Other Achievements

Visiting Researcher at Dept. Hispanic and Italian Studies, University of Illinois Chicago (Chicago, United States) (3 months).

• Supervisor: Dr. José Camacho.

• Funding: Supplementary mobility grants for beneficiaries of the University Teacher Training program (FPU) - EST24/00098 (Spanish Ministerio de Universidades).

• Main results:

  • Presentation "Indefinite Null Subjects and Indefinite Null Objects in Spanish", TiL, University of Illinois Chicago, 4/10/24.

  • Presentation "Indefinite Argument Drop in Spanish", WECOL 2024, California State University, Fresno, 17/11/24.

  • Presentation "Acceptability of definite null objects among heritage speakers of Spanish" (together with José Camacho), LSRL55-LEC, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, 11/09/25. 

Visiting Researcher at Institut für Romanische Srpachen und Literaturen, Goethe-Universität (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (3 months).

• Supervisor: Dr. Esther Rinke.

• Funding: Supplementary mobility grants for beneficiaries of the University Teacher Training program (FPU) - EST23/00059 (Spanish Ministerio de Universidades).

• Main results:

  • Organizing committee of the international conference NOCroDeP 2023.

  • Scientific committee at the international conference NOCroDeP 2023, Goethe-Universität. CLICK.

  • Presentation "Is a [definite] feature needed to account for anaphoric null subjects in Spanish?", panel NULL in Morphology and Syntax (within the conference XXXVIII. Romanistentag), Universität Leipzig, 27/9/23.

  • Presentation "Definite Null Objects in Spanish: The Case of Recipes", Kolloquium für Examenskandidat*innen und Doktorand*innen, Goethe-Universität, 6/11/23.

  • Presentation "Comparing Indefinite Readings of Referential Null Subjects and Referential Null Objects", NOCroDeP 2023, Goethe-Universität, 7/12/23.

  • Presentaiton "On the relation between indefinite object drop and the distribution of object bare nouns: the role of lexical restrictions” (poster) (together with Esther Rinke & Nelli Kerezova), GoRo 2024, Universidade do Minho, 6/12/24.

  • Paper MARTÍNEZ-GARCÍA, Carlos, RINKE, Esther & KEREZOVA, Nelli (2025): "Indefinite object drop is lexically constrained". Glossa: a jorunal of general linguistics 10(1), 1-43. CLICK. 

  • Presentation "Lexical Constraints on Spanish and Portuguese Indefinite Object Drop" (together with Esther Rinke & Nelli Kerezova), NOCroDeP 2025, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 23/10/25.

WiGL 19 Best Abstract Award (University of Wisconsin-Madison).

First Prize 3-Minute Thesis preliminary phase (Escuela de Doctorado, Complutense University of Madrid).

Accesit 3-Minute Thesis final phase (Escuela de Doctorado, Complutense University of Madrid).

First Prize PhDay Complutense (Escuela de Doctorado, Complutense University of Madrid).

National Prize of Hispanic Philology (Sociedad Española de Excelencia Académica).

Special End-of-Studies Award (Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, University of Alcalá).

Number One in Hispanic Studies (Asociación de Amigos, University of Alcalá).

Grants for the participation in conferences and mobility of UCM PhD students (2024-2025) (Escuela de Doctorado, Complutense University of Madrid).

• Funded activity: "Acceptability of definite null objects among heritage speakers of Spanish" (together with José Camacho), LSRL55-LEC, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, 10/9/25.

• Amount of the grant: 400€

Supplementary mobility grants for beneficiaries of the University Teacher Training program (FPU) - EST24/00098 (Spanish Ministerio de Universidades).

• Funded activity: Visiting Researcher at Dept. Hispanic and Italian Studies, University of Illinois Chicago (Chicago, United States) (Ph.D in Spanish Linguistics, Complutense University of Madrid).

• Amount of the grant: 5608€

Supplementary mobility grants for beneficiaries of the University Teacher Training program (FPU) - EST23/00059 (Spanish Ministerio de Universidades).

• Funded activity: Visiting Researcher at Institut für Romanische Srpachen und Literaturen, Goethe-Universität (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (Ph.D in Spanish Linguistics, Complutense University of Madrid).

• Amount of the grant: 4126€

Grants for the participation in conferences and mobility of UCM PhD students (2022-2023) (Escuela de Doctorado, Complutense University of Madrid).

• Funded activity: "Objetos tácitos indefinidos y objetos explícitos indefinidos: Comer vs. Comer algo", XV CILG, Complutense University of Madrid, 15/6/23.

• Amount of the grant: 30€

UCM scholarships  of excellence for the start of official master Studies (Complutense University of Madrid).

• Funded activity: Master in Research in Spanish Linguistics (Investigación en Lengua Española), Complutense University of Madrid. Mark: 9.54/10.

• Amount of the grant: 2000€

Collaboration grant in University Department - 19CO1/008535 (Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional).

• Funded activity: Paleographic Transcription and Critical Edition of Andalusian texts from the 17th and 18th centuries for Corpus CODEA+ 2015, Dept. Filología, Comunicación y Documentación, University of Alcalá.

• Amount of the grant: 2000€

Course grant (Fundación Chile-España).

• Funded activity: Course E-spañol y tecnologí@: de Andrés Bello y Menéndez Pelayo a la era digital, International University Menéndez Pelayo.

"ENTREVISTA; TESIS EN 3 MINUTOS — Informativo 13H", Interview Inforadio UCM, 25/6/24. CLICK.

"Aspectos gramaticales de sujetos y objetos tácitos", 3-Minute Thesis (final phase), Complutense University of Madrid, 14/6/24. CLICK.

"Aspectos gramaticales de sujetos y objetos tácitos", 3-Minute Thesis (preliminary phase), Complutense University of Madrid, 23/5/24. CLICK.

"Sujetos y objetos tácitos en español", 3-Minute Thesis (preliminary phase), Complutense University of Madrid, 18/5/23. CLICK.

Moderator at the panel discussion "Sobre la vida predoctoral: caminos y perspectivas", XI Jornadas de Iniciación a la Investigación en Lengua y Literatura Hispánicas, Complutense University of Madrid, 28/3/23.

"La gramática del silencio: Nuevos desarrollos teóricos", PhDay Complutense, Complutense University of Madrid, 6/10/22.

Member of Sociedad Española de Lingüística (SEL) (since 2022).

Member of Asociación de Jóvenes Lingüistas (AJL) (2022-2023).