Dr. des. Marta Rodríguez García

Assistant in Linguistics

Phone
+41 31 684 80 72
E-Mail
marta.rodriguez@unibe.ch
Office
B373
Postal Address
Universidad de Berna
Instituto de Lengua y Literaturas Hispánicas
Länggassstrasse 49
CH-3012 Bern
Consultation Hour
by appointment only

CV

Marta Rodríguez García studied Translation and Interpreting at Pablo de Olavide University (Seville, Spain). In 2019, she completed a Master's degree in Spanish Linguistics with a dual specialization in English Sociolinguistics at the American university New Mexico State University, where she worked for two consecutive years as a teaching assistant in the Department of Languages and Linguistics. She later carried out her doctoral research at the University of Basel. Her PhD project examines the sociolinguistic situation in the community of Gibraltar, with a particular focus on language use and code-switching strategies among young Gibraltarians. Her academic interests are grounded in the study of language contact from a sociolinguistic and discourse-analytical perspective, as well as in the relationship between language and identity.

In her postdoctoral project, she explores multilingualism and language maintenance in preschool bilingual centers, with a focus on the maintenance of heritage languages and approaches to addressing multilingualism in educational institutions.

Education

  
2024 Doctoral research on contact (English/Spanish) in Gibraltar from a sociolinguistic and discourse perspective, University of Basel, Switzerland (defense in May 2024).
2019 Master’s degree in Hispanic Linguistics with a secondary specialization in English Linguistics, New Mexico State University, New Mexico, United States.
2015 Bachelor’s degree in Translation and Interpreting (Spanish–English–German), Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain.

Academic Career
February 2024- Assistant in Linguistics, Institute of Spanish Language and Literatures, University of Bern
August 2019-July 2024  Assistant in Linguistics, Institute of Ibero-Romance Languages, University of Basel, Switzerland
2017-2019 Teaching Assistant in Spanish and German, Department of Languages and Linguistics, New Mexico State University, United States.
2015-2017  Teacher in Spanish Language and Culture, Center for Languages and Intercultural Competence, Kiel, Germany.

Research Interests

  • Sociolinguistics 
  • Language contact
  • Spanish in contact with other languages
  • Interactional analysis
  • Heritage languages
  • Language & society

Publications

Contributions in Journals and Edited Volumes

Rodríguez García, Marta (2024). «The discursive construction of codeswitching in Yanito among the young population of Gibraltar», en: Pfadenauer, Katrin / Serreli, Valentina / Rüdiger, Sofia (Eds.). Series: Contact and Multilingualism. Language Science Press. https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/345

Rodríguez García, Marta & Goria, Eugenio (2023). «Backflagging revisited: a case study on bueno», en English-Spanish bilingual speech», Series: Journal of Pragmatics, volume 215; pages 113-130. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378216623001893

Rodríguez García, Marta (2022). «Hacia una nueva definición del yanito: análisis desde la perspectiva de los jóvenes adultos de Gibraltar», en: Kunz, Marco (Ed.). Series: Boletín Hispánico Helvético 39-40; pages 391-420. https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=bhh-002%3A2022%3A0#396

Rodríguez García, Marta, Schlumpf, Sandra, Carreira, Sara; Castro, Miriam & Ritter, Johannes (2022). «Un acercamiento metodológico y empírico al estudio del paisaje lingüístico de Basilea», en: Kunz, Marco (Ed.). Series: Boletín Hispánico Helvético 39-40; pages 195- 260. https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=bhh-002%3A2022%3A0#200

Rodríguez García, Marta & Feijóo, Sonia (en revisión). «The linguistic frontier Spanish/English in Gibraltar», in: Cerno, Leonardo / Döhla, Hans-Jörg / Gutiérrez Maté, Miguel / Hesselbach, Robert / Steffen, Joachim (Eds.): Contact varieties of Spanish and Spanish-lexified contact varieties. Series: Handbooks for Linguistics and Communication Science / Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft. Mouton De Gruyter.

Rodríguez García, Marta (en revisión). «Fronteras porosas: contacto lingüístico y construcción de identidad en Gibraltar», en: Bürki, Yvette / García Agüero, Alba (Eds.). Series: Borders. Section I: The (Re)making of Borders. De Gruyter.

 

 

Mandates

Administrative and/or Academic

2024 Member of the Editorial Committee of Collective Volume No. 50, Boletín Hispánico Helvétic
2021-2023 Representative Member of the Steering Committee in Basel, Hermann Paul School of Linguistics.
2022 Founding Member and Organizer of the Encuentro de (post)doctorandos hispanistas en Suiza, University of Zurich.
2020-2022 Representative Member of Group III at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Basel.
2021 Founding Member and Organizer of HPSL Day, Hermann Paul School of Linguistics.
2019-2022 Co-representative of the Seminar of Ibero-Romance Languages on the Maiengasse Library Committee, University of Basel.
2019 Member of the Editorial Board of the academic journal Arenas Blancas, New Mexico State University, United States.

 

Memberships

2024- EDiSo (Asociación de estudios sobre Discurso y Sociedad)
2021- Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas
2021- International Pragmatics Association
2019- Sociedad Suiza de Estudios Hispánicos (SSEH)
2019- Hermann Paul School of Linguistics Basel-Freiburg