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    Marc Gandarillas (Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona – 1987) holds a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Hispanic Linguistics from the University of Florida (2022), as well as a M.A. in Ancient Cultures and Languages (2011), a B.A. in Linguistics (2014), and a B.A. in Classics (2009) from the Universitat de Barcelona. He specializes in variationist sociolinguistics as applied to Catalan heritage communities in the Americas. His interests include bilingualism, anthropological linguistics, revitalization, language contact (especially as applied to minority languages), language policy, and historical linguistics (especially within the Romance sphere). Marc has proudly served as a high-school and higher-ed language instructor (Latin, Catalan, and Spanish) for the Consorci d’Educació de Barcelona, North Carolina Public Schools, the University of Florida, and (currently) the University of North Dakota. He has also served as a textbook author, translator, and proofreader for reputable publishing and translation companies such as Santillana Grup Promotor, SD Editores, and 1Global Translators. Marc is passionate about languages (both modern and ancient). He is a firm believer in–not only embracing but also actively–promoting language diversity, social justice, and cross-cultural communication. He speaks fluent English, French, Italian, Catalan, and Spanish, and has some knowledge of German, Galician, Hebrew, and modern Greek.

    Education

    2018-2022: Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Hispanic Linguistics. University of Florida.

    2010-2014: B.A. in Linguistics. University of Barcelona.

    2009-2011: M.A. in Cultures and Languages of Antiquity. University of Barcelona.

    2005-2009: B.A. in Classics (cum laude). University of Barcelona.

    2009: Certificat d’Aptitud Pedagògica (CAP). Institut de Ciències de l’Educació. University of Barcelona.

    [Last updated: 1/11/2022]

    Blog Posts

      Publications

      Scholarly research books:

      Gandarillas, M. (in press, 2024). The Case for Majorcan Catalan as a Heritage Language in San Pedro, Argentina: An anthropological, sociolinguistic, and morphopragmatic perspective. London, UK: Palgrave MacMillan.

      Peer-reviewed journal articles:

      Gandarillas, M. (2023). “El cambio prosódico en el español en contacto y la relevancia de los factores sociolingüísticos” [Prosodic change in Spanish in contact and the relevance of sociolinguistic factors]. Onomázein, 59.

      Gandarillas, M. (forthcoming, 2024). “La possessió en el txitximec de Jonaz i llengües emparentades” [Possession in Jonaz Chichimeca and related languages]. Revista Lucero, University of Berkeley, 7(2).

      Gandarillas, M. (2022). “Gender and Language studies: A long road already traveled, yet longer (and curvier) roads ahead.” FEMERIS, 7(2), 114-117.

      Gandarillas, M. (2022). “Supervivència lingüística i el respecte de la normativa” [Language survival and the observance of the standard language]. Revista Llengua Nacional, 119.

      Gandarillas, M. (2022). “Préstamos y calcos en el español actual: ¿Vehículos de cambio lingüístico?” [Loanwords and calques in modern Spanish: A driving force for language change?]. Onomázein, 55, 24–31.

      Gandarillas, M. (2021). “The grammaticalization of Catalan anar (‘to go’) + infinitive for the expression of perfective past: A diachronic, corpus-based perspective.” International Linguistics Research, 4(4).

      Gandarillas, M. (2021). “El reflex de les relacions romanogermàniques en el lèxic: Nota breu” [Lexical evidence for Roman-Germanic relationships: Brief remarks]. Revista de Filología Románica, 38, 205–207.

      Gandarillas, M. (2021). “The addressee-ship of ancient Greek novels: Portraying pictures, debunking myths.” Anuari de Filologia. Antiqua et Mediaeualia, 1(11), 1–24. Revistes Científiques de la Universitat de Barcelona (RCUB).

      Gandarillas, M. (2021). “Convergencia y transferencia en el español en contacto.” [Convergence and transfer in Spanish in contact]. Dicenda. Estudios de lengua y literatura españolas, 39, 5–8.

      Gandarillas, M. (2020). “El papel de la subjetivación en los procesos de gramaticalización” [The role of subjectification in grammaticalization processes]. Spanish and Portuguese Review, 6, 73–86.

      Gandarillas, M. (2020). “Grammaticalization degrees in Catalan anar vs. estar + adjective in the 19th and 20th centuries: A language contact, corpus-based distributional approach.” Isogloss: Open Journal of Romance Linguistics, 6, 1–18.

      Book chapters:

      Gandarillas, M. (forthcoming, 2024). “Les llengües d’Austràlia” [The languages of Australia]. In: Junyent, C. (ed.), Manual de llengües del món [Handbook of World Languages]. Barcelona: Eumo Editorial.

      Gandarillas, M. (forthcoming, 2024). “Les llengües de Papua Nova Guinea” [The languages of Papua New Guinea]. In: Junyent, C. (ed.), Manual de llengües del món [Handbook of World Languages]. Barcelona: Eumo Editorial.

      Gandarillas, M. (2023). “Language standardisation efforts in multilingual Catalonia: Between a rock and a hard place?” In: Kkese, E. (ed.), Revisiting Second Language Sociolinguistics: Case Studies from Across the Globe. London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

      Book reviews:

      Gandarillas, M. (forthcoming, 2024). [Review of the book Reconstructing Non-Standard Languages: A Socially-Anchored Approach, by L. A. Grenoble & J. Kantarovich]. Language in Society, 53(1).

      Gandarillas, M. (2023). “Jackson, H. (ed) (2022), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Lexicography.” International Journal of Lexicography.

      Gandarillas, M. (2022). “Junyent, C. (2020), El futur del català depèn de tu” [The Future of the Catalan Language Depends on You]. Treballs de Sociolingüística Catalana, 32, 267–270.

      Gandarillas, M. (2021). “Bradley, D., & Bradley, M. (2019). Language Endangerment.” Language in Society, 50(4).

      Gandarillas, M. (2021). “John Considine (ed). 2019. The Cambridge World History of Lexicography.” International Journal of Lexicography, 34(2), 265–276.

      Gandarillas, M. (2020). “Christopher Stray, Michael Clarke, and Joshua T. Katz (eds). 2019. Liddell and Scott: The History, Methodology, and Languages of the World’s Leading Lexicon of Ancient Greek.” International Journal of Lexicography, 33(3), 358–375.

      Books translated:

      Sagrera, J. (2023). Grasshopping Around Kathmandu [ES original: Un saltamontes en Katmandú] (M. Gandarillas, ES-EN trans.). Gainesville, FL: La Pereza Ediciones.

      Winterberg, P. (2021). El lloc més segur del món [The Safest Place in the World] (M. Gandarillas, EN-CA trans.).

      Winterberg, P. (2020). Soc petita? [Am I a tiny girl?] (M. Gandarillas, EN-CA trans.).

      Winterberg, P. (2020). M’entra per una orella, em surt per l’altra! [In Here, Out There!] (M. Gandarillas, EN-CA trans.).

      Other publications:

      Gandarillas, M. (2023, September 2). “Quan el nom sí que fa la cosa: El poder de les etiquetes lingüístiques” [When the name does make the thing: The power of linguistic labels]. VilaWeb (online: https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/quan-el-nom-si-que-fa-la-cosa-el-poder-de-les-etiquetes-linguistiques/; last checked: 9/6/2023).

      Gandarillas, M. (2022, July 15). “Corregir o no corregir? Vet aquí la qüestió” [To correct or not to correct: That is the question]. VilaWeb (online: https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/corregir-o-no-corregir-vet-aqui-la-questio/; last checked: 1/4/2023).

      Gandarillas, M. (2021, December 19). “Els territoris no són bilingües; les persones (de vegades) ho són” [Regions are not bilingual; individual speakers (sometimes) are]. VilaWeb (online: https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/els-territoris-no-son-bilingues-les-persones-de-vegades-ho-son; last checked: 1/4/2022).

      Gandarillas, M. (2021, July 21). “Que encara teniu català? ‘An bhfuil Gaedhilge agat?’” [Do you still have Catalan? ‘An bhfuil Gaedhilge agat?’]. Núvol. Diari digital de cultura en català (online: https://www.nuvol.com/llengua/que-encara-teniu-irlandes-192670; last checked: 8/9/2021).

      Gandarillas, M. (2020, December 2). “‘Al seti de la guineu, qui se n’alça ja no hi seu,’ o el valor pedagògic i lingüístic de les dites” [‘Al seti de la guineu, qui se n’alça ja no hi seu,’ or the pedagogic and linguistic value of idiomatic expressions]. El Cargol (online: https://elcargol.com/opinio/6464-al-seti-de-la-guineu-qui-se-n-alca-ja-no-hi-seu-o-el-valor-pedagogic-i-lingueistic-de-les-dites).

      Gandarillas, M. (2020, September 12). “Quan el català es parlava als Estats Units d’Amèrica” [When Catalan was once spoken in the United States of America]. Núvol. Diari digital de cultura en català (online: https://www.nuvol.com/llengua/el-catala-a-la-florida-saint-augustine-estats-units-119532; last checked: 8/9/2021).

      Gandarillas, M. (2020, August 24). “Raons per a l’optimisme, dins i fora de l’aula” [Reasons for optimism, inside and outside the classroom setting]. El Cargol (online: https://elcargol.com/opinio/5974-raons-per-a-l-optimisme-dins-i-fora-de-l-aula).

      Gandarillas, M. (2020, July 23). “Tot repensant el model educatiu post-Covid” [Rethinking a post-pandemic educational model]. El Cargol (online: https://elcargol.com/opinio/5877-tot-repensant-el-model-educatiu-post-covid).

      Ph.D. Dissertation:

      Gandarillas, M. (2022). Fading voices: An anthropological and sociolinguistic approach to the Majorcan Catalan of San Pedro, Argentina. University of Florida.

      M.A. Thesis:
      Gandarillas, M. (2011). L’especificitat de la llengua sarda en l’herència del lèxic llatí. Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (online: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/178624).

      [Last updated: 1/10/2024]

      Projects

      I am currently conducting research on the Catalan heritage in the Americas in the department of Modern & Classical Languages & Literatures at the University of North Dakota. I am contributing two chapters to Junyent, C. (ed.). Manual de llengües del món. I am serving as a reviewer for the International Journal of Lexicography. Finally, I am actively collaborating on a number of English-Catalan translation projects.

      Memberships

      Modern Language Association (MLA)

      Xarxa CRUSCAT – Institut d’Estudis Catalans

      North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics (NARNiHS)

      Grup de Lingüistes per la Diversitat (GLiDi) – University of Barcelona

      Escritores.org

      American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)

      American Association of Literary Translators (ALTA)

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