Tuesday, 11 a.m - 12 p.m., Think Tank
Carlos is a fourth year PhD candidate in the Hispanic linguistics program at the U of A. He comes from Lima, Perú, where he got a bachelor and a masters degree in Linguistics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. His general area of interest is the theoretical study of the formal properties of language, especially the syntax of Spanish and other Romance languages. Within this field, his main focus is on the phenomenon of clitic-(cluster-)climbing in periphrastic constructions like Tei loj voy a volver a decir ti tj // Voy a volvér=tei=loj a decir ti tj // Voy a volver a decír=te=lo. He's also studying different agreement patterns in copular constructions, more precisely in specificational and assumed-identity copulas, across languages from various families. Besides these research projects, he's interested in the field of Biolinguistics and all topics related to the biological endowment for language in our species.
He has worked in teaching positions in different capacities since 2009, as a TA, instructor, and lecturer of courses of academic writing and argumentation, Spanish as a second language, and linguistics and language structure.
In his free time, Carlos likes to play and watch fútbol, practice brazilian jiu-jitsu and listen to varied types of music (although indie/alternative rock is his go-to).
Courses taught: SPAN 101, SPAN 102, SPAN 201, SPAN 325, SPAN 333, SPAN 343, SPAN 425