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Nicolás Arellano – CV

Academic Background

PhD

2019–present: PhD in Linguistics

Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Thesis: “Verbs with accusative pronominal clitic ‘la’ in Rioplatense Spanish”
Thesis submitted, expected to be finalized in October 2025
Advisors: Dr. Verónica Nercesian, Dr. Guiomar E. Ciapuscio

Other Graduate Studies

2019–2020: Diplomado Superior en Gestión y Enseñanza del Español

Área de Estudios Latinoamericanos, FLACSO • 250 hours

2016-2018: Training Program in Teaching Spanish as a Second and Foreign Language

Laboratorio de Idiomas, Universidad de Buenos Aires • 250 hours

Undergraduate

2011–2017: Bachelor’s Degree in Literature and Linguistics

Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Scholarships

2019–2025: PhD scholarship

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

2016-2017: Research initiation scholarship

Instituto de Filología y Literaturas Hispánicas “Dr. Amado Alonso”
Evaluation: highly satisfactory

International Experience

2017–2018: Language Assistant

Department of Hispanic Studies, Oberlin College (OH, United States)
Advisor: Dr. Sebastian Faber

Languages

English: Advanced level, First Certificate of English, 2011
Portuguese: Advanced level, CELPE-BRAS 2022
Italian: Upper-intermediate level, Oberlin College, 2018

Teaching Experience

University Level

2024–present: Lecturer

Diploma Superior en Gestión y Enseñanza de Español, FLACSO Argentina

2021–present: Lecturer

Semantics, Pragmatics and Text Studies, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento

2018–present: Language Specialist

SIELE exam, Universidad de Buenos Aires

2022: Lecturer

Spanish Methods in Teaching, Diplomatura Universitaria ELSE (UNLZ)

2018: Instructor

Translation and Spanish Linguistics, Oberlin College

2017–2018: Teaching Assistant

Advanced Grammar and Composition, Oberlin College

Primary Education

2017–2018: Instructor

Spanish in The Elementary School (SITES), Eastwood Elementary School, OH

Other Teaching Experience

2024-present: Lecturer

Academic Writing, FLACSO Argentina

2019: Teacher Training

Language Teaching, Escuelas en Red, Buenos Aires Province Education Department

2018: Upper-intermediate level instructor

Spanish as Second and Foreign Language, Universidad ISALUD – UBA – SIT

2012-2014: Teacher

Spanish as Second and Foreign Language, Vamos! Spanish Academy, CABA

Editorial Management

2016–present: Editorial Assistant

Revista RASAL, Sociedad Argentina de Estudios Lingüísticos

2022-2024: Head of Board of Reviewers

Journal of the Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Britain

2018-2024: Editorial Committee

Anáfora Journal, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Selected Publications

Articles

2024: Palma, A. G., N. Arellano, et al. “Inclusive language. Linguistic handbook.” CUHSO·Cultura-Hombre-Sociedad, 34(1), 709-750.

2023: Nercesian, V. and N. Arellano. “Vowel shifts in Middle Wichi (Mataguayan family, South America).” Journal of Historical Linguistics, 14(2), 242-303.

2022: Murguía Cruz, N., B. Steeb, N. Arellano and M. Brito Olvera. “Spanish teaching for Senegalese migrants. Popular education experiences in Buenos Aires (2012-2020).” Lengua y Migración, 14(1), 145-173.

2021: Arellano, N. “Design of specific corpora for historical grammatical study: the case of constructions with feminine clitic.” Revista de Estudos da Linguagem, 29(2), 711-737.

2020: Arellano, N. “Innovative verbal constructions with the clitic ‘la’ in teaching Spanish as a foreign language.” Signos ELE, 14, 1-24.

Research Projects

2023–present: Researcher

“Linguistic strategies and resources in contexts of indescribability”
UBACYT, Universidad de Buenos Aires

2021–2024: Researcher

“Study of morphology-phonology and morphology-syntax interfaces”
CONICET

2020–2023: Researcher

“Wichi/weenhayek language and territory: isoglosses, dialectal varieties”
FONCyT, AGENCIA

Selected Conference Presentations

2024: “Lexical variation and de-automatization in constructions with feminine clitic.” First National Conference on Linguistic Variation, UNLP. Plenary session.

2024: “Didactics in Spanish classes for Senegalese migrants.” III International Congress of Languages, Migrations and Cultures. Plenary session.

2022: “Spanish for Senegalese: management and classes in UTEP.” Conference on Extension, languages and migration, Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Plenary session.

2019: “Verbal constructions with feminine pronominal clitic (1800-1920).” I Congress of Argentine Spanish, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro.

Other Scientific Activities

2019–present: Founding member and Secretary

RELIF (Network of Linguists in Training)

Journal reviewer:

Anales de Lingüística (2023), Boletín de la Academia Peruana de la Lengua (2022), Journal of the Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Britain (2021-2022)

Social Outreach

2019–2022: Instructor

Spanish as Second and Foreign Language
Unión de Trabajadores de la Economía Popular (UTEP)

2020–2021: Teacher

Damay Jaangë Español – Audiovisual project for teaching Spanish to Wolof speakers
Bloque de Trabajadores Migrantes