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Ana Margarida Abrantes is Professor of Languages and Culture Studies at the Faculty of Human Sciences since 2012 and senior researcher at CECC-Research Center for Communication and Culture of the Catholic University of Portugal since 2007. She studied German and English at the Universities of Aveiro, Essen and Innsbruck. After completing an MA in cognitive linguistics in 2001, she received her PhD in German language and literature from the Catholic University of Portugal in 2008. As an Assistant Professor at the Catholic University of Portugal in Viseu between 1997 and 2006, she was member of the Interuniversity Research Center for German Studies at the University of Coimbra. She was visiting researcher at the Universities of Aarhus, at Case Western Reserve University and at the University of Oslo, and guest lecturer at PUC Minas. She is member of the DAAD Advisory Council on German Studies since 2016. As a member of the research group on Cognition and Translatability, she works at the intersection of culture studies and cognitive science, focusing on cognitive poetics and on how literary meaning emerges from language. She has published in fields of cognitive literary studies, cognitive semiotics, cognitive culture studies and German language and literature.
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CEFH: Centre for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies
Soares da Silva, A. (PI), Nobre, B. (Researcher), Melo, A. M. M. (Researcher), Dias, P. C. (Researcher), Balsas, Á. (Assistant Professor), Pereira, A. (Researcher), Lind, A. G. (Researcher), Azevedo, Â. (Researcher), Leite, Â. (Researcher), Pinto, A. P. (Researcher), Henriques, M. (Researcher), Gonçalves, A. (Researcher), Maia, B. R. (Researcher), Cardoso, C. P. (Researcher), Estevão, C. (Researcher), Morais, C. B. (Researcher), Morujão, C. (Researcher), Macedo, C. D. C. M. (Researcher), Costa, E. C. V. (Researcher), Morgado, E. (Researcher), Raguso, F. (Researcher), Oliveira, F. (Researcher), Bolinhas, I. (Researcher), Oliveira, Í. M. (Researcher), Silva, J. A. O. C. D. (Researcher), Pinto, J. C. O. (Researcher), Braga, J. P. (Researcher), Martins, J. C. D. O. (Researcher), Lopes, J. M. M. (Researcher), Lóia, L. (Researcher), Gil, M. M. (Researcher), Cunha, M. A. D. (Researcher), Pimentel, M. C. (Researcher), Pulido, M. (Researcher), Lopes, M. J. F. (Researcher), Magalhães, L. (Researcher), Gonçalves, M. (Researcher), Peixoto, R. (Researcher), Novais, R. A. (Researcher), Dimas, S. (Researcher), Afonso, S. (Researcher), Relvas, S. R. (Researcher), Filho, A. L. S. (Student), Antunes, A. (Student), Galvão, A. I. (Student), Lemos, C. F. D. L. R. (Student), Tages, E. (Student), Lima, J. B. C. (Student), Vale, M. J. P. M. M. D. (Student), Moura, M. (Student), Oliveira, P. (Student), Batista, R. B. (Student), Cunha, R. (Student), Costa, S. (Student), Fernandes, S. (Student), Souza, T. P. D. (Student), Mevis, A. (Student), Abrantes, A. M. (Researcher), Salazar, A. M. P. L. (Researcher), Pessôa, C. (Researcher), Duque, J. M. (Researcher), Rodrigues, A. (Researcher), Esteves, A. (Researcher), Silva, C. V. D. (Researcher), Marques, E. (Researcher), Andrade, J. G. (Researcher), Expósito, N. (Researcher), McDade, P. (Researcher), Petrella, S. (Researcher), Gouveia, S. S. (Researcher), Gama, J. (Emeritus Professor), Castillo, J. A. G. D. (Researcher), Brito, J. H. S. D. (Emeritus Professor), Pinto, J. R. C. (Emeritus Professor), Júnior, M. G. S. (Emeritus Professor), Lobo, F. (Researcher), Garcia, M. R. D. S. (Emeritus Professor), Mota, S. M. (Researcher), Mineiro, A. (Researcher), López-Sánchez, C. (Student), Costa, C. S. (Student), Mamas, C. (Researcher), Rodrigues, C. D. J. M. (Student), Coutinho, E. R. M. (Student), Albuquerque, E. (Student), Brunetto, G. M. (Student), Mello, H. (Student), Júnior, H. D. A. (Researcher), Bazmandegan, M. (Student), Brandão, M. C. (Student), Forjaz, M. J. B. P. (Student), Abraçado, J. (Student), Oliveira, M. R. D. (Student), Rúbio, M. G. (Student), Akoni-Mensah, M. (Student), Rocha, R. B. D. (Student), Tralhão, C. (Researcher), Costa, A. (Researcher) & Silva, S. (PI)
1/01/20 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Mapeamento Cognitivo dos Tradutores Portugueses
Bernardo, A. M. (PI), Abrantes, A. M. (Researcher), Fragoso, G. (Researcher), Maia, R. B. (Researcher), Pięta, H. (Researcher) & Silva, M. P. D. (Researcher)
1/09/18 → …
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Arctic Routes, Southern Ways
Santos, L. (CoPI), Maurício, A. F. (CoPI) & Abrantes, A. M. (CoPI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Gender in portuguese sign language: the cultural implications of its construction and the linguistic effects of segregation in the portuguese deaf community
Gil, C., Abrantes, A. M. (Editor) & Fagard, B. (Editor), May 2025, Language and gender. Fagard, B. & Abrantes, A. M. (eds.). 1 ed. UCP Editora, (Estudos de Comunicação e Cultura).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Língua/diversidade linguística
Lopes, M. D. S. & Abrantes, A. M., 2025, Dicionário dos valores e cidadania europeia. Baltazar, I. & Pacheco, F. (eds.). Petrony Editores, p. 421-428 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review
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Afinidade: recordando a professora Laura Pires
Abrantes, A. M., 1 Dec 2022, In: Gaudium Sciendi. 22, p. 439-442 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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Shedding a cognitive light on the problem of interpretation. A tentative essay in honor of Angela Locatelli
Abrantes, A. M., 8 Aug 2022, Translation and interpretation: practicing the knowledge of literature. Calzoni, R., Blasio, F. D. & Perletti, G. (eds.). Göttingen: V&R Unipress, p. 71-86 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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From space to mental space: a cognitive perspective into narrative and the architecture of the human mind
Abrantes, A. M., 1 Feb 2021, In: Diffractions. Série 2, 3, p. 10-28 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Ordinary Language and teh Spirit of Criticism: Reading After Postcritique
Abrantes, A. M. (Examiner)
23 Feb 2024Activity: Examination
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Arctic Routes, Southern Ways: kick off
Santos, L. (Organiser), Abrantes, A. M. (Organiser) & Maurício, A. F. (Organiser)
16 Jan 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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A Componente Cultural do Ensino de Português Língua Estrangeira em Macau
Abrantes, A. M. (President of Jury)
15 Feb 2024Activity: Examination
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Tradução de dois contos de P.D. James: os desafios da tradução do policial na contemporaneidade
Abrantes, A. M. (President of Jury)
14 Feb 2024Activity: Examination
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Literary narrative as a space of oddity
Abrantes, A. M. (Speaker)
26 Jan 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk