Research
Research Interests
Systemic Functional Theory
Systemic Functional Grammar of Spanish
Systemic Functional Language Typology
Interactions between Grammar and Discourse in Spanish
Systemic Functional Grammar of Spanish
Systemic Functional Language Typology
Interactions between Grammar and Discourse in Spanish
Research Projects
Externally Funded
Principal Investigator, 2023-2026.
FONDECYT Regular grant n°1231118: [Translated title] 'Systemic-functional profile of the nominal group in Spanish: towards an integrated account of systemic choices, structural realisations and discursive functions'. Three-year research grant awarded by the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT), Chilean Government.
Sponsoring Investigator, 2019-2022
FONDECYT Postdoctoral grant n° 3190498: 'Developing a ‘top-down’ and tri-stratal approach to describing ideational language resources in English and Mandarin Chinese'. Postdoctoral Fellow: Dr. Jing Hao. Three-year research grant awarded by the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT), Chilean Government.
Principal Investigator, 2017-2021
FONDECYT grant n° 11170674: 'An experiential grammar of Chilean Spanish: an integrated SFL account based on cryptogrammatical reasoning and text patterns'. Three-year research grant awarded by the National Fund of Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT), Chilean Government.
Co-investigator, 2007-2009
FONDECYT grant n° 1071094: 'The discourse of street people in Santiago, Chile'. Principal Investigator: Dr. Lésmer Montecino.
Three-year grant awarded by the National Fund of Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT), Chilean Government.
FONDECYT Regular grant n°1231118: [Translated title] 'Systemic-functional profile of the nominal group in Spanish: towards an integrated account of systemic choices, structural realisations and discursive functions'. Three-year research grant awarded by the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT), Chilean Government.
Sponsoring Investigator, 2019-2022
FONDECYT Postdoctoral grant n° 3190498: 'Developing a ‘top-down’ and tri-stratal approach to describing ideational language resources in English and Mandarin Chinese'. Postdoctoral Fellow: Dr. Jing Hao. Three-year research grant awarded by the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT), Chilean Government.
Principal Investigator, 2017-2021
FONDECYT grant n° 11170674: 'An experiential grammar of Chilean Spanish: an integrated SFL account based on cryptogrammatical reasoning and text patterns'. Three-year research grant awarded by the National Fund of Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT), Chilean Government.
Co-investigator, 2007-2009
FONDECYT grant n° 1071094: 'The discourse of street people in Santiago, Chile'. Principal Investigator: Dr. Lésmer Montecino.
Three-year grant awarded by the National Fund of Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT), Chilean Government.
Internally Funded
Principal Investigator, 2022-2023
PUENTE grant n° 2022-05: 'Perfil sistémico-funcional del grupo nomina en español: hacia una descripción integrada de opciones sistémicas, realizaciones estructurales y funciones discursivas'. One-year grant awarded by the Vice-Rectorship for Research (VRI), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC-Chile).
Sponsoring Academic, 2017-2019
FRCAI grant n° 1720 for the Strengthening of Networks of International Academic Collaboration. Visiting Professor: J. R. Martin, University of Sydney, Australia.
Two-year grant awarded by the Vice-rectorship for Academic Affairs (VRA), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC-Chile).
Principal Investigator, 2015-2016
VRI Inicio grant n° 01-2014: 'Systemic-functional profile of Chilean Spanish: description of a basic experiential lexicogrammar based on the axial principle'.
Two-year grant awarded by the Vice-Rectorship for Research (VRI), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC-Chile).
PUENTE grant n° 2022-05: 'Perfil sistémico-funcional del grupo nomina en español: hacia una descripción integrada de opciones sistémicas, realizaciones estructurales y funciones discursivas'. One-year grant awarded by the Vice-Rectorship for Research (VRI), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC-Chile).
Sponsoring Academic, 2017-2019
FRCAI grant n° 1720 for the Strengthening of Networks of International Academic Collaboration. Visiting Professor: J. R. Martin, University of Sydney, Australia.
Two-year grant awarded by the Vice-rectorship for Academic Affairs (VRA), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC-Chile).
Principal Investigator, 2015-2016
VRI Inicio grant n° 01-2014: 'Systemic-functional profile of Chilean Spanish: description of a basic experiential lexicogrammar based on the axial principle'.
Two-year grant awarded by the Vice-Rectorship for Research (VRI), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC-Chile).
Research Stays as Visiting Scholar
August-December, 2018. Department of Linguistics, School of Literature, Arts & Media, University of Sydney, Australia. Funding: Vice-Rectorship for Academic Affairs, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Program for the Strenghthening of Networks of International Academic Collaboration, grant FRCAI n° 1720). Sponsoring researcher: Prof. J.R. Martin.
June-July, 2016. Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics, School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Funding: Top China UC Santander Fellowship. Sponsoring researchers: Prof J.R. Martin, Dr Pin Wang.
February, 2016. Centre for Language and Communication Research (CLCR), School of English, Communication and Philosophy (ENCAP), Cardiff University, United Kingdom. Funding: Cardiff Incoming Visiting Fellowship. Sponsoring researchers: Dr Tom Bartlett (lead), Dr L. Fontaine and Dr G. O'Grady.
January-February, 2007. Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, Stockholm University. Funding: Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT). Sponsoring researcher: Prof Lars Fant.
June-July, 2016. Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics, School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Funding: Top China UC Santander Fellowship. Sponsoring researchers: Prof J.R. Martin, Dr Pin Wang.
February, 2016. Centre for Language and Communication Research (CLCR), School of English, Communication and Philosophy (ENCAP), Cardiff University, United Kingdom. Funding: Cardiff Incoming Visiting Fellowship. Sponsoring researchers: Dr Tom Bartlett (lead), Dr L. Fontaine and Dr G. O'Grady.
January-February, 2007. Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, Stockholm University. Funding: Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT). Sponsoring researcher: Prof Lars Fant.
PhD Dissertation
Quiroz, B. (2013) The interpersonal and experiential grammar of Chilean Spanish: towards a principled systemic-functional description based on axial argumentation. Unpublished PhD Dissertation, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney, Australia. Supervisor: Prof. J.R. Martin