WFU Spanish Students and Professors present at SLISE/SLINKI 2023

On February 25, 2023, WFU Spanish students and professors presented their research at the 2023 Spanish Linguistics in the Southeast / Spanish Linguistics in North Carolina (SLISE/SLINKI) Conference held at Davidson College.

The following research talks were presented:

La neutralización de los diptongos decrecientes [aj] y [ej] en el español de España with Spanish major Phoebe Dias and Professor César Gutiérrez

Dative-clitic doubling numbers: What they tell, and how to “read” the real story with Spanish minor Emily McCown and Professor Luis González

Is the Spanish of the US present in the curriculum? A look into Spanish major and minors’ satisfaction with their Spanish college education with Spanish major Sean Muller and Professor Sara Fernández-Cuenca

Adjective position. Let the data do the talking with Professor Luis González

Nimbler or More Nimble?: A study of the English comparatives of intermediate L2 Spanish speakers with Linguistics minor Caroline Brady and Professor Lauren Miller

Spanish-English medical interpreters’ self-reported confidence: the role of acquisitional profile and interpreting training in perceived ability with Spanish major Olivia Blake and Professor Sara Fernández-Cuenca