John Lipski is Edwin Earl Sparks Professor of Spanish & Linguistics in the Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese at The Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include Spanish phonology, Spanish and Portuguese dialectology and language variation, the linguistic aspects of bilingualism, and the African contribution to Spanish and Portuguese. He has done fieldwork in Spain (including the Canary Islands), Africa, Brazil and all Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, the Philippines, Guam, and many Spanish-speaking communities within the United States. Presentation title "Languages without Borders: Spanish and Portuguese at the crossroads" | [ Research ] Spanish & Portuguese Dialectology Sociolinguistic Variation Bilingualism Afro-hispanic varieties [ Links ] Penn State Profile [ Education ] BA Spanish & Mathematics (1971, Rice) MA Romance Linguistics (1972, University of Alberta) PhD Romance Linguistics (1974, University of Alberta) |
Robert Blake is Professor of Spanish & Director of UC Consortium of Language Learning and Teaching at the University of California - Davis. His research includes Spanish linguistics (history and syntax), second language acquisition, technology and language learning, foreign language policy. He has published in Spanish Linguistics on topics dealing with historical phonology, historical syntax, modern syntax, and second-language learning. He is co-author of Al Corriente (3rd ed.), a second-year Spanish textbook based on authentic reading materials, and chief academic adviser for Nuevos Destinos CD-ROM, a joint project of !McGraw-Hill, Annenberg PCB projects, and WGBH Boston. Presentation title "Best Practices in Online Language Training: Is it for everyone?" | [ Research ] SLA Spanish History & Syntax Language Learning Technology Foreign Language Policy [ Links ] UC-Davis Profile Executive Board member of SLAI (Second Language Acquisition Institute) [ Education ] BA Spanish (1973, UCLA) MA Spanish Literature (1974, Middlebury College) PhD Hispanic Linguistics (1980, University of Texas at Austin) |
