Alberto Pastor
Language Development
Alberto is an associate professor of Hispanic Linguistics in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. His scholarly interests include Spanish syntax and linguistic theory as well as areas in sociolinguistics, such as language contact and bilingualism. Professor Pastor’s articles have appeared in such journals as Probus, Revista Española de Lingüística, Hispania, and Revista de Lingüísitica Teórica y Aplicada.
Alberto's area of specialization is Spanish syntax and Linguistic Theory. In particular, his research focuses on the syntax-semantics interface. Alberto has recently been studying the syntax and interpretive properties of adjectival degree constructions as an effort to increase our understanding of the extended projection of gradable adjectives. He is also interested in the interaction between the notions of degree, definiteness, specificity and judge-dependency. In addition to these projects, Alberto has been researching the syntax of predicative degree constructions. Currently, he is studying the formal and interpretive properties of Spanish measure phrases.
Research Articles
- Measure phrases with bare adjectives in Spanish. (with Luis Eguren). In progress
- Interferences between Definiteness and Judge-Dependency: Spanish Degree Modifiers. Under review
- Relaciones predicativas en el interior de construcciones de grado adjetivas. (Forthcoming). Spanish at the turn of the 21st century: Literary, Linguistic and Cultural studies in honor of LSU’s 150th Anniversary.
- Sobre las interferencias entre el grado, la (in)definitud y la (in)especificidad. (Forthcoming). Revista Española de Lingüística-RSEL.
- Degree Modifiers, Definiteness, and Specificity. (Forthcoming). Selected Proceedings of the 13th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Cascadilla Press.
- Predicative Degree Constructions in Spanish. (2010). Probus 22.1, 27-71.
- Split Analysis of Gradable Adjectives in Spanish (2008), Probus 20.2, 257-299.
- Sobre las Construcciones Consecutivas con Adjetivos (2008), Hispania 91.3, 676-689.
- La Nuclearidad y las Construcciones de Grado Adjetivas (2008), Revista de Lingüística Teórica y Aplicada 46:1,
- Apuntes sobre poco (2006). in López Durán, J.D. Actas del V congreso andaluz de lingüística general. Granada: Granada Lingvistica, 657-665
- Poco y la Denotación de los Adjetivos Graduables (2005), Cuadernos de Lingüística XII, 31-46.
2010. "Predication
relationships inside adjectival degree constructions". XXXVI Incontro
di Grammatica Generativa. Universita degli Studi di Milano-Biccoca.
Milan (Italy).
2010. "Predication relationships inside adjectival degree constructions". XXVII Biennal Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages and Literatures. Baton Rouge, Lousiana.
2009. "Degree modifiers, definiteness, and specificity". Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2009. University of Puerto Rico. San Juan, PR.
2007. “Spanish poco and the split analysis of gradable adjectives”. Georgetown University Round Table of Linguistics 07, Georgetown University. Washington DC .
2007. “On Spanish de as a partitive degree operator”. 2007 Kentucky Foreign Languages Conference. University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY.
2004. “Poco y la denotación de los adjetivos graduables” XXXIV Simposio de la Sociedad Española de Lingüística. Madrid (Spain)
1998. “Algunas notas sobre la gradación”, XIII Encuentro de la Asociación de Jóvenes Lingüistas. Universidad de Salamanca (Spain).
1996. “Los adjetivos relacionales como compuestos”. XXVI Simposio de la Sociedad Española de Lingüística. Madrid (Spain).
1995 “Dos tipos de adjetivos: Adjetivos relacionales y adjetivos calificativos”. VII Encuentro de la Asociación de Jóvenes Lingüistas. The University of Vitoria (Spain).
1995 “La interfaz sintaxis-morfología en el periodo de 18 a 24 meses”, I International Meeting on the Acquisition of National Languages. University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
2010. "Predication relationships inside adjectival degree constructions". XXVII Biennal Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages and Literatures. Baton Rouge, Lousiana.
2009. "Degree modifiers, definiteness, and specificity". Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2009. University of Puerto Rico. San Juan, PR.
2007. “Spanish poco and the split analysis of gradable adjectives”. Georgetown University Round Table of Linguistics 07, Georgetown University. Washington DC .
2007. “On Spanish de as a partitive degree operator”. 2007 Kentucky Foreign Languages Conference. University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY.
2004. “Poco y la denotación de los adjetivos graduables” XXXIV Simposio de la Sociedad Española de Lingüística. Madrid (Spain)
1998. “Algunas notas sobre la gradación”, XIII Encuentro de la Asociación de Jóvenes Lingüistas. Universidad de Salamanca (Spain).
1996. “Los adjetivos relacionales como compuestos”. XXVI Simposio de la Sociedad Española de Lingüística. Madrid (Spain).
1995 “Dos tipos de adjetivos: Adjetivos relacionales y adjetivos calificativos”. VII Encuentro de la Asociación de Jóvenes Lingüistas. The University of Vitoria (Spain).
1995 “La interfaz sintaxis-morfología en el periodo de 18 a 24 meses”, I International Meeting on the Acquisition of National Languages. University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
Academic Honors and Awards
1994-96. Doctoral
Fellowship, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Department of Spanish
Philology. Madrid (Spain).
Jan 1997-June 1997. Visiting Researcher in Spanish Linguistics. Georgetown University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Washington D.C.
Conducted research on the grammar of relational adjectives.
Aug 1998-Dec 1999. Visiting Scholar in Spanish Linguistics. Georgetown University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Washington D.C.
Conducted research on Semantics and Syntax of gradability.
Aug08-May09. Research Leave. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX.
Jun-Aug 2006. University Research Grant. University Research Council. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX. Conducted research on the internal syntax of adjectival projections headed by a gradable adjective.
Jan 1997-June 1997. Visiting Researcher in Spanish Linguistics. Georgetown University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Washington D.C.
Conducted research on the grammar of relational adjectives.
Aug 1998-Dec 1999. Visiting Scholar in Spanish Linguistics. Georgetown University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Washington D.C.
Conducted research on Semantics and Syntax of gradability.
Aug08-May09. Research Leave. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX.
Jun-Aug 2006. University Research Grant. University Research Council. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX. Conducted research on the internal syntax of adjectival projections headed by a gradable adjective.
Languages
- Spanish (Native)
- English (Spoken, read, written)
- Catalan (Read)
- French (Read)
- Galician (Read)
- Italian (Read)
- Portuguese (Read)
