VIOLETA MARTÍNEZ-PARICIO

I am a linguist. More specifically, I am a phonologist.          

In June 2021 I joined the Departamento de Teoría de los Lenguajes y Ciencias de la Comunicación at Universitat de València. Previously, I worked at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2019-2021) and, before that, I held a postdoctoral research position at Universitat de València (through the ‘Juan de la Cierva’  and ‘VALi+D‘ competitive programs, 2016-2019) and I worked at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2014). I received a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Tromsø, where I was a PhD Research Fellow at CASTL (Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics). 

My research interests cover various aspects of theoretical phonology and morphophonology. I am particularly interested in metrical stress theory, rhythm, prosodic phonology and the interaction between phonology and morphology. I study how languages organize segments into higher prosodic units, especially how prosodic-word internal categories (i.e. feet, syllables and morae) relate to each other. I'm currently co-PI, together with Clàudia Pons (University of Barcelona), of a national project, funded by the Spanish Government (PID2023-150846NB-C31). In 2023-2024 I was the PI of a research project on metrical phonology funded by Generalitat Valenciana (CIGE/2022/114).

I am also interested in applied aspects of phonology. Since 2014 I am affiliated to the CALST (Computer-Assisted Listening and Speaking Tutor) project on L2 pronunciation training, leaded by Jacques Koreman and Olaf Husby at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. CALST is a pronunciation training platform which currently offers exercises for learners of Norwegian, English, Italian, Catalan, Greek and Spanish based on the native language of the learner (you can access Pygmalion, CALST prototype, here). Together with Jacques Koreman, I developed the Spanish version of CALST (Computer-Assisted Listening and Speaking Tutor) in the easyRights project (Horizon 2020 SC6-MIGRATION project number 870980). You can find out more about my research and download my thesis and my papers here