Archive: linguistics

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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

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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

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2nd Institut Ramon Llull Workshop on Bilingualism

2nd Institut Ramon Llull Workshop on BilingualismOctober 9th, 20193:30 pm – 5:30 pmBakers Room, Regents Building How Bilingualism Changes Linguistic, Cognitive, and Neural…

September 16, 2019

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Georgetown GRAD Application for 2020 Admissions Cycle Live

The Georgetown GRAD application for the 2020 admissions cycle is open for new and returning users.  After you create an account, you are able to access the application form…

August 7, 2019

Grants and Awards

Language Learning Dissertation Grant Awarded to Timothy McCormick

The Language Learning Board of Directors has agreed to fund a Language Learning Dissertation Grant submitted by Mr. Timothy McCormick to support his dissertation currently in…

August 5, 2019

Grants and Awards

Tris Faulkner Awarded Best Student Poster Award at 16th International Pragmatics Conference

Congratulations to Tris Faulkner who won Best Student Poster Award at the 16th International Pragmatics Conference in Hong Kong! Tris is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the…

June 14, 2019

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Lucia Donatelli Successfully Defends Dissertation, “A Morphosemantics of Spanish Gender: Evidence from Small Nominals”

Congratulations to Lucia Donatelli, who successfully defended her dissertation, “A Morphosemantics of Spanish Gender: Evidence from Small Nominals”! Lucia, a Ph.D.…

May 2, 2019

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Internal Validity Issues in Implicit Learning Research

With Dr. Rebecca Sachs, Virginia International University, and Dr. Phillip Hamrick, Kent State University. Having confidence in research depends upon a study’s internal…

April 8, 2019

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Dialect Contact in Spanish in the US

Web Conference with Kim Potowski, a Professor of Hispanic linguistics in the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. If you would…

April 3, 2019