Eukene Franco-Landa

Dedicated Ph.D. candidate, junior researcher, and Spanish Teaching Assistant, who brings a deep commitment to advancing linguistic minority research and fostering an inclusive academic environment. Proficient in navigating the intricacies of linguistic studies, with the goal to contribute meaningfully to the academic community by promoting diversity and ensuring an enriching learning experience. Passionate about empowering linguistic minorities, I bring a unique blend of research acumen and teaching expertise, creating a bridge between academic exploration and student engagement.

2023-2024

• Franco-Landa, E. & Gondra, A. (In press, 2024). Why do we need to teach minorized languages from a variationist approach? The case of Basque. In Roman, G. (Ed.), Echoes of Euskara: Exploring the Depths of Basque Language and Culture. València: Tirant lo Blanch.
• Franco-Landa, E. (In press, 2024). The Role of the Academic Language in the United States: Insights from the Case of Academic Basque. Living Languages.
• Gondra, A., Rodríguez-Ordóñez, I. & Franco-Landa, E. (In press, 2024). Variation in the Production of Basque ergativity: Change or Stable Variation?. Language Variation and Change.

2022

• Franco-Landa, E. (2022c). Argument Agreement Variation Across Languages. In Barberia Aurrekoetxea, I. & Iribar Ibabe, A. (Eds.),Papers on Basque Linguistics in Honour to Jon Franco (105-126). Bilbao: Deusto University Press. ISBN: 978-84-1325-171-4
• Franco-Landa, E. (2022b). Basque Quantifier Agreement Variation Throughout the Old Texts of Southern Basque Country. Fontes Linguae Vasconum 134, 439-467.
• Franco-Landa, E. (2022a). How Many is a Lot? Analyzing Basque Indefinite Quantifiers. In Dorota Krajewska, Sergio Monforte del Valle, Eneko Zuloaga San Román (eds.), Euskal Hizkuntzalaritzaren Adarrak IV (33-67). Leioa: Publishing Services of the University of the Basque Country. ISBN: 978-84-1319-457-8.

• Sigma Delta Pi, International
• National Society of Leadership and Success , International

2024

• Basque, its Varieties and the Linguistic Ideologies in the Community, Invited Lecture at the course SPAN 413 Social and Geographic Varieties of Spanishat the B.A. Programs of Latin American and Iberian Cultures & Spanish, Department of Latin America and Iberian Cultures, University of Southern California, February 13th
• Language Policies of the Spanish state, Invited Lecture at SPA 302 Cultura de España, Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Miami, January 29th

2023

• Identity as a Sociolinguistic Factor in Minorized Contexts, Hispanic & Lusophone Linguistics Working Group’s Annual Speaker Series, Tucson, University of Arizona, November 3rd
• Who are the So-called “New Speakers”? Legitimacy Issues Among Non-traditional Natives, Seminar at the M.A. Program of European Master in Multilingualism and Education (EMME), Department of Language and Literature Didactics, University of the Basque Country, October 10th
• What are the New Speakers? Workshop on Minorized Identities, Workshop at Basque course, Escuela Nacional de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, June 9th
• Irulegi’s Hand: How a Treasure from the Past Can Help Us Understand Basque Newspeakerisimin the Current Navarre, Colloquium at Basque Museum, Boise, Idaho, USA, March 16th

2022

• Emerging Identities Among So-called “New Speakers”, Linguistics Seminar at the PhD Program of Basque Linguistics, Department of Basque Linguistics and Philology, University of the Basque Country, November 24th-23rd

2023

• Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship Award, University of Miami
• Graduate Summer Research Fellowship, Sigma Delta Pi, International

2020

• Academic Excellence M.A. scholarship, University of the Basque Country, Basque Country

2019

• Research collaboration IKASIKER scholarship, Basque Government, Basque Country

2018

• Academic Excellence University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) Erasmus + Partner Countries scholarship, Servicio español para la internacionalización de la educación [Spanish Service for the Internationalization of the Education] (SEPIE), Spain

2023-2024

• Chair of the departmental Graduate Student Association (MLL-GSA). Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Miami
• President of Sigma Delta Pi (SGP). Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, University of Miami

2022-2023

• Founder of the first Basque course at DILS. Directed Independent Language Studies, University of Miami
• President of Sigma Delta Pi (SGP). Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, University of Miami
• Organizer of the 2023 Graduate Student Conference. Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Miami
• Senator of the general Graduate Student Association (GSA). Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Miami
• Communication Officer of the departmental Graduate Student Association (MLL-GSA). Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Miami

2024

• Boise’s Basque diaspora: a case of linguistic revitalization and cultural and identitarian resistance, III Congreso Internacional de Lenguas, Migraciones y Culturas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, March 21-24th (Accepted)
• Do Immigrant Descendents Need to Speak their Heritage Language to be Part of the Community? The Case of Basque in Boise, Idaho. Languages and Places: Multilingual Places and Identities, The Academic College Levinsky-Wingate, Netanya, Israel, March 12-14th (Accepted)
• Variation on the acceptability of (un)marked ergative subjects: a pilot study in two communities, XXIV Coloquio Anual de Literatura, Lingüística y Cultura Hispanoamericanas y Peninsulares, University of Central Florida, Orlando, February 9th

2023

• Newspeakerism in Minorized Contexts: the Challenge of Nativeness, Modern Languages and Literatures Lecture Series, Miami, Unversity of Miami, October 20th
• New speakers: a Misconception Based on Otherness, XIX International Conference on Minority Languages, Wales, Unversity of Wales, June 21st-23rd
• Heritage Basque speakers: Boise’s Basque variety, Transcultural Expressions. Conflict, Identity and Revitalization in multicultural spheres. 2023 Graduate Student Conference, Miami, University of Miami, March 2nd-3rd

2022

• Social Change in the Basque Country: Language Change or Stable Variation?, 50thNew Ways of Analyzing Variation, Stanford University, San José, California, October 13-15th
• Dialectal Identity Among Non-native Speakers of Basque, III International Conference of Revitalisation of Indigenous and Minoritized Languages, Universitat de Girona, Université de Perpignan & Via Domitia et Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Girona, September 12-15th
• Acquisition Differences in Nominal Ergative Case-marking Between Basque L1 and eL2, 31stAnnual Graduate and Professional Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture, University of Arizona, Tucson, February 16th

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