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Dr. Inés Recio is an academic director at the Heidelberg Center Latin America (HCLA) in Santiago, Chile, and a lecturer in legal translation at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She holds a PhD in Modern Languages (summa cum laude) from Heidelberg University (2019) and has extensive experience in applied linguistics, discourse analysis, and translation studies. Her research focuses on experimental pragmatics, cognitive linguistics, and the processing of discourse markers in Spanish and other languages.
Education:
- PhD, Faculty of Modern Languages, University of Heidelberg (2013–2019)
- Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics, Universidad Nebrija (2009–2011)
- Bachelor's in Translation and Interpreting, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (2000–2004)
Research Interests: Her work explores how procedural meaning influences second language processing, with a focus on connectives and discourse particles. She employs experimental methods, including eye-tracking, to analyze cognitive aspects of language use in multimodal contexts. Recent projects include studies on pandemic discourses in Latin America and multimodal literacy in education.
Academic Roles: She serves on admissions committees for international law and governance programs and is a member of Heidelberg's Ibero-American Studies and Language and Cognition labs. She has led projects funded by DAAD, CONICYT, and others, focusing on discourse processing and cross-linguistic studies.
Awards: Summa Cum Laude distinction for her doctoral thesis (2019).
Other Qualifications: Sworn translator (German/Spanish, English/Spanish), certified examiner for Instituto Cervantes Spanish proficiency exams.
