M. Teresa Espinal is a linguist and professor in the Department of English at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Her research focuses on the syntax-semantics interface, in particular on areas including negation, prosody, and on various features of the Romance languages.[1][2][3]
M. Teresa Espinal | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguistics |
| Sub-discipline | Syntax-semantics interface |
| Website | UAB faculty page |
Biography
editEspinal received a bachelor's degree in Hispanic philology from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 1978, a master's degree in linguistics from the University of London in 1981, and a PhD in linguistics from UAB in 1985.[1][3]
Espinal is a professor of linguistics in the UAB Department of Catalan Philology, and has also been a member of the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, and the Center for Theoretical Linguistics.[3][4]
Awards
editIn 2020, Espinal was awarded the Narcís Monturiol medal by the Catalan government in recognition of distinguished contributions to science and technology.[5][6]
In 2023, Espinal was elected to the Academia Europaea.[2]
Selected publications
edit- Espinal, M. Teresa (1991). "The Representation of Disjunct Constituents". Language. 67 (4): 726–762. doi:10.2307/415075. JSTOR 415075. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- Espinal, Maria Teresa (1992). "Expletive Negation and Logical Absorption". The Linguistic Review. 9 (4). doi:10.1515/tlir.1992.9.4.333. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- Espinal, M Teresa (2000). "Expletive negation, negative concord and feature checking". Catalan Working Papers in Linguistics. 8: 47–69. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- Espinal, M. Teresa; McNally, Louise (2011). "Bare nominals and incorporating verbs in Spanish and Catalan". Journal of Linguistics. 47 (1): 87–128. doi:10.1017/S0022226710000228. hdl:10230/22816. ISSN 0022-2267. JSTOR 41261742. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
References
edit- ^ a b "M.Teresa Espinal | CLT Centre de Lingüística Teòrica". UAB CENTRE DE LINGÜÍSTICA TEÒRICA (in Catalan). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Academy of Europe: Espinal Teresa". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ a b c "Loop | M.Teresa Espinal". loop.frontiersin.org. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Maria Teresa Espinal Farré renewed as member of the Appeals Commission". www.aqu.cat. Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Narcís Monturiol Awards collection". Ministry of Research and Universities. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "CONCESSIÓ DE LA MEDALLA I DE LA PLACA NARCÍS MONTURIOL 2022" [Award of the Narcís Monturiol Medal 2022] (PDF) (Press release) (in Catalan). Government of Catalonia Ministry of Research and Universities. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 2024-03-08.