Aida Villaécija
Publications
Papers
Villaécija, Aida; Barberà, Gemma and Bernal, Elisenda (2024, en preparación). Derivation in Catalan Sign Language (LSC) through Simultaneous Affixes: Incorporating Circular Movement and Handshape Parameters.
Villaécija, Aida; Cunillera, Montserrat and Bach, Carme (2023). Llistat de resultats d’aprenentatge per a les titulacions de grau de l’UCA de Traducció i Ciències del Llenguatge: Llengües Aplicades i Traducció i Interpretació. In Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Unitat d'Igualtat. Mapes de competències i resultats d'aprenentatge en perspectiva de gènere i violència masclista (hdl.handle.net/10230)
Villaécija, Aida (2023). Las familias léxicas y los morfofonemas en lengua de signos catalana (LSC): Una aproximación prosódica. Revista de Estudios de Lenguas de Signos REVLES, 4, 1-28 (revles.es/art/morphophonemes).
Book Chapters
Villaécija, Aida (2020). Compounding. In Quer, Josep and Gemma Barberà (eds.), A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st ed. SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series) (sign-hub.eu/compounding).
Villaécija, Aida (2020). Non-native lexicon. In Quer, Josep and Gemma Barberà (eds.), A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st ed. SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series (sign-hub.eu/non-native_lexicon).
Thesis and Projects
Villaécija, Aida (2023). La derivació en llengua de signes catalana: per una morfologia de l'LSC (PhD Thesis). Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
Villaécija, Aida (2020). Towards a description of simultaneous and sequential derivational morphemes in Catalan Sign Language (LSC). Ph.D. Research Plan Project Presentation. President: Dr. Josep Quer (UPF), secretary: Dr. Eulàlia Ribera-Llonc (Institut d'Estudis Catalans), spokesperson: Dr. Maria Rosa Lloret (UB). May 27. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
Villaécija, Aida (2019). Word formation in specialized domains: Towards a term typology in Catalan Sign Language (M.A. Thesis). Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
Villaécija, Aida (2018). La comunitat sorda i la llengua de signes: Proposta de diccionari terminològic (B.A. Thesis). Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
My PhD Dissertation
La derivació en llengua de signes catalana (LSC): per una morfologia de l'LSC
Derivation in Catalan Sign Language (LSC): for a morphology of LSC
This thesis aims to study the morphology of Catalan Sign Language (LSC) from a lexicalist and morphophonological approach, specifically through the process of derivation. The analyses are based on an integrated model featuring different approaches on morphology and grammaticalization of spoken and signed languages. With this goal, a corpus of various LSC resources was built, with 456 signs annotated manually. We argue that depending on the level of analysis, a basic parameter may have the function of a phoneme or a morpheme. Likewise, we consider that LSC, as a natural and complete language, has free and bound morphemes, derived
words and morphologically complex units. Based on this assumption, we formulate generic and oriented morphological construction operations, considering that the simultaneous and sequential features of a sign must be treated at the same level of relevance. We describe morphemes that are attached to a base simultaneously, such as the opposition affix, and sequentially, such as the agentive affix PERSONag, and derived signs formed by reduplication. Finally, we group the analyzed constructions into word families and study how the signs are internally related. This study proposes a novel understanding in a more concise and accurate way the functioning of the grammar and the lexical component of LSC, as well as the way of structuring the meaning while forming a new sign.
Presentations
2024
Villaécija, A. (2024). Derivation in Catalan Sign Language (LSC) through Simultaneous Affixes: Incorporating Circular Movement and Handshape Parameters. Nominal Inflection and Word-Formation at The Phonology-Morphology Interface. UB-UAB. Barcelona. January 25-26.
2023
Villaécija, A. 2023. Com integrar la llengua de signes catalana (LSC) a un vídeo. Workshop at Xarxa AccessCat: el novembre de l’accessibilitat. Xarxa AccessCat. November 10.
Villaécija, A. (2022). Léxico nativo y no nativo en lengua de signos catalana (LSC): Análisis y clasificación de signos compuestos y construidos. Presentation on stage at Colloque du collège doctoral "Collocations et traditions discursives". Université Paris Nanterre. France, Paris. October 23-24.
2022
Villaécija, Aida (2022). Full reduplication as a derivative process in Catalan Sign Language (LSC): Frequency rate, path, and circular movements. Presentation on stage at TISLR 14 (14th International Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research). National Museum of Ethnology. Osaka, Japan. September 27-30.
Villaécija, Aida (2022). Sequential derivation in Catalan Sign Language (LSC): Agentive, qualitative and sense affixes. Poster presentation at IMM20 (20th International Morphology Meeting). Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics. Hungary, Budapest. September 1-4.
Villaécija, Aida (2022). Sequential derivation in Catalan Sign Language (LSC). Presentation on stage at Doctoral colloquium Kollokationen und diskursive Traditionen. Europa-University Flensburg and Deutsch-Französische Hochschule. Germany, Flensburg. June 6-8.
2021
Villaécija, Aida (2021). Reduplication as a derivative process in Catalan Sign Language (LSC). Presentation at el Workshop UR-Ling 2021. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. November 12.
Villaécija, Aida (2021). La reduplicación como proceso derivativo en lengua de signos catalana (LSC). Poster presentation at Morforetem Workshop (XVII Encuentro de morfólogos). Universidad de Salamanca. September 23-24.
Villaécija, Aida (2021). La derivación en lengua de signos catalana (LSC). Online presentation at Escola d’Estiu de Lingüística Catalana (EDELC). July 24.
Villaécija, Aida (2021). Com es formen els signes? Parlem de la derivació en llengua de signes catalana (LSC). Online presentation at VIII Seminari de la LSC. FESOCA, Institut d'Estudis Catalans. June 3.
2020
Villaécija, Aida (2020). Towards a description of simultaneous and sequential derivational morphemes in Catalan Sign Language (LSC). Ph.D. Research Plan Project Presentation. President: Dr. Josep Quer (UPF), secretary: Dr. Eulàlia Ribera-Llonc (Institut d'Estudis Catalans), spokesperson: Dr. Maria Rosa Lloret (UB). May 27. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
2019
Villaécija, Aida (2019). Aprenem a parlar amb les mans: iniciació a la llengua de signes catalana. Workshop at The European Researchers' Night, Matí de la Recerca 2019. Escola Elisenda Virolai. September 26.
Teaching experience
2022-2023
Comparative Use of Catalan and Spanish Grammars. B.A. in Translation and Interpreting. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
2021-2022
First Foreign Language (Catalan Sign Language): Description & Analysis 1. B.A. in Applied Languages and Translation and Interpreting. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
Spanish Language. B.A. in Translation and Interpreting. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
Terminology. B.A. in Translation and Interpreting. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
Academic coordinator of extracurricular internships and tutor for students of 4th and 5th year from the B.A. of Applied Linguistics and Translation and Interpreting.
2020-2021
Spanish Language. B.A. in Translation and Interpreting. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
Terminology. B.A. in Translation and Interpreting. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.