Guillem Belmar

New article(s) out!

Belmar, Guillem & Jeremías Salazar. 2026. The many things that ‘thing’ can become: A story of discourse and grammar in Sàꞌán Sàvǐ ñà Ñuù Xnúvíkó (Mixtepec Mixtec). Functions of Language, 32(3). 285-313.  

Upcoming talks:

November 2026 - Refugios de uso virtuales: ¿qué son y cómo surgen? [Virtual breathing spaces: what are they and how do they emerge]. Keynote at the 2026 symposium of the Instituto da Lingua Galega “Lingua(s) e identidade(s) nas redes sociais: análise discursiva, oportunidade didáctica e revitalización lingüística” [Language(s) and identity(ies) on social media: discoursive analysis, didactic opportunity, and language revitalization] organized by the Facultade de Filoloxía at the University of Santiago de Compostela.

March 2027 - The students asked for it: motivation, challenges, and successes teaching Sàꞌán Sàvǐ in Oregon, with Jeremías Salazar, Josephine Ceja, Abigayle De la Rosa and Juliet Flores. Paper in the special session: Abriendo caminos: estrategias para el acompañamiento en el aprendizaje y la investigación de lenguas indígenas de herencia. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA), Mexico City.

March 2027 - Language shame as a metacognitive encounter: A reflexive analysis of a collective autoethnography, with Bibi Halima and Stephanie Morales Curiel. Presentation as part of the colloquium Linguistic shaming and language shame: Relational, interactional, ideological, and decolonial dimensions, at the American Association of Applied Linguistics, Atlanta. 

May 2027 - Me dio vergüenza: consecuencias negativas de las ideologías y prácticas de alfabetización en el proceso de revitalización del zapoteco de Quiaviní [I felt shame: negative consequences of alfebatization ideologies and practices in the revitalization process of Quiaviní Zapotec], with Stephanie Morales Curiel. I Congreso Internacional sobre Discriminación Lingüística. 

May 2027 - I never consented to this: unlearning language shame through collective autoethnographies, with Breanna Jones, Jisu Lee, Kesma Elzanaty Diab, Bibi Halima, Theobald Katapu, Princess Bass Mason, Stephanie Morales Curiel, Aki Okano, and Tom Reboux. I Congreso Internacional sobre Discriminación Lingüística.