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.  

Belmar, Guillem. 2025. The expression of 'already' in Sàꞌán Sàvǐ ñà ñuù Xnúvíkó. Linguistics Vanguard. 

Belmar, Guillem. 2025. Outsourcing translations of COVID-19 information into minoritized languages: the #europeminoritylanguages project. In Miren Manias Muños, Sergiusz Bober & Craig Willis (eds.), Minority Language Media: Current challenges in a fragmented landscape, 149-186. Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. 

Upcoming talks:

November 2026 - 'Shame on you for speaking and shame of you for not speaking': a collective autoethnography of language shame, with Breanna Jones, Jisu Lee, Kesma Elzanaty Diab, Bibi Halima, Theobald Katapu, Princess Bass Mason, Stephanie Morales Curiel, Aki Okano, and Tom Reboux, at the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association in Seattle. 

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.

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 langauge 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.