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Ares Llop Naya is a Catalan lecturer affiliated with Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge, specializing in modern and medieval languages and linguistics. His primary research focuses on microvariation and linguistic change in Romance languages, particularly the intricacies of Catalan and its Pyrenean linguistic varieties. Llop Naya was awarded the prestigious Joan Solà International Prize for Catalan Philology for his monograph published in 2020, which presents a novel perspective on negation expression within Catalan dialects amidst the Romance continuum. He explores the mechanisms underlying language acquisition and the diachronic linguistic change evident in micro-synchronic variations, particularly in Romance negation systems. With extensive teaching and research experience at institutions such as Universitat de Barcelona and Cardiff University, he is also passionate about integrating theoretical grammatical knowledge into language teaching practices, particularly in the context of foreign language textbooks. His publications include articles on teaching Catalan and Spanish as foreign languages, focusing on pedagogical approaches and materials.
Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.