LCWA Blog

Joseph Weyers’ article “Voseo in Montevideo’s advertising: Reflecting linguistic norms” has been accepted for publication in Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics.

Thanks to the efforts of Professors Ben Fraser (Editor), Nadia Avendaño and Claudia Moran (Associate Editors), the 2012 issue of HispaNews, the official annual newsletter of the Department of Hispanic Studies, is now available online: click here.

Dr. Fraser’s co-authored article “Espacio, tiempo y ciudad: La representación de Buenos Aires en El Eternauta” was published in  the January-June 2012 issue of Revista Iberoamericana.

Professor Robert Cameron’s article “Why it’s Time to Teach Voseo and How to Start” has been accepted for publication in the Fall 2012 issue of the Academic Exchange Quarterly.

Dr. Weyers’ article “Tú and usted in Mexican advertising: The politeness system of written public discourse” has been accepted for publication in the Southwest Journal of Linguistics.

Professor Martínez-Gibson’s book chapter “What’s Gullah?” has been published in the second edition of The Five Minute Linguist: Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages; Ed. E. M. Rickerson and Barry Hilton; London: Equinox Publishing, 2012.

On April 19-21, 2012, Professors Emily Beck, Raúl Carrillo-Arciniega, Mark P. Del Mastro, Benjamin Fraser and Carl Wise participated in the 65th annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference with various presentations of research and sessions.  For more specifics on paper and session titles, click here for the complete conference program.

Professor Emily Beck’s article “Contemplating the Noble Ethos: Implications for Jewish Converts in the Writings of Alfonso de Cartagena” will appear in the peer-reviewed collection of essays titled ¿CONVIVENCIA?: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval and Early Modern Spain (Ed. Connie L. Scarborough) that has just been accepted for publication by Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs.

Also, Emily’s book review of Women’s Literacy in Early Modern Spain and the New World (Eds. Anne J. Cruz and Rosilie Hernández. Ashgate: 2011) will be published in the summer 2012 issue of the Renaissance Quarterly.

Professor Joseph Weyers’ article “Linguistic attitudes toward the tuteo and voseo in Montevideo, Uruguay” has been accepted for publication in Spanish in Context.