GIUV2024-619
The general objective of the PROFUSA research group is to investigate the socio-affective processes and functions that
materialise in communication, through the use of language and other semiotic resources. We understand that socio-affective
processes are manifested in discourse multimodally and are related to several factors.
On the one hand, social factors determined by specific social practices, and by the perception of individual and group
demographic characteristics, affect the use of socio-affective discourse patterns. This means we need to take into account social
norms and expectations, as well as the diversity and hierarchy of moral and ideological values. Secondly, emotions, which play an
important role, are realised explicitly and usually implicitly in attitudes ranging from anger and rage to gratitude and admiration. In
the PROFUSA group we are interested in analysing how different emotions emerge through discourse. Finally, it is necessary to
consider technological factors whose relevance is undeniable in today's post-digital society. Digitalisation is present in all areas of
everyday life; citizens move between face-to-face interaction and interaction mediated by...The general objective of the PROFUSA research group is to investigate the socio-affective processes and functions that
materialise in communication, through the use of language and other semiotic resources. We understand that socio-affective
processes are manifested in discourse multimodally and are related to several factors.
On the one hand, social factors determined by specific social practices, and by the perception of individual and group
demographic characteristics, affect the use of socio-affective discourse patterns. This means we need to take into account social
norms and expectations, as well as the diversity and hierarchy of moral and ideological values. Secondly, emotions, which play an
important role, are realised explicitly and usually implicitly in attitudes ranging from anger and rage to gratitude and admiration. In
the PROFUSA group we are interested in analysing how different emotions emerge through discourse. Finally, it is necessary to
consider technological factors whose relevance is undeniable in today's post-digital society. Digitalisation is present in all areas of
everyday life; citizens move between face-to-face interaction and interaction mediated by various communication technologies
with naturalness and ease.
Over the last few decades, digitalisation has transformed communication and discourse in all social areas, from information to
health, from education to research. Therefore, we understand that social, emotional and technological factors influence discursive
patterns of human interaction, whether face-to-face or mediated, with institutions or between citizens, synchronous or
asynchronous, on an interpersonal or (inter/intra) group level. All human interaction involves socio-affective messages; these
constitute the object of our study.
PROFUSA investigates socio-affective discourses in relation to specific social practices or discursive genres in contemporary
society, whether analogue, digital or hybrid, from a general pragmatic-discursive perspective. Specifically, socio-affective
discourses are approached from the framework of relational or interpersonal work, focusing on aggressive, conflictive, (im)polite,
(dis)affiliative, ironic, humorous or supportive communication. The members of the research team are particularly interested in the
analysis of discourses and genres in socio-political contexts, related to social factors such as gender, race or ethnicity, sexual
orientation or age, among others, as well as in the explicit and implicit relationship between communication and power. This
means that our studies are endowed with a critical, intersectional perspective that aims to identify the effects and consequences
that socio-affective discourses have on different contexts at the level of social discrimination against minority groups.
PROFUSA is committed to compiling current, socially relevant data that can be made available to the scientific community. For
this reason, the group collects a series of corpora that include analogue conversational data and digital interactions. The data are
analysed mainly through corpus-based methodologies that incorporate both technologies for quantitative (AntConc or
SketchEngine) and qualitative (NVivo or Atlas.ti) analyses. Corpus-based methodologies contribute to increase the systematicity
and reliability of empirical studies. All this allows us to observe and analyse relevant discursive uses.
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- Identify common patterns of socio-affective processes and functions in different communicative contexts to establish an analysis model.
- Examine the social, emotional, and technological factors that influence the variation of these discursive patterns.
- Assess the role of intersectional factors and possible discrimination based on gender, class, race, age, sexual orientation, among others
- Collection of a corpus of discursive data in different genres with the presence of socio-affective processes and functions of interest.
- Examine the pragmatic-discursive effects derived from these socio-affective processes.
- Sociopragmatics.A pragmatic-discursive approach to communication through models of linguistic (dis)courtesy and multimodality. Critical intersectional analysis of discriminatory discourse based on gender and sex, race or ethnicity, among others.
- Conversation analysis.Conversation analysis. Linguistic variation. Conflict and mediation. Verbal humour and irony. Gender identity.
- Intercultural competence and telecollaboration.Speech and telecollaboration: intercultural competence.
- Discourse analysis.Analysis of co-presential and digital discourse from a multimodal perspective. Critical discourse analysis.
| Name | Nature of participation | Entity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMPARO PATRICIA BOU FRANCH | Director | Universitat de València | |
| Research team | |||
| M.PILAR GARCES CONEJOS | Collaborator | University Of North Carolina At Charlotte | Full university professor |
| FRANCISCA ANTONIA SUAU JIMENEZ | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| BARRY PENNOCK SPECK | Collaborator | Universitat de València - Estudi General | UVEG honorary professor |
| ROSA ANA DOLON HERRERO | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| LEONOR RUIZ GURILLO | Collaborator | Universitat d'Alacant | Full university professor |
| BEGOÑA CLAVEL ARROITIA | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| ANA BELEN CABREJAS PEÑUELAS | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| ESTHER LINARES BERNABEU | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| PATRICIA PALOMINO MANJON | Collaborator | Universidad de Zaragoza | Full-time trainee professor (doctor) |
| MARÍA DE LA O HERNÁNDEZ LÓPEZ | Collaborator | Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Sevilla) | Pre-tenured lecturer |
| LUCÍA FERNÁNDEZ AMAYA | Collaborator | Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Sevilla) | Tenured university professor |
| MANUEL PADILLA CRUZ | Collaborator | Universidad de Sevilla | Tenured university professor |
- Research and experimental development in the social sciencies and humanities
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- Inter-univ. Institute for Applied Modern Languages (IULMA)
- IRONY
- MULTIMODALITY
- MEDIATION
- HUMOUR
- ASSESSMENT
- GENDER
- CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
- CONFLICT
- POLITENESS
- METAPRAGMATICS
- DISCURSIVE PATHOLOGISATION
- (DIS)POLITENESS
- SOCIAL ACTIVISM
- VERBAL AGGRESSION
- CONVERSATION
- VARIATION
- LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
- INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE
- TELECOLLABORATION
- CRITICAL ANALYSIS
- POLITICAL DISCOURSE
- EMOTION
- IDENTITY
- IDEOLOGIES
- MANIPULATION
- TRANSITIVITY
