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Augusto Soares da Silva is Professor of Portuguese Linguistics at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. His research focuses on lexical semantics, grammar and conceptualisation, and language variation and change within the framework of Cognitive Linguistics. He is also interested in metaphor, ideology and discourse. He now coordinates two research projects on the comparison of European and Brazilian Portuguese: Convergence and Divergence (funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology), and Conceptualisation of Emotions (funded by Gulbenkian Foundation). He is the director of the Center for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies and coordinator of the Communications Science course and the PhD program in Linguistics.
Education/Academic qualification
Agregação, Portuguese Linguistics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
17 Jun 2008 → 18 Jun 2008
Award Date: 18 Jun 2008
PhD, A semântica de deixar: uma contribuição para a abordagem cognitiva em semântica lexical, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
1 Oct 1993 → 30 Jun 1997
Award Date: 30 Jun 1997
Bachelor, Humanities, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
1 Oct 1980 → 30 Jul 1984
Award Date: 30 Jul 1984
Keywords
- P Philology. Linguistics
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Semantics
- Lexical semantics
- Cognitive grammar
- Construction grammar
- Corpus linguistics
- Variational linguistics
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CONDIV: Convergence and divergence between national varieties of Portuguese
Soares da Silva, A. (PI), Afonso, S. (CoPI), Inverno, L. (Researcher), Justino, V. (Researcher) & Almeida, J. J. (Researcher)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
1/01/26 → 30/12/28
Project: Research
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CEFH: CEFH - Centre for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies: UID/00683/2025. Pluriannual 2025-2029
Soares da Silva, A. (PI), Dias, P. C. (Researcher), Nobre, B. (Researcher), Melo, A. M. M. (Researcher) & Oliveira, T. F. D. (Project Manager)
1/01/25 → 31/12/29
Project: Research
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Católica in!: Inovar para Incluir
Soares, D. (PI), Gonçalves, A. (PI), Carvalho, M. (Researcher), Carneiro, A. (Researcher), Ribeiro, L. M. (Researcher), Palmeirão, C. (Researcher), Baptista, I. (Researcher), Themudo, C. (Fellow), Vieira, M. M. (Researcher), Costa, J. C. E. (Fellow), Azevedo, Â. (Researcher), Dias, V. (Researcher), Rodrigues, A. (Researcher), Soares da Silva, A. (Researcher), Cardoso, C. P. (Researcher) & Monteiro, D. (Researcher)
Programa Operacional Capital Humano
1/02/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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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. (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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CONDIV: Convergence and divergence between European and Brazilian Portuguese
Soares da Silva, A. (PI)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
1/07/16 → 31/03/19
Project: Research
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Exploring the cultural conceptualization of emotions across national language varieties: a multifactorial profile-based account of PRIDE in European and Brazilian Portuguese
Silva, A. S. D., 17 Aug 2020, In: Review of Cognitive Linguistics. 18, 1, p. 42-74 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From economic crisis to austerity policies through conceptual metaphor: a corpus-based comparison of metaphors of crisis and austerity in the Portuguese press
Silva, A. S. D., 2020, The language of crisis. Metaphors, frames and discourses. Huang, M. & Holmgreen, L.-L. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 51-86 36 p. (Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture; vol. 87).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The cognitive approach to pluricentric languages and the pluricentricity of Portuguese: what's really new?
Silva, A. S. D., 16 Sept 2016, Pluricentric languages and non-dominant varieties worldwide: part II: the pluricentricity of Portuguese and Spanish: new concepts and descriptions. Muhr, R. (ed.). Peter Lang AG, p. 13-34 22 p. (Österreichisches Deutsch – Sprache der Gegenwart).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Measuring and parameterizing lexical convergence and divergence between European and Brazilian Portuguese
Silva, A. S. D., 26 Mar 2010, Advances in cognitive sociolinguistics. De Gruyter Mouton, p. 41-84 44 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Language
Silva, A. S. D., May 2026, Community, communities: engage to transform. Hanenberg, P. & Mendes-Palma, F. (eds.). Lisboa: UCP Editora, p. 107-111 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Replication data for: a study on the conceptual structure of the use of prepositions in the complement of goal-oriented motion verbs in Brazilian portuguese
Gil, M. M. (Creator) & Soares da Silva, A. (Contributor), DataverseNO, 20 Jun 2023
DOI: 10.18710/d1yhea
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Corpus of X posts of Spanish and Brazilian far-right populisms (Abascal and Bolsonaro, 2020-2021)
Peterssen, S. (Creator) & Silva, A. S. D. (Contributor), e-cienciaDatos, 8 May 2025
DOI: 10.21950/T3GTBD
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Corpus CONDIVport-Natura: chats PE-PB
Soares da Silva, A. (Data Collector), Almeida, J. J. D. (Data Collector) & Simões, A. M. B. (Creator), Universidade do Minho, 2021
https://natura.di.uminho.pt/~jj/condivport-natura-chats-pe-pb/
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A metáfora polarizante nos tweets populistas do ex-presidente J. Bolsonaro
Soares da Silva, A. (Speaker) & Peterssen, S. (Speaker)
24 Jan 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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O pluricentrismo do português: (as)simetrias, div(conv)ergências e estandardização pluricêntrica
Soares da Silva, A. (Speaker)
1 Feb 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Affective and Emotional Dimensions of Experience
Batisti, F. (Organiser) & Soares da Silva, A. (Organiser)
3 Jul 2024 → 5 Jul 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Revista LinguíStica (Journal)
Pinheiro, D. (Guest editor), Silva, A. S. D. (Guest editor) & Coneglian, A. V. L. (Guest editor)
21 Apr 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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Intersubjetividade na gramática
Soares da Silva, A. (Organiser)
10 Mar 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...