Cognitive linguistics
Research
My research is in cognitive linguistics, with a focus on bilingualism and on how using a foreign language may influence moral reasoning.
Publications
Restrepo, J., Moreno, L., et al. (2022). Comprehension of the Influence of the Foreign Language (French) on the Moral Reasoning of Bilingual Teachers of a Modern Languages Program in Quindío, Colombia: A Linguistic-Cognitive Approach from Gosselin’s Modular Theory of Modalities (2010). Revista de Investigaciones Universidad del Quindío, 34(S1), 527–535. ISSN 1794-631X, e-ISSN 2500-5782. [Published in Spanish]
Restrepo, J., Moreno, L., Fonseca, J., Vera, A., & Quiroz, D. (2021). Moral Reasoning and Foreign Languages: A Linguistic-Cognitive Study in Bilingual Teachers. In Apuestas Investigativas por un Cambio Social (pp. 249–268). Editorial REDIPE. ISBN 978-1-951198-92-3. [Published in Spanish]
Presentations
- Moreno, L. (2025). Moral Reasoning and Foreign Languages: A Cognitive Linguistic Study. Talk, Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL), April 10, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
★ Winner, SECOL 2025 Student Excellence Award for Best Student Paper - Restrepo, J., Moreno, L., et al. (2021). Comprehension of the Influence of the Foreign Language (French) on the Moral Reasoning of Bilingual Teachers of a Modern Languages Program in Quindío, Colombia: A Linguistic-Cognitive Approach from Gosselin’s Modular Theory of Modalities (2010). Talk, XI Regional Encounter of Research Groups, October 27–28, online.
- Restrepo, J., Moreno, L., et al. (2021). Moral Reasoning and Foreign Languages: A Linguistic-Cognitive Study in Bilingual Teachers. Talk, 1st International Congress on Educational and Humanities Sciences: Research Bets for a Social Change, October 20–22, online.
- Restrepo, J., Moreno, L., et al. (2021). Comprehension of the Influence of the Foreign Language (French) on the Moral Reasoning of Bilingual Teachers of a Modern Languages Program in Quindío, Colombia: A Linguistic-Cognitive Approach from Gosselin’s Modular Theory of Modalities (2010). Talk, XIV Departmental Encounter of Research Groups, May 19–20, online.
