Sara Badia Climent

Sara Badia Climent is a Researcher in the Department of Spanish Philology at the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication, University of Valencia, specializing in digital language evolution within interactive environments.

Education:

• PhD in Spanish Language, University of Valencia (2023). Thesis: Colloquial Language and Online Video Games: The Case of MOBAs; Towards a New Type of Communication, supervised by Dr. Salvador Pons Bordería.

Research Focus: Her work examines colloquial Spanish language adaptation in digital ecosystems, particularly analyzing communication patterns in Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas (MOBAs) as catalysts for linguistic innovation. This bridges traditional philology with contemporary digital anthropology through empirical study of gamer discourse.

Academic Context: As a PROMETEO-program researcher, she contributes to Valencia's strategic initiative in language technology while maintaining core philological methodology. Her framework positions video game environments as natural laboratories for observing real-time language evolution beyond formal registers.