Dr. Rebeca Fernández Rodríguez

Biography

Rebeca Fernández Rodríguez is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, specializing in Spanish (Socio)Linguistics, pragmatics, translation, research methods writing, and language acquisition. She has previously taught at the University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro in Portugal, the University of Amsterdam, and the University of Leiden. Rebeca is a member of the research institute Language Sciences and has held various significant roles, including president of the Asociación de Hispanistas del Benelux and National Coordinator for Masterlanguage Spanish. Her extensive research includes historical aspects of Spanish contact languages in the Americas and the Philippines, focusing on linguistic documentation by missionaries, sailors, and explorers. Additionally, she has an interest in the history of teaching languages and translation theories. Currently, she is involved in various international projects, including Digital Pallas and ChEDiL, and has contributed to the editing of significant linguistic texts, including the oldest grammar of Iloko and a historical bilingual dictionary. In recent years, she has organized conferences in Spain with support from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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