M. Teresa Espinal Explained

M. Teresa Espinal
Alma Mater:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (PhD)
Discipline:	Linguistics
Sub Discipline:	Syntax-semantics interface
Website:	UAB faculty page

M. Teresa Espinal is a linguist and professor in the Department of English at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Her research focuses on the syntax-semantics interface, in particular on areas including negation, prosody, and on various features of the Romance languages.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biography

Espinal received a bachelor's degree in Hispanic philology from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 1978, a master's degree in linguistics from the University of London in 1981, and a PhD in linguistics from UAB in 1985.

Espinal is a professor of linguistics in the UAB Department of Catalan Philology, and has also been a member of the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, and the Center for Theoretical Linguistics.^[4]

Awards

In 2020, Espinal was awarded the Narcís Monturiol medal by the Catalan government in recognition of distinguished contributions to science and technology.^{[5] [6]}

In 2023, Espinal was elected to the Academia Europaea.

Selected publications

• Espinal . M. Teresa . The Representation of Disjunct Constituents . Language . 1991 . 67 . 4 . 726–762 . 10.2307/415075 . 8 March 2024.
• Espinal . Maria Teresa . Expletive Negation and Logical Absorption . The Linguistic Review . 1992 . 9 . 4 . 10.1515/tlir.1992.9.4.333 . 8 March 2024.
• Espinal . M Teresa . Expletive negation, negative concord and feature checking . Catalan Working Papers in Linguistics . 2000 . 8 . 47–69 . 8 March 2024.
• Espinal . M. Teresa . McNally . Louise . Bare nominals and incorporating verbs in Spanish and Catalan . Journal of Linguistics . 2011 . 47 . 1 . 87–128 . 8 March 2024 . 0022-2267.

Notes and References

1. Web site: M.Teresa Espinal CLT Centre de Lingüística Teòrica . UAB CENTRE DE LINGÜÍSTICA TEÒRICA . 8 March 2024 . ca.
2. Web site: Academy of Europe: Espinal Teresa . www.ae-info.org . 8 March 2024.
3. Web site: Loop M.Teresa Espinal . loop.frontiersin.org . 8 March 2024.
4. Web site: Maria Teresa Espinal Farré renewed as member of the Appeals Commission . www.aqu.cat . Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya . 8 March 2024 . en.
5. Web site: Narcís Monturiol Awards collection . Ministry of Research and Universities . 8 March 2024.
6. . 5 July 2022 . CONCESSIÓ DE LA MEDALLA I DE LA PLACA NARCÍS MONTURIOL 2022 . Award of the Narcís Monturiol Medal 2022 . ca . Government of Catalonia Ministry of Research and Universities . 2024-03-08.