Principal Investigator |
Dr. Pablo E. Requena |
I’m Assistant Professor of Hispanic Linguistics at the University of Texas at San Antonio. I completed my undergraduate degree at the National University of Córdoba (Argentina) and received an M.A in Spanish and Ph.D. in Spanish with Dual Title in Language Science from The Pennsylvania State University. Before coming to UTSA, I held a faculty position at the University of Montana from 2015 to 2019. I am intrigued by how children learn language, whether as a first or a second language. Within Hispanic linguistics in particular, my research focuses on the acquisition of Spanish grammar and systematic patterns of use of morphosyntactic features of the grammar of Spanish. I am particularly interested in how children detect regularities in the language addressed to them and construct the grammar of their language. In studies with adults, I also examine variable processing and use as well as the second language teaching and learning.
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Graduate students
Brenda Luevanos |
I am a graduate student pursuing an M.A. in Spanish. I hold a B.A. in Spanish, an EC-12 teaching certification and a certificate in translation and interpretation from UTSA. I am currently a Spanish High School educator and I am interested in learning about the acquisition of Spanish by child second language learners and heritage speakers. I am involved in a research about copula selection which deals with the acquisition of the subtle distinction between the Spanish copulas ser and estar followed by adjectives in comprehension.
E-mail: [email protected] |
Undergraduate Students
Juan Fernández |
I am a senior pursuing a B.A. in Psychology at UTSA. Having many younger siblings and growing up learning two languages at the same time has made me interested in learning how children acquire language and the psychological aspect behind it. I joined the Language Acquisition Group in the spring of 2020 and my project in the lab is on Differential Object Marking (DOM). I analyze transcripts of conversations between a child living in Madrid, Spain named Maria and her parents and code for whether transitive verbs with a direct object appear with or without DOM. We want to know at what age DOM is acquired and what factors affect whether or not it's used by children.
E-mail: [email protected] |
Hailey Moehlmann |
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Stefanie Naoun |
I am an undergraduate student majoring in Spanish and pursing a teacher certification. My ultimate goal is to obtain a PhD with a literature concentration. I joined UTSA’s Honors College Program in the Spring 2020 semester. My research interests encompass linguistics and phonetics. Joining the Language Acquisition Group has provided insight about crosslinguistic influence, motion events, and differences between satellite/verb-framed languages. Extracting data, coding, and reading linguistic research have enhanced my critical thinking skills and helped me become a well-rounded individual. I was also an intern at Westover Hills Learning Center and collaborated with educators to aid in the learning experience of children between 6 months and 5 years of age.
E-mail: [email protected] |
Collaborators
Becky Huang (UTSA, Language Learning and Assessment Lab)
Monica Lawson (UTSA, Psychology)
Valentin Remedi (UNC)
Laura M. Manoiloff (UNC)
Grant Berry (Villanova)
Karen Miller (Penn State)
Melisa Dracos (Baylor)
Carla Contemori (UTEP)
Steven Vega
Karla Hernandez
Monica Lawson (UTSA, Psychology)
Valentin Remedi (UNC)
Laura M. Manoiloff (UNC)
Grant Berry (Villanova)
Karen Miller (Penn State)
Melisa Dracos (Baylor)
Carla Contemori (UTEP)
Steven Vega
Karla Hernandez
Former members
GRADUATE STUDENTS:
April Johns
Cynthia Gibson
Vanessa Allatorre Villalobos
Yedid Mejía
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:
Omar Alvarado
Gerardo Fernandez
Juan Rios
Maria Luisa Montealvo Rojas
April Johns
Cynthia Gibson
Vanessa Allatorre Villalobos
Yedid Mejía
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:
Omar Alvarado
Gerardo Fernandez
Juan Rios
Maria Luisa Montealvo Rojas