Archive: linguistics

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Events

Lunch Talk: The Role of Accented Jokes in Perceived Latinx Group Membership

Join us on November 26, 2024, at noon in ICC 450 Georgetown…

November 4, 2024

Announcements

Georgetown U/Hong Kong University Collaboration

Students in Hong Kong learned about how the use of Spanish in the US contributes to identity formation while students in the US learned about the role of individual and societal…

April 4, 2024

Announcements

A Hora Do Chá (Portuguese Conversation Hour)

A time to communicate in Portuguese! Please join us on Thursdays from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm at Laungier Library 2nd.…

October 9, 2023

Grants and Awards
News

Dr. Jennifer Nycz and Dr. Victor Fernandez-Mallat Awarded NSF Grant

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese would like to congratulate Associate Professor Victor Fernandez (Department of Spanish and Portuguese) and Associate Professor Jennifer…

July 15, 2020

Events

Dissertation Defense of Cristi Vallejos “Second Language Writing Fluency: The Effects of First Language Fluency, Working Memory, and L2 Proficiency on Pauses”

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese cordially invites you to attend the dissertation defense of  Cristi Vallejos “SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING FLUENCY: THE EFFECTS OF…

February 14, 2020

Events

12th Graduate Portuguese and Hispanic Symposium (GRAPHSY) on February 21st

Georgetown’s Graduate Portuguese and Hispanic Symposium (GRAPHSY) is the department’s student-organized graduate conference. This year’s conference welcomes proposals…

February 12, 2020

Events

Dissertation Defense of Timothy McCormick, “Early and Emergent Bilinguals: The Role of Cognitive Control in the Processing of Structural Ambiguity”

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese cordially invites you to attend the dissertation defense of  Timothy J. McCormick “EARLY AND EMERGENT BILINGUALS:…

February 12, 2020

Grants and Awards

Tris Faulkner Granted NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese would like to congratulate Tris Faulkner, Ph.D. candidate in Spanish Linguistics, who was granted the National Science Foundation (NSF)…

January 29, 2020

News

Dissertation Defense of Jorge Méndez Seijas

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese cordially invites you to attend the dissertation defense of Jorge Méndez Seijas. SECOND LANGUAGE SPANISH INTONATION: PHONETIC AND…

October 3, 2019

Events

When Input is Not Enough: Implementing Meaningful Pronunciation Instruction in the L2 Spanish Classroom

Friday, October 4th12:30 pm – 1:30 pmICC 450 Abstract The last two decades have seen a surge in research on second language (L2) pronunciation in instructed settings.…

October 2, 2019