Raquel P. Romasanta

Raquel P. Romasanta is a full-time lecturer at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Ayudante Doctora). Her research interests include varieties of English, corpus linguistics, language variation and change, statistical analysis of language data

Education

University of Vigo, Spain | PhD in English Linguistics | December 2020

Variation in the clausal complementation system in World Englishes: A corpus-based study of REGRET” [International doctorate; Cum Laude]. Advisors: Elena Seoane (University of Vigo) and Manfred Krug (University of Bamberg).

University of Vigo, Spain | M.A in Advanced English Studies | June 2017

University of Vigo, Spain | B.A in Foreign Languages with a specialization in English Linguistics | June 2016

University of Vigo, Spain | B.A in in Elementary School Teaching | June 2010

Experience

University of Santiago de Compostela | Full-time lecturer (Ayudante Doctor) | April 2024 - present

University of the Balearic Islands | Full-time lecturer (Contratado Doctor) | February 2023 - April 2024

University of the Balearic Islands | Full-time lecturer (Ayudante Doctor) | September 2022 - February 2023

University of Vigo | European Union (Next Generation EU) | Three-year research grant (Margarita Salas) | January 2022 - September 2022

University of Vigo | Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | One-year FPI-POP grant | December 2020 - December 2021

University of Vigo | Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | Four-year FPI predoctoral grant | July 2019 - December 2020

University of Vigo | Univerisity of Vigo | Two-year predoctoral grant | February 2018 - June 2019

University of Vigo | Spanish Ministry of Education (Beca de Colaboración) | Research assistant | November 2015 - June 2016

Awards

2021 | Extraordinary Doctorate Award in the area of ​​Arts and Humanities of the University of Vigo

2020 | Richard M. Hogg Prize of the International Society for the Linguistics of English (IsLE) for the Best Article by an early-career scholar

2019 | Best Paper presented by a junior researcher at the 8th Biennial International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English (8 BICLCE)

2017 | Academic Excellence Award for New Doctoral Students of the University of Vigo, academic year 2017/2018


Raquel is a member of the ViEW research project (Variation in English Worldwide), SPERTUS (Spoken English Research Team at the University of Santiago de Compostela) research group and ELC (English Linguistics Circle) network.