BACKGROUND BA Translation and Interpreting, Universitat de Vic, Catalonia, Spain
AREAS OF INTEREST Theoretical linguistics; Syntax; Argument structure
RESEARCH INTERESTS My work is divided into two different but related areas. From a theoretical linguistics perspective, I look at the argument structure of experience predicates and their possible manifestations cross-linguistically. In my dissertation, using Romance (Catalan, Spanish) and Misumalpan (Mayangna) data, I propose a universally available structure for experience predicates, allowing for predicates with an incorporated experience argument and predicates with a non-incorporated experience, which result in light verb constructions. My second line of work is based on a model of participatory research. I am currently a member of Nuevo South Action Research Collaborative, a community-based research initiative. Primarily, I collaborate with the community in the promotion of indigenous languages within immigrant communities in Eastern North Carolina.
COURSES TAUGHT SPAN 1002: Spanish Level II |
