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Biographical Notes

Mario Franco Barros is a Professor of German Linguistics at the University of Madeira, Portugal, where he has taught several disciplines in graduate courses during the past twelve years, among which are German Language, German and General Linguistics and Textual Linguistics

He graduated in German Philology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (1991-1996). In 2002, he completed his Provas de Aptidão Pedagógica e Capacidade Científica (the equivalent to an MA, though not awarding the degree) at the University of Madeira under the supervision of Professor Doctor Bernd Sieberg from the University of Lisbon and Professor Doctor Kurt Millner from the University of Madeira. Didactic work (Theme of the Report on a Lecture): Sprechakt. Struktur und Klassifikation nach J.L. Austin und J.R. Searle. Scientific Work (Theme of the Thesis): Zur Sprechakttheorie. Kurze Darstellung und Kritik. In 2008 he was unanimously awarded his Phd by the jury in German Linguistics with the thesis entitled Neue Medien und Text: Privatbrief und private E-Mail im Vergleich under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Bernd Sieberg.

Research projects:
- Sprachliche und textuelle Merkmale in Weblogs. Ein internationales Projekt (2004-2005), Universidade de Hannover (LUH).
- Proximidade e Distância. Estudos sobre a Língua e a Cultura (2009-2011), CECC.
- Falar-Speaking. A Competência Oral no Ensino de uma Língua Estrangeira - Teaching Oral Communication Skills in Foreign Languages (2012-2014), CECC.
- Microblogs global. Eine internationale Studie zu Twitter & Co. aus der Perspektive von zehn Sprachen und el Ländern (2012-2013), LUH.
- DICONALE (Diccionario Conceptual del alemán y español) (2013-2016), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC).
- Nicknamen international. Zur Namenwahl in sozialen Medien in 14 Sprachen (2016-2018), LUH.
Since 2016: Member of COMBIDIGILEX,USC.

Links:
https://uma-pt.academia.edu/MarioFrancoBarros
https://combidigilex.wixsite.com/deutsch

Publications

- The German-Spanish verb pair schreiben/escribir from a contrastive perspective - Empirical study of argument structure patterns and their variation in different text types., Franco Barros, Mario/Meliss, Meike, 10th International Contrastive Linguistics Conference, July 18-21, 2023, Mannheim, Germany., 2023

- CombiDigiLex: Um Recurso Multilingue para Combinações Lexicais Baseadas em Corpora Linguísticos, Mario Franco Barros, V Encontro de Linguística: Sociedades e Culturas Expandindo Horizontes de Investigação / Broadening Research Horizons, 2022

- Pestes e Epidemias - Estudos Interdisciplinares em Humanidades, Joaquim Pinheiro, Samuel Mateus, Mario Franco, 9789897557545, Pestes e Epidemias - Estudos Interdisciplinares em Humanidades, 2022

- PSEUDÓNIMOS OU NOMES REAIS? BREVE ANÁLISE LINGUÍSTICA DE NICKNAMES DE UTILIZADORES ESPANHÓIS NOS MÉDIA SOCIAIS E COMPARAÇÃO COM NICKNAMES DE UTILIZADORES ALEMÃES E PORTUGUESES, Mario Franco Barros, 978-989-99840-8-0, Sopcom / Universidade da Madeira, 2020

- XI Congresso da SOPCOM: Comunicação, Turismo e Cultura, Samuel Mateus; Joaquim Pinheiro; Mario Franco Barros, 9789899984080, Sopcom / Universidade da Madeira, 2020

- ¿Seudónimos o nombres reales? Sobre cómo creamos lingüísticamente nuestros nicknames?, Mario Franco Barros, Simposio Internacional La Lingüisitica contrastiva del alemán: nuevas perspectivas?, 2019

- Pseudónimos ou nomes reais? Uma análise linguística de utilizadores espanhóis nos media socias, Mario Franco Barros, 9789899984080, XI Congresso SOPCOM Comunicação, Turismo e Cultura, 2019

- Estudios sobre verbos de comunicación 3, Mario Franco Barros, I Encontro em Linguística: Sociedades e Culturas, promovido, 2018

- Kapitel 14 Spanisch, Mario Franco Barros, 978-3-631-74809-1, Peter Lang, 2018 10

- Estudio piloto de verbos de comunicación alemán-español (schreiben/escribir): primeros resultados, Mario Franco Barros, 2º Workshop COMBIDIGILEX ?Estudios piloto basados en corpus linguísticos: bases metodológicas y teóricas?, 2017

Academic Qualifications

- PhD in Letras, 2008, University of Madeira

- Undergraduate Degree in Filologia Germânica (Alemão), 1996, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela