Pere Garau Borràs is an Associate Professor at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) and a Senior Technician at the Càtedra Ramon Llull . He is affiliated with the Department of Catalan Philology and General Linguistics and contributes to the Corpus Oral de la Llengua Catalana (COLC) project at the Institut d'Estudis Catalans . PhD candidate in Philology and Philosophy (Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, ongoing) Master's degree in Catalan Language and Literature: Knowledge and Critical Analysis of Intangible Heritage (UIB, 2021) Bachelor's degree in Catalan Language and Literature (UIB, 2019) His research focuses on Catalan metrics , oral-written mode-shifting in subtitling, Optimality Theory applications to linguistic analysis, and historical linguistics . He has developed educational tools like the Regula web application for Latin-to-Catalan phonetic law studies and explored children’s writing through constraint-based frameworks. Key article trends include subtitling practices across Balearic and Catalan media ( IB3 , TV3 ), historical analysis of Catalan cultural events (e.g., the 1968 Felibre Visit ), and digital methodologies for corpus creation ( IBPARL ). He also critiques language norms in education and examines the prosody of recited Catalan poetry. As secretary of the Associació de Joves Investigadors en Llengua i Literatura Catalanes (AJILLC) , he engages in youth-led academic initiatives. Teaching roles span Catalan language programs for undergraduate and teacher training, with a focus on normative language, linguistics, and practical placements.




