Antonio San Martín PizarroPhD

Associate Professor (professeur agrégé) · University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières
LexiCon Research Group · Observatoire de linguistique Sens-Texte (OLST)

Research Funding
Principal Investigator · 2023–2027
Analyse sémantique spécialisée fondée sur des corpus à l'aide de word sketches
430-2023-0248
Insight Development Grants — SSHRC (Canada) · CA $65,454
Co-Investigator · 2025–2029
Le lexique entre humains et machines
366841
Soutien aux équipes de recherche — FRQSC (Canada) · PI: François Lareau · CA $439,300
Co-Investigator · 2020–2025
Integración transversal de la cultura en una base de conocimiento terminológico medioambiental
PID2020-118369GB-I00
Proyectos I+D+i — Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain) · PIs: Pilar León Araúz & Pamela Faber · €48,400
Principal Investigator · 2019–2024
Développement d'une méthodologie d'élaboration de définitions terminologiques
2020-NP-267503
Soutien à la recherche pour la relève professorale — FRQSC (Canada) · CA $57,143
Co-Investigator · 2019–2024
Les lexiques nucléaires
2020-SE3-271785
Soutien aux équipes de recherche — FRQSC (Canada) · PI: Patrick Drouin · CA $347,416
Co-Investigator · 2021–2023
La cultura como módulo transversal en una base de conocimiento terminológico medioambiental
A-HUM-600-UGR20
Proyectos I+D+i FEDER — Junta de Andalucía (Spain) · PI: Pilar León Araúz · €25,000
Co-Investigator · 2018–2021
TOTEM: Herramientas terminológicas orientadas hacia la traducción de textos medioambientales
FFI2017-89127-P
Plan Nacional — Ministerio de Economía (Spain) · PIs: Pamela Faber & Pilar León Araúz · €43,560
Principal Investigator · 2020–2021
Extraction automatisée et analyse de relations sémantiques en français à l'aide de patrons de connaissances
FIR Émergence — Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières · CA $7,500
Principal Investigator · 2019–2021
Variation contextuelle des verbes spécialisés et sa représentation au moyen de définitions terminologiques
Explore Grant — SSHRC (Canada) · CA $5,000
Principal Investigator · 2019–2020
Variation contextuelle des verbes spécialisés et sa représentation au moyen de définitions terminologiques
FIR Émergence — Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières · CA $7,211
Individual Funding · 2017–2019
Start-up fund
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières · CA $10,000
Co-Investigator · 2015–2017
CONTENT: Bases cognitivas y neurológicas de la terminología como asistente en la traducción
FFI2014-52740-P
Plan Nacional — Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spain) · PI: Pamela Faber · €96,800
Co-Investigator · 2012–2014
RECORD: Representación del conocimiento en redes dinámicas
FFI2011-22397
Plan Nacional — Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain) · PI: Pamela Faber · €72,600
Co-Investigator · 2009–2011
ECOSISTEMA: Espacio único de sistemas de información ontológica y tesaurus sobre el medio ambiente
FFI2008-06080-C03-01/FILO
Plan Nacional — Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain) · PI: Pamela Faber · €30,000
Publications
2026
New Directions in Digital Terminology Research
San Martín, A., Faber, P., Sánchez-Cárdenas, B., Vezzani, F. & Di Nunzio, G. (eds.)
Leiden: Brill
2026
Introduction
San Martín, A., Faber, P., Sánchez-Cárdenas, B., Vezzani, F. & Di Nunzio, G.
New Directions in Digital Terminology Research, 1–8. Leiden: Brill
2026
Terminological Definitions in the Face of Generative Artificial Intelligence
San Martín, A.
New Directions in Digital Terminology Research, 184–221. Leiden: Brill
2026
Machine Translation for Language Learning
John, P. & San Martín, A.
The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics
2025
Toward Human-Centered AI-Assisted Terminology Work
San Martín, A.
arXiv preprint
2025
Discovering Hyponymic Knowledge Patterns in English
San Martín, A. & Trekker C.
Terminology, Online First
2025
Optimizing Contextonym Analysis for Terminological Definition Writing
San Martín, A.
Information, 16(4)
2025
Corpus-Based Methods and AI-Assisted Terminography for Contextonym Analysis
San Martín, A.
eLex 2025: Intelligent Lexicography, 370–390
2024
What Generative Artificial Intelligence Means for Terminological Definitions
San Martín, A.
Proceedings of MDTT 2024, Granada: CEUR-WS
2023
Extracting the Agent-Patient Relation from Corpus With Word Sketches
San Martín, A., Trekker, C. & Díaz-Bautista, J.C.
Proceedings of LDK 2023, 666–675, Vienna: NOVA CLUNL
2022
Repérage automatisé de l'hyponymie dans des corpus spécialisés en français à l'aide de Sketch Engine
San Martín, A., Trekker, C. & León-Araúz, P.
Terminology, 28(2): 264–298
2022
Contextual Constraints in Terminological Definitions
San Martín, A.
Frontiers in Communication, 7
2022
A Flexible Approach to Terminological Definitions: Representing Thematic Variation
San Martín, A.
International Journal of Lexicography, 35(1): 53–74
2022
Environment terms and translation students. A reading based on Frame Semantics
L'Homme, M.C., Marshman, E. & San Martín, A.
Babel, 68(1): 55–85
2021
Adapting word sketches for specialized knowledge extraction
San Martín, A. & Trekker, C.
14th ASIALEX 2021, 64–87. Jakarta: ASIALEX
2020
Presente y futuro de la base de conocimiento terminológica EcoLexicon
San Martín, A., Cabezas-García, M., Buendía, M., et al.
Onomázein, 49: 174–202
2020
Extraction of Hyponymic Relations in French with Knowledge-Pattern-Based Word Sketches
San Martín, A., Trekker, C. & León-Araúz, P.
Proceedings of LREC 2020, 5955–63. Marseille: ELRA
2018
The EcoLexicon English Corpus as an Open Corpus in Sketch Engine
León-Araúz, P., San Martín, A. & Reimerink, A.
Proceedings of EURALEX 2018, 893–901. Ljubljana
2018
The EcoLexicon Semantic Sketch Grammar: from Knowledge Patterns to Word Sketches
León-Araúz, P. & San Martín, A.
Globalex 2018 – Lexicography & WordNets, 94–99. Miyazaki
2017
Recent Advances in EcoLexicon
San Martín, A., Cabezas-García, M., Buendía, M., et al.
Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America, 38(1): 96–115
2017
Semantic annotation to characterize contextual variation in terminological noun compounds: a pilot study
Cabezas-García, M. & San Martín, A.
Proceedings of MWE 2017, 108–113. Valencia: ACL
2016
Pattern-based Word Sketches for the Extraction of Semantic Relations
León-Araúz, P., San Martín, A. & Faber, P.
Proceedings of Computerm2016, 73–82. Osaka: COLING 2016
2016
Définition terminologique : systématisation de règles de rédaction dans les domaines de l'informatique et de l'environnement
L'Homme, M.C. & San Martín, A.
Cahiers de lexicologie, 109(2): 147–174
2014
KWIC Corpora as a Source of Specialized Definitional Information: A Pilot Study
San Martín, A.
Actes du CEC-TAL'2013. Montréal: UQAM
2014
Deep Semantic Representation in a Domain-Specific Ontology: Linking EcoLexicon to FunGramKB
San Martín, A. & Faber, P.
Language Processing and Grammars, 271–296. Amsterdam: John Benjamins
2014
Definition Patterns for Predicative Terms in Specialized Lexical Resources
San Martín, A. & L'Homme, M.C.
Proceedings of LREC'14, 3748–3755. Reykjavik: ELRA
2013
Identifying Ontological Mismatches Between EcoLexicon and FunGramKB
San Martín, A. & Faber, P.
La Lingüística Aplicada en la era de la globalización, 521–528. Lleida: UdL
2013
Flexible Terminological Definitions and Conceptual Frames
San Martín, A. & León-Araúz, P.
International Workshop on Definitions in Ontologies (DO 2013). Montréal: Concordia
2012
Hacia la flexibilización de la definición terminológica
San Martín, A.
Selected Papers AESLA 2012, 739–756. Salamanca: EdUS
2012
Specialized Language Pragmatics
Faber, P. & San Martín, A.
A Cognitive Linguistics View of Terminology and Specialized Language, 177–203. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton
2012
Multidimensional Categorization in Terminological Definitions
León-Araúz, P. & San Martín, A.
Proceedings of EURALEX 2012, 578–584. Oslo
2011
Linking Specialized Knowledge and General Knowledge in EcoLexicon
Faber, P. & San Martín, A.
TOTh 2011, 47–61. Annecy: Institut Porphyre
2011
Distinguishing Polysemy from Contextual Variation in Terminological Definitions
León-Araúz, P. & San Martín, A.
Actas del X Congreso AELFE, 173–186. Valencia: UPV
2010
Conceptual Modeling in Specialized Knowledge Resources
Faber, P. & San Martín, A.
Information Technologies and Knowledge, 4(2): 110–121
Interview

Interview with Terminologist Dr. Antonio San Martín Pizarro — published in Termcoord's Blog (European Parliament's Terminology Coordination Unit)

PhD Thesis

La representación de la variación contextual mediante definiciones terminológicas flexibles

Supervisors: Pamela Faber Benítez and Pilar León Araúz · Grade: Sobresaliente cum laude

Recipient of the Research Award 2017 for Young Researchers in Terminology by the Spanish Terminology Association.
Recipient of an honorable mention in the 2016 International Terminology Awards by the European Association for Terminology.

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Teaching

University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières
Department of Modern Languages and Translation

Course list available on the UQTR website

Maynooth University
Spanish and Latin American Studies · 2016/2017

SPA 203 — Business and Professional Spanish
SPA 204 — Narrative Spanish
SPA 222 — An Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
SPA 323 — Translation (English–Spanish) 1
SPA 330 — Methodology of Teaching and Learning Spanish
SPA 331 — Advanced Spanish 1 & SPA 332 — Advanced Spanish 2
SPA 343 — Translation (English–Spanish) 2
SPA 641 — Advanced Translation 2 (Masters')

Concordia University
Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics · 2014/2015

SPAN 306 – Introduction to Translation
SPAN 307 – Translation Practice
SPAN 473 – Literary Translation
SPAN 474 – Translation for Specific Fields
SPAN 201 – Introductory Spanish I

University of Granada
Department of Translation and Interpreting · 2012–2014

Herramientas informáticas para traductores e intérpretes
Terminología · Traducción multimedia inglés
Traducción A-B inglés · Traducción en ciencia y tecnología B-A francés
Traductología

Scholarships & Awards
2017

Research Award for Young Researchers in Terminology — Spanish Terminology Association

2016

Honorable Mention, International Terminology Awards — European Association for Terminology

2013

Research stay scholarship, University of Montreal — Spanish Ministry of Education

2013

Research stay scholarship, University of Montreal — Department of Translation and Interpreting, University of Granada

2012

Best oral presentation, 30th AESLA Conference (Lleida, Spain) — shared with Pamela Faber

2010

4-year PhD scholarship — "Programa de Formación del Profesorado Universitario", Ministry of Education, Spain

2010

National award for second highest academic achievement in Translation and Interpreting — Ministry of Education, Spain

2010

Award for highest academic achievement in Translation and Interpreting — University of Granada

2010

Research initiation scholarship (9 months) — Ministry of Education, Spain

Invited Speaker
Le terminologue au centre de l'intégration de l'IA dans le travail terminologique
March 23, 2026 · Laval University, Canada
Generative AI and the future of terminological definitions
April 29, 2024 · RWS Campus Online 2024 · Watch on YouTube
Representing context in terminological definitions
May 2, 2022 · KU Leuven, Belgium
La definición terminológica flexible
June 11, 2019 · Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile
Cognitive Terminology: from Frame-Based Terminology to Flexible Terminological Definitions
February 4, 2019 · University of Ottawa, Canada
Contextualising Terminology
November 30, 2016 · Maynooth University, Ireland
Exploring the use of lexical functions to create definition patterns for predicative terms
January 21, 2015 · University of Montreal, Canada
Towards the representation of multidimensionality in terminological definitions
April 24, 2013 · University of Montreal, Canada
Tweaks