The priority areas of research are organized into seven lines.
1. Internal linguistics and linguistic variation
It studies the internal structure of languages (phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse…) and the processes of linguistic variation and change. It analyzes internal (structural, functional, semantic) and external (social, historical) factors that condition linguistic evolution.
2. Society, ideology and language policy
It analyzes the relationship between language and society, focusing on minority languages and their re-emergence, as well as on language policies and legislation.
3. Languages, cognition and education
It investigates how language and the mind are related, studying the mental representations of linguistic elements and the processes of acquisition and use, analyzing the factors that affect formal and informal learning.
4. Translation and interpreting
It focuses on the multidisciplinary analysis of translation and interpreting, key activities in interlinguistic mediation, with special attention to audiovisual translation (subtitling, dubbing, video games), biomedical translation (terminology, textual genres) and interpreting.
5. Language and literature
Explores the links between language and literary text: deviation from the norm, lexical innovations or borrowings; literary language as a reflection of historical, cultural and social contexts; critical editing of literary texts.
6. Language and accessibility: media and sign language.
Investigates how to ensure access to information and communication for people with disabilities. It covers media accessibility (subtitling, audio description, sign language interpretation) and research on Spanish sign language. Both linguistic and social and political aspects are studied.
7. Digital Humanities
It analyzes the interaction between technology and human sciences, with a focus on language. It includes sublines such as corpus linguistics and the application of ICT to literary research.