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Ashlee Dauphinais Civitello

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email:
adauphinais@unomaha.edu
office:
  • ASH 301T
personal website:
www.ashleedauphinais.com

Additional Information

Research Interests

  • Sociolinguistics & Linguistic Anthropology
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Phonetics & Phonology
  • Language, Gender & Sexuality
  • Caribbean Spanish & Brazilian Portuguese
  • Mixed Methods
  • Medical Humanities

Education

Ph.D., Hispanic Linguistics, The Ohio State University
M.A., Linguistics, Universidad de Puerto Rico-Río Piedras
B.A., Spanish and International Relations, Saint Joseph’s University

Recent Publications

Dauphinais, A. (2021). “Intersex Bodies, Language, and Medical Authority”. The Oxford Handbook of Language and Sexuality. Oxford University Press.

Schwenter, S., Hoff, M., Christodulelis, E., Pflum, C., & Dauphinais, A. (2019). “Variable past participles in Portuguese perfect constructions.” Language Variation and Change 31(69-89). Cambridge University Press

Becerra, M., Dauphinais, A., & Ard, K. (2019). “Employment and jobs: San Juan, Puerto Rico.” Cities around the World: Struggles and Solutions to Urban Life. ABC-CLIO.

Dauphinais, A. (2018). “Who Empowers the Cuban People?: Agency and Agentivity in the Media”. Language & Communication 64(1-11). Elsevier.

Ortiz-López, L., Dauphinais, A., & Aponte-Alequín, H. (2017). “Cuban Spanish: Is It a Null Subject Parameter Dialect?” Cuban Spanish Dialectology: Variation, Contact and Change (pp. 97-117). Georgetown University Press.

Dauphinais, A. & Ortiz-López, L. (2016). “Microvariation in the Null Subject Parameter: Word order in Cuban Spanish.”  Inquiries in Hispanic Linguistics. From theory to empirical evidence (IHLL 12) (pp. 281-299). John Benjamins.

Dauphinais, A. & Shenk, E. (2014). “Qué Revolú: The ¡Atrévete y Dilo! Campaign and Language Legitimation in Puerto Rico.” Readings in Language Studies (Vol. 4, pp. 59-81). International Society for Language Studies.

Courses

SPAN 1110 – Elementary Spanish I
SPAN 4040/8046– Spanish Composition and Stylistics

Additional Information

Research Interests

  • Sociolinguistics & Linguistic Anthropology
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Phonetics & Phonology
  • Language, Gender & Sexuality
  • Caribbean Spanish & Brazilian Portuguese
  • Mixed Methods
  • Medical Humanities

Education

Ph.D., Hispanic Linguistics, The Ohio State University
M.A., Linguistics, Universidad de Puerto Rico-Río Piedras
B.A., Spanish and International Relations, Saint Joseph’s University

Recent Publications

Dauphinais, A. (2021). “Intersex Bodies, Language, and Medical Authority”. The Oxford Handbook of Language and Sexuality. Oxford University Press.

Schwenter, S., Hoff, M., Christodulelis, E., Pflum, C., & Dauphinais, A. (2019). “Variable past participles in Portuguese perfect constructions.” Language Variation and Change 31(69-89). Cambridge University Press

Becerra, M., Dauphinais, A., & Ard, K. (2019). “Employment and jobs: San Juan, Puerto Rico.” Cities around the World: Struggles and Solutions to Urban Life. ABC-CLIO.

Dauphinais, A. (2018). “Who Empowers the Cuban People?: Agency and Agentivity in the Media”. Language & Communication 64(1-11). Elsevier.

Ortiz-López, L., Dauphinais, A., & Aponte-Alequín, H. (2017). “Cuban Spanish: Is It a Null Subject Parameter Dialect?” Cuban Spanish Dialectology: Variation, Contact and Change (pp. 97-117). Georgetown University Press.

Dauphinais, A. & Ortiz-López, L. (2016). “Microvariation in the Null Subject Parameter: Word order in Cuban Spanish.”  Inquiries in Hispanic Linguistics. From theory to empirical evidence (IHLL 12) (pp. 281-299). John Benjamins.

Dauphinais, A. & Shenk, E. (2014). “Qué Revolú: The ¡Atrévete y Dilo! Campaign and Language Legitimation in Puerto Rico.” Readings in Language Studies (Vol. 4, pp. 59-81). International Society for Language Studies.

Courses

SPAN 1110 – Elementary Spanish I
SPAN 4040/8046– Spanish Composition and Stylistics

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