Assistant Professor of Spanish and Linguistics
Office: Bondurant E205A
Email: robynw@olemiss.edu
Phone: 662-915-3171
Education:
Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics, University of Texas (2017)
M.A. in Hispanic Linguistics, University of Arizona (2008)
B.A. in Spanish, University of Arizona (2004)
B.A.E. in Spanish Education, University of Arizona (2004)
Teaching and Research Interests:
Hispanic Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Language Variation and Change, Bilingualism, Romance Linguistics
Courses Taught:
SPAN 676: Variation in the Spanish-Speaking World
SPAN 631: Spanish in Contact
SPAN 599: Introduction to Spanish Sociolinguistics
SPAN 574: History of the Spanish Language
SPAN 572: Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
SPAN 330: Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
SPAN 321: Spanish Culture and Civilization
SPAN 304: Spanish Conversation and Composition II
SPAN 303: Spanish Conversation and Composition I
LIN 639: Quantitative Methods
LIN 310: Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Publications:
Articles
Wright, R., C. Escalante & B. Reyes Morente. (2022). El desarrollo no lineal y caótico de las vibrantes en español durante un año de inmersión sin instrucción. Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature, 76 (2): 289-320.
Escalante, C. & R. Wright. (2022). Spanish rhotic development and variation in uninstructed immersion. In R. Bayley, D. Preston & X. Li (Eds.) Variation and Second Language Acquisition: Crosslinguistic Perspectives, 127-158. John Benjamins.
Wright, R. (2021). Regional perceptions of the ejque: Exploring language attitudes toward velarized /s/ outside of Madrid. Borealis- An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, 10 (1): 103-129.
Wright, R. (2021). Madrileños on the ejque: Perceptions of velarized /s/. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 14 (1): 207-233.
Wright, R. (2020). Syllable-final /s/ before voiceless stops in Madrid Spanish: A discrete and gradient analysis. Southern Journal of Linguistics, 44 (1): 1-46.
Web Resources:
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