Marta Garcia-Casado


PhD student in Computational Semantics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), supervised by Elisenda Bernal and Thomas Brochhagen.

I am interested in language models and how they can detect and track semantic change. In particular, in my research, I study the automation of verbal semantic neology detection.


Presentations

2025


  • The representation of semantic neology in vector space: the use of language models for the automation of its detection
    VI Congresso Internacional de Neologia em Línguas Românicas

    Universidade de Coimbra | Coimbra, July 7th, 8th and 9th 2025.

  • Distributional semantics as a method for analysing neological verbs
    XVI Congreso Internacional de Lingüística General

    Universidad de Alicante | Alicante, June 11th, 12th and 13th 2025.

2024


  • Semantic change in verbs: a distributional approach with BERTa
    XXXVIII Congreso Internacional da Asociación de Jóvenes Lingüistas

    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago, October 16th, 17th and 18th 2024.

  • Language models as detectors of semantic change: first approaches to the automatic detection of semantic neology
    IV Jornada de Càpsules de TFM en curs en Lingüística, Teoria de la Literatura i Estudis Catalans

    Universitat de les Illes Balears | Mallorca, May 2nd and 3rd 2024.

2023


  • Towards an automatic detection of semantic neology
    XXXIV Colloque annuel du Collège doctoral franco-allemand - Collocations et traditions discursives

    Université Paris Nanterre | Paris, October 23rd and 24th 2023.

Publications

2022


CV

Work


PhD student in Computational Linguistics
2024 - ongoing

Elaboration of a PhD thesis titled «Identifying semantic change using language models: a distributional approach to semantic neology for automatic detection», under the supervision of Elisenda Bernal and Thomas Brochhagen. Member of COLT and Infolex.


UPF Mentoring Programme
2023 - 2024

Coordinator of the mentoring programme at the Faculty of Translation and Language Sciences of the Pompeu Fabra University, in which 4th year students of Translation and Interpreting and Applied Languages, and 5th year students of the Double Degree in Translation and Applied Languages give reinforcement in writing in Catalan and Spanish to 1st year students of the same degree courses.


Research assistant
2023 - 2024

Contract linked to the project «Neology and dictionary: analysis for the lexicographic updating of Spanish», financed by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (PID2020-118954RB-I00), whose main researchers are Sergi Torner and Judit Freixa.


LUTEST Project
2023

Linguistic data annotation tasks for the Language Understanding Test Sets project (ref. PID2019-104512GB-I00), a project funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, with Núria Bel as principal investigator.


Collaboration grant
2022-2023

Collaboration grant at the Observatori de Neologia (OBNEO) of the Institut Universitari de Lingüística Aplicada (IULA) granted by the Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional, under the supervision of Judit Freixa.


RAE and Fundación ProRAE
2022-2023

Collaborator in the project of studies of lexicographic neologisms for the Diccionario de la lengua española, under the direction of Elisenda Bernal, responsible for the project.


Teaching


2024-2025

  • Computational Semantics: UPF. Teaching assigned to the master's degree in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. Theoretical and practical classes.
  • Languages and Society: UPF. Teaching assigned to the Applied Languages degree. Practical classes.

  • Introduction to the University and ICT Resources: UPF. Teaching assigned to the Translation and Interpreting degree. Practical classes.

Education


Master in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
2023 - 2024

Specialization in Computational Linguistics. Master's thesis: Semantic change in verbs: a distributional approach with BERTa, under the supervision of Elisenda Bernal and Thomas Brochhagen.


Degree in Translation and Interpreting
2018 - 2023

End-of-degree thesis: The weight of the interference of Spanish on Catalan in the written language of high school students, under the direction of Carme Bach.


Degree in Applied Languages
2018 - 2023

End-of-degree thesis: The treatment of interference and interlinguistic and metalinguistic reflection in high school textbooks, under the direction of Carme Bach.