Senior Lecturer
World Languages & Cultures

Christina Mirisis

4012 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS BLDG
NORFOLK, VA 23529

Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics, University of Minnesota, (2017)

M.A. in Hispanic Linguistics, University of Minnesota, (2013)

B.A. in Spanish, Italian and Linguistics, The College of New Jersey, (2011)

Research Interests

Applied linguistics
Second language acquisition
Spanish phonology
Sociophonetic variation

Articles

(2022). Revisiting the effect of speech style on L2 acquisition of Spanish voiceless stops. International Journal of Language and Linguistics 9 (3) , pp. 44-59.
(2020). Production and perception of Spanish voiced stops and approximants by L2 learners. Journal of Second and Multiple Language Acquisition 8 (4) , pp. 79-110.
(2019). L2 acquisition of Spanish stress in segmentally identical words. Hispanic Studies Review 4 (1) , pp. 98-120.
(2018). Voiceless stop lenition and reduction as linguistic and social phenomena in Concepción, Chile. Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics 7 (2) , pp. 187-215.