Eva Nuñez
Faculty-Buenos Aires
Email: enunezmendez@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5538
Download Contact Information
Eva Núñez Méndez is Associate Professor and Director of the Spanish Language Program at Portland State University, Oregon. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Salamanca, Spain. She has taught linguistics, literature and translation courses at various universities both in Europe and USA, including Middlebury College (Vermont), the University of Houston (Texas), Hope College (Michigan), the National University of Ireland (Galway), and the University of Portsmouth (England). Her fields of research focus primarily on theoretical linguistics (phonetics, syntax and history of Spanish language) and on applied linguistics (text analysis and translation). He has authored three books: Spanish Phonology (Lincom, 2005), Spanish Version of Chaucer (Edwin Mellen Press, 2008), and Fundaments of the History of Spanish Language (Yale University Press, 2011); and articles in applied linguistics, language pedagogy, and translation.
Courses
Courses offered in the past four years.
▲ indicates offered in the current term
▹ indicates offered in the upcoming term[s]
SPAN 6620A - History of Spanish Language
THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN BUENOS AIRES
This course offers a historical-linguistic vision of the Spanish language evolution from its Latin roots to its modern form. It proposes theoretical and practical fundaments in the field to understand phonetic, morphological, and lexical changes, which have being developed from the 11th-century until our modern days. The class presents the most important aspects of the evolution of the Spanish language: the linguistic situation of the Peninsula before the Romans arrived, the relevance of the spoken Latin (Latín vulgar), the Arab linguistic influence, the origins of the primitive peninsular romance languages, and the particular transformation of one of them: Castilian, the relevant linguistic changes, the political and geographical expansion of Castilian, and its latest flourishing as a national and transatlantic language. (1 unit)
Required text: Núñez-Méndez, E.: Fundamentos teóricos y prácticos de historia de la lengua (New Haven: Yale University Press. xiii + 315 pp. 2011 ISBN : 978-0-300-17098-6 (available at the Middlebury College Bookstore in Vermont).
LinguisticsSummer 2012
SPAN 6620M - History of Spanish Language
History of the Spanish Language
THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN GUADALAJARA
This course offers a historical-linguistic vision of the Spanish language evolution from its Latin roots to its modern form. It proposes theoretical and practical fundaments in the field to understand phonetic, morphological, and lexical changes, which have being developed from the 11th-century until our modern days. The class presents the most important aspects of the evolution of the Spanish language: the linguistic situation of the Peninsula before the Romans arrived, the relevance of the spoken Latin (Latín vulgar), the Arab linguistic influence, the origins of the primitive peninsular romance languages, and the particular transformation of one of them: Castilian, the relevant linguistic changes, the political and geographical expansion of Castilian, and its latest flourishing as a national and transatlantic language. (1 unit)
Required text: Torres Alvarez, Evolucion e historia de la lengua española Text available at the Middlebury, Vermont College Store.
LinguisticsSummer 2011
SPAN 6796A - Teaching Language Methodology
THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN BUENOS AIRES
This class provides a modern and general vision of the most recent pedagogy research in teaching Spanish as a second language in the discipline of Applied Linguistics. Special emphasis is given to those methodological issues that the Spanish language presents when it comes to teaching language and grammar to English speakers. Students will have the opportunity to analyze current studies in the theory of language acquisition and, at the same time, will practice with specific language matters related to teaching Spanish. There will also be a revision of all the methodologies used for teaching foreign languages, altogether with morphological, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics factors intrinsically dependent on teaching and learning Spanish as a second language. (1 unit)
Required text: Dale A. Koike & Carol A. Klee, Lingüística aplicada (New York: Wiley & Sons, 2006) (available at the Middlebury College Bookstore in Vermont).
PedagogySummer 2012
