===== Research projects ===== 2007-2009 Cognitive linguistics and psycholinguistic reality: psycholinguistic validation of some key constructs in cognitive linguistics (metaphor, constructions, phonemes and linguistic relativism) Principal researcher: Javier Valenzuela Founding entity/code: Fundación Séneca (05817/PHCS/07) Budget: 23000 €. 2006-2009 The phono-pragmatics of TV commercials (English-Spanish) Principal researcher: Rafael Monroy Founding entity/code: Ministry of Education & Science, Gov of Spain (MEC I+D, HUM-2006- 07920). Budget: 60.000 €