UTSA Linguistics

08/21/2024

Dear all: The XXIX Conference of Spanish in the US and the XIV Conference of Spanish in Contact with Other Languages will be held in San Antonio, April 10-12, 2025. We hope you join us! Abstract deadline is November 1st, and more information available on our website: https://sites.google.com/tamu.edu/spanus2025/home?fbclid=IwY2xjawEy88NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSERQGu-oJrwED0UYWr9iHJWlozGCzYHPsG9nHlFbzDNaZg_FzFrtzkp7g_aem_HiOeXryJa_zZqrGu7_dV6Q

02/05/2024

Op-ed in the San Antonio Express-News:

There is intense societal pressure placed on U.S.-born Latinos to speak English.

03/25/2021

Friendly reminder, the departments of Modern Languages and Computer Science are looking for a "Spanish Rater" for a project that they're collaborating on. If you speak Spanish and are looking for a job, look no more and apply here! Deadline is March 26 2021.
More information on Handshake.

03/23/2021

¡Felicitaciones Karla Hernández!

UTSA Dept of Modern Languages and Literatures

02/15/2021

African descendants in the U.S. have been speaking varieties of English, today known as African American Language (AAL), for many centuries. Here's what you should know.

02/01/2021

Uncover the marvels of the Ancient language and explore the Nebula and the secrets contained within this indie game.

01/28/2021

Suzanne Evans Wagner isn’t telling people how to talk. She’s here to say that people have options and reasons for talking the way they do.

01/27/2021

"COVID schmovid! What's the worst that could happen, right?" When people are living through dark times, they use humor to lighten the mood, and a particular linguistic quirk has been explored in an article co-authored by a Malmö University senior lecturer.

01/26/2021

Deadline March 1st
Three scholarships available:
1)Centro Cultural Cubano Endowed Award for Spanish Majors
2)Modern Languages & Literatures Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship
3)Modern Languages Various Donors Scholarships

UTSA Dept of Modern Languages and Literatures

01/25/2021

In literature, writers often use the word "you" generically to make an idea seem more universal, even though it might not be.

12/08/2020

UTSA Dept of Modern Languages and Literatures