digital Humanities Lab .

I am also highly involved in dissemination activities that bridge the gap between Linguistics and the general public: I write a column about language at Spanish newspaper elDiario.es , a column that was awarded with the Miguel Delibes National Journalism Award in 2017 . I sometimes write at linguistics magazine Archiletras , where I also serve as editorial board member. In 2016 I wrote the pop linguistics book Anatomía de la Lengua .

Links to lirondos.github.io (3)