Dr. Jaime J. Gelabert
Assistant Professor, Spanish and Applied Linguistics
Coordinator, Spanish Basic Language Program
jgelabe@luc.edu
Research Interests
- Political Discourse Analysis
- Pronominal and Spatio-temporal Deixis
- Metaphors in Political Discourse
- Linguistic Globalization
- Spanish-English Codeswitching and U.S. Spanish
- Sociolinguistics
Selected Publications
- Gelabert, J. 2006. La deixis espacio-temporal en el discurso político español contemporáneo. CLAC: Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación, 26, 17-52.
- Gelabert, J. 2006. Registro y funciones de 'nosotros' en el discurso parlamentario español contemporáneo. Lingüística en la Red, Vol. IV, December 2006.
- Negueruela, E., J. Lantolf, S. Jordan and J. Gelabert. 2004. The 'Private Function' of Gesture in Second Language Communicative Activity: A Study on Motion Verbs and Gesturing in English and Spanish. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol. 14, no. 1.
Education
- Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University (Spanish Linguistics)
- M.A. The University of New Mexico (Spanish Linguistics)
- B.A. Universitat de les Illes Balears. Mallorca, Spain (Spanish Philology)
Courses Regularly Taught
- Nature of Language
- Spanish Advanced Grammar
- Methods in Foreign Language Teaching
- Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
- Language in Social Life
- Spanish Composition and Conversation
- Hispanic Heritage in the United States
Other Activities
- Bilingual Education Core Committee
- College of Arts and Sciences Proficiency Language Committee
- School of Education Proficiency Language Committee
- Director, Alcalá de Henares Summer Program 2006 and 2007
Memberships in Professional Organizations
- International Pragmatics Association
- American Translators Association
Leisure
- Playing and listening to jazz, working out, reading (no TV, please), practicing Karate-do, hanging out on the beach, playing darts, cultivating friendship and watching FC Barcelona amass trophies and glory worldwide.
Favorite Web Links
- Spanish language and news:
www.elpais.com
www.diariodemallorca.es Language and linguistics: www.linguistlist.org
itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog For fun: www.fcbarcelona.com
www.newyorker.com