A History of Women’s Contributions to Linguistics

Natalia Fernández Díaz-Cabal holds a PhD in linguistics and a PhD in the philosophy of science and language. She is Professor of International and Intercultural Communication, as well as Professor of Intercultural Negotiation and Resolution of Conflicts, at several universities, and a translator of seven languages. She has given courses, seminars and conferences in Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, Argentina, the Czech Republic, Macedonia, Canada, France, India, China, Morocco, Uganda and Turkey. She is also the author of several books and articles on diverse topics, among them gender violence and language, intercultural communication and metaphors in patients’ narratives. Her works include several essays in Spanish: “La violencia sexual y su representación en la prensa” (2003), “Cuando el feminismo dijo sí al poder” (2013), “Polifemo y la mujer barbuda. Crónica (des) enfadada de un cáncer atípico” (2016), and “Perséfone se encuentra a La Manada. El trasluz de la violación” (2019).