Research

Summary of CV

Carlos Martínez-García holds an international PhD in Hispanic Linguistics (Complutense University of Madrid, 2025) and is currently Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. His research area is syntax/semantics interface with a general contrastive perspective, considering Romance languages. His research topics include null objects, null subjects, null datives and ellipsis.

Regarding his international projection, it can be attested through publications in international journals (Borealis, Glossa, Isogloss), international book chapters (John Benjamins) and international conferences in several countries (Portugal, Germany, Dominican Republic, Austria, Hungary, US). He has been visiting researcher at Goethe-Universität, where he co-organized the international conference NOCroDeP 2023, and at University of Illinois Chicago, under the funding of Ministerio de Universidades. Additionally, he has been visiting researcher at Universität zu Köln, under the funding of Prominence Fellowships 2026.

As to his projects, Carlos Martínez-García has developed his research plan within the general framework of the research group Gramática teórica del español (Complutense University of Madrid) and the financed research project Variación gramatical del español: microparámetros en las interficies de la sintaxis con los niveles morfológico-léxico y semántico discursivo (PID2021-123617NB-C43). He has belonged to the teaching innovation project Gramaolimpiadas: construyendo puentes (Complutense University of Madrid), and to projects related to AI, such as Lengua Española e Inteligencia Artificial (LEIA), a joint enterprise of Royal Spanish Academy, Complutense University of Madrid and Amazon Web Services. Additionally, he has experience with real data and dialectal variation as a team member working on the elaboration of a corpus of contemporary Spanish (CORPES XXI), a joint enterprise of Royal Spanish Academy and the University of Alcalá to which he has contributed since 2018.

Regarding his scientific, technical and assessment skills, Carlos Martínez-García has participated as peer-reviewer of international journals (Borealis, Glossa, Isogloss), books (John Benjamins), projects (Innova-Docencia UCM) and contests (Olimpiadas de Gramática UCM). He has co-organized international and national conferences, and several contests on Spanish grammar.

Carlos Martínez-García has received several awards for his studies and research career. As to his degree, he was ranked #1 of his class, received the Number One Degree in Hispanic Studies Diploma, the Special End-of-Studies Award from University of Alcalá, and the National Award in Hispanic Studies from Sociedad Española de Excelencia Académica. Regarding his doctorate, he was awarded the first prize for the best project at Complutense PhDay, and at 3-Minute Thesis, two contests for PhD candidates sponsored by the Escuela de Doctorado at Complutense University of Madrid. Additionally, he received the WiGL 19 Best Abstract Award from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and was awarded the first prize at V Edición Premios AJL.