Corpus-based Studies in Specialized Discourses

Francisco Alonso-Almeida is Full Professor at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, specializing
in Applied and Historical Linguistics, particularly in English studies. He has supervised numerous doctoral theses and focuses on discourse analysis, pragmatics, and both historical and contemporary English. He also designs and teaches courses on the history of English, pragmatics, and technical English.

Begoña Bellés-Fortuño is Associate Professor at Universitat Jaume I, Spain, where she teaches specialized English to students in English Studies, Medicine, and Nursing. She directs the Interuniversity Institute of Modern Applied Languages (IULMA) and has conducted research at institutions in Sweden, Germany, and the UK. Her research interests include Discourse Analysis, particularly academic and medical discourse, and she leads a project on CLIL in the university classroom, emphasizing innovative teaching and research.