Miquel Simonet

Assistant Professor (On Leave 2011-2012)
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
545 Modern Languages
University of Arizona
Tucson AZ 85721

Visiting Assistant Professor (2011-2012)
Dept. of Spanish, Modern Languages and Classics
University of the Balearic Islands
Majorca, Spain

Appointments

  • Faculty: Department of Spanish & Portuguese, University of Arizona
  • Faculty: Second Language Acquisition & Teaching Graduate Program (SLAT), University of Arizona
  • Director: SPORTS (Spanish Portuguese Speech) Laboratory, University of Arizona
  • Director: Alcalá de Henares Fall Study Abroad Program, 2010 (September 1 - December 17)
  • Director: Segovia Summer Study Abroad Program, 2009 (June 8 - July 17)

Education

  • Doctor (PhD, 2004-2008) in Romance Linguistics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Master of Arts (MA, 2001-2003) in Hispanic Linguistics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • "Llicenciat" (University Degree, 1996-2000) in Catalan Philology, University of the Balearic Islands, Majorca

Research interests

  • Phonetics & Psycholinguistics
  • Second language speech learning & bilingualism
  • Sound change & sociophonetics

Teaching

  • Applied Experimental Spanish Phonetics (SP580 graduate, Spring 11)
  • Historical Phonology and Sound Change (SP580 graduate course, Spring 10)
  • Experimental Phonetics and Bilingualism (SP696 graduate seminar, Fall 08)
  • History of Spanish (SP455A undergraduate, Spring 11)
  • Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics (SP452 undergraduate, Spring 10)
  • Spanish Phonetics (SP340 undergraduate, Fall 08, Spring 09, Summer 09, Fall 09, Fall 10)
  • Spanish Phonetics for native speakers (SP343 undergraduate, Fall 09)
  • Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition (SP425 undergraduate, Spring 09)

Grants and contracts

  • $227,001. Speech reduction across languages and dialects. NSF project #1022313 (Jan. 2011- Dec. 2013). Natasha Warner & Miquel Simonet (Tucson, Arizona, Co-PIs). Collaborators: B. Tucker (Edmonton, Canada), S. Bird (Victoria, Canada), M. Ernestus (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), J. Hay (Canterbury, New Zealand). Consultant: S. Guion (Eugene, Oregon).
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