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Cristina Blanco-García

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23/04/2023

Cristina Blanco-García, Ephemerality in adverbial subordinators: A corpus-based study of causal, conditional and concessive conjunctions in Middle and Modern English.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.
Examiners: Javier Calle-Martín (University of Málaga), Rafał Molencki (University of Silesia) and Belén Méndez-Naya (USC).

Pau Serrano Menero

06/05/2022

Pau Serrano Menero, Warfare as a catalyst for lexico-semantic change from late Old English to Middle English: A study of Norse and French influences on the semantic field of war.

Supervisors: Juan José Calvo García de Leonardo (Universidad de Valencia) and Paula Rodríguez-Abruñeiras.
Examiners: Isabel Moskowich-Spiegel (University of A Coruña), María José Esteve-Ramos (University Jaume I), Miguel Fuster-Márquez (University of Valencia).

Alba Pérez González

04/05/2021

Alba Pérez González, The extender tags and the likeand or somethingin late Modern English: A formal and functional approach.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.
Examiners: Ignacio Palacios Martínez (USC), Javier Calle Martín (University of Málaga), Nila Vázquez (University of Murcia).

Daniela Pettersson-Traba

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24/03/2021

Daniela Pettersson-Traba, A corpus-based study on near-synonymy: The concept PLEASANT SMELLING in 19th- and 20th-century American English (International Doctorate).

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.
Examiners: Pascual Cantos (University of Murcia), Kathryn Allan (University College London), Belén Méndez-Naya (USC). Click here for a press release.

Cristina Lastres-López

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22/10/2020

Cristina Lastres-López,A functional-pragmatic approach to if/si-constructions in English, French and Spanish: A corpus-based study (International Doctorate).

Supervisor: Teresa Fanego.
Examiners: Ignacio Palacios (USC), Diana M. Lewis (Aix-Marseille Université), Carlos Prado-Alonso (University of Oviedo).

Noelia Castro-Chao

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12/05/2020

Noelia Castro-Chao, Changes in argument structure: Impersonal constructions in Middle and Early Modern English, with special reference to verbs of Desire. A corpus-based study (International Doctorate).

Supervisors: Teresa Fanego and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza.
Examiners: David Denison (University of Manchester), Belén Méndez-Naya (USC), Paula Rodríguez-Puente (University of Oviedo).

Iván Tamaredo

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15/11/2018

Iván Tamaredo, Processing grammatical structures: Morphosyntactic complexity and efficiency in varieties of English around the world, with special reference to pronoun omission (International Doctorate; Extraordinary PhD Award 2018-2019).

Supervisors: Teresa Fanego and J. Carlos Acuña-Fariña.
Examiners: Javier Pérez Guerra (University of Vigo), Benedikt Szmrecsanyi (KU Leuven), Cristina Suárez-Gómez (University of the Balearic Islands). Click here to view a press release.

Suzy Henriques Fraga

01/09/2018

Suzy Henriques Fraga, “A diachronic corpus-based approach to Northern English lexis”.

Supervisor: Belén Méndez-Naya.

Idoya Cancelas León

18/07/2018

Idoya Cancelas León, Exploring verbal complementation profiles in World Englishes. Ditransitive and transfer-caused-motion patterns in Indian and British English.

Supervisors: Teresa Fanego and Elena Seoane.

Mario Serrano-Losada,

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22/06/2018

Mario Serrano-Losada, Evidential and mirative expressions in English and Spanish: grammaticalization and discourse functions (International Doctorate).

Supervisors: Teresa Fanego and Belén Méndez-Naya.
Examiners: Professors Kristin Davidse (KU Leuven), Juana Marín Arrese (Complutense University of Madrid), María José López-Couso (University of Santiago de Compostela). Click here to view a press release.

Tamara Bouso

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23/01/2018

Tamara Bouso, Changes in argument structure in the history of English, with special reference to the emergence and development of reaction object constructions (International Doctorate; Extraordinary PhD Award 2017-2018, Centro Internacional de Estudos de Doutoramento e Avanzados).

Supervisors: Teresa Fanego and Belén Méndez-Naya.
Examiners: Professors J. Carlos Acuña-Fariña (University of Santiago de Compostela), Martin Hilpert (University of Neuchâtel), Cristina Suárez-Gómez (University of the Balearic Islands).

Zeltia Blanco-Suárez

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15/12/2017

Zeltia Blanco-Suárez, Death-related intensifiers in the history of the English language: grammaticalisation and other processes of language change (International Doctorate; Extraordinary PhD Award 2017-2018, Centro Internacional de Estudos de Doutoramento e Avanzados).

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.
Examiners: Professors Hubert Cuyckens (KU Leuven), Belén Méndez-Naya (University of Santiago de Compostela), Augusto Soares da Silva (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Braga).

Raúl Río Fernández

17/09/2017

Raúl Río Fernández, Exploring the parallels between ontogenetic and diachronic grammaticalization: The emerging modal wanna in American English as a case in point.

Supervisor: María José López Couso.

Magdalena Bakowska

17/07/2017

Magdalena Bakowska, Semantic change and intensification: A study of four fear-related adjectives.

Supervisor: Belén Méndez-Naya.

Beatriz Mato-Míguez

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06/10/2016

Beatriz Mato-Míguez, The expression of directive meaning: a corpus-based study on the variation between insubordinated if-clauses, imperatives and conditionals in Contemporary Spoken British and American English.

Supervisors: Teresa Fanego and María José López-Couso.
Examiners: Ignacio Palacios (University of Santiago de Compostela), Ana E. Martínez-Insua (University of Vigo), Cristina Suárez-Gómez (University of the Balearic Islands).

Milagros Chao

06/05/2016

Milagros Chao, On the origin and use of dual-form adverbs: A corpus-based approach.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.

Daniela Pettersson

15/09/2015

Daniela Pettersson, A preliminary corpus-based diachronic analysis of the behavioral profile of a set of near-synonyms in American English.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.

Noelia Ozores

15/09/2015

Noelia Ozores, Variation and competition of intensifiers in Philippine English.

Supervisor: Belén Méndez-Naya.

Alberto Monteagudo

15/09/2015

Alberto Monteagudo, A preliminary approach to linguistic accretion in English: comparatives in Contemporary American English as a case in point.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.

Noelia Castro-Chao

15/09/2015

Noelia Castro-Chao, Changes in argument structure: developments in impersonal constructions since Late Middle English. A preliminary corpus-based study.

Supervisor: Teresa Fanego.

Paula Rodríguez-Abruñeiras

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20/01/2015

Paula Rodríguez-Abruñeiras, Exemplifying markers in English: Synchronic and diachronic considerations (European Doctorate).

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.
Examiners: Professors Teresa Fanego (University of Santiago de Compostela), J. Carlos Acuña-Fariña (University of Santiago de Compostela), Augusto Soares da Silva (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Braga), Javier Pérez-Guerra (University of Vigo), Cristina Suárez-Gómez (University of the Balearic Islands).

Eduardo Coto-Villalibre

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17/12/2014

Eduardo Coto-Villalibre, A semantic and syntactic approach to GET-constructions in World Englishes.

Supervisors: Teresa Fanego, Paloma Núñez-Pertejo and Elena Seoane.
Examiners: Professors J. Carlos Acuña-Fariña (University of Santiago de Compostela), Belén Méndez-Naya (University of Santiago de Compostela), Cristina Suárez-Gómez (University of the Balearic Islands), Lucía Loureiro-Porto (University of the Balearic Islands), Carmen Pena-Díaz (University of Alcalá de Henares).

Fátima Faya

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25/09/2013

Fátima Faya, Courtesy markers in requests: The case of prayand pleasein Late Modern English (European Doctorate).

Supervisor: Belén Méndez-Naya.
Examiners: Professors Teresa Fanego (University of Santiago de Compostela), María José López-Couso (University of Santiago de Compostela), Cristina Suárez-Gómez (University of the Balearic Islands), Irma Taavitsainen (University of Helsinki), Nuria Yáñez-Bouza (University of Vigo).

Paula Rodríguez-Puente

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04/09/2013

Paula Rodríguez-Puente, The development of phrasal verbs in British English from 1650 to 1990: A corpus-based study (European Doctorate; Faculty of Philology Extraordinary PhD Award).

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.
Examiners: Professors Teresa Fanego (University of Santiago de Compostela), Risto Hiltunen (University of Turku), Juan Camilo Conde-Silvestre (University of Murcia), Belén Méndez-Naya (University of Santiago de Compostela), Nuria Yáñez-Bouza (University of Vigo).

Iván Tamaredo

13/07/2013

Iván Tamaredo, A study of the relation between linguistic complexity and efficiency in varieties of English around the world.

Supervisors: Teresa Fanego and J. Carlos Acuña-Fariña.

Vera Vázquez-López

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25/06/2013

Vera Vázquez-López,Action nominalizations in Early Modern scientific English.

Main supervisor: Teresa Fanego; co-supervisor: María José López-Couso.
Examiners: Professors J. Carlos Acuña-Fariña (University of Santiago de Compostela), Javier Calle-Martín (University of Málaga), Belén Méndez-Naya (University of Santiago de Compostela), Javier Pérez-Guerra (University of Vigo), Nila Vázquez (University of Murcia).

Alba Iglesias Vázquez

12/09/2012

Alba Iglesias Vázquez, The emerging modal wanna.

Supervisors: María José López-Couso and Belén Méndez-Naya

Aleksandra Kaverina

12/09/2012

Aleksandra Kaverina, A preliminary corpus-based study of reformulation markers in contemporary written English.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.

Tamara Bouso

12/09/2012

Tamara Bouso, Reaction object constructions in Contemporary American English: A preliminary corpus-based study.

Supervisors: Teresa Fanego and Belén Méndez-Naya.

Zeltia Blanco-Suárez

29/01/2012

Zeltia Blanco-Suárez, A diachronic approach to intensifiers in English: Deadly as a case in point.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.

Tania de Dios

11/09/2011

Tania de Dios, Intransitivity revisited: A corpus-based study of verbs used without an object in Contemporary English.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.

María José Coto-Díaz

11/09/2011

María José Coto-Díaz, 'In terms of' in terms of grammaticalization: On the connective use of 'in terms of'.

Supervisor: Belén Méndez-Naya.

Cristina Blanco-García

11/09/2011

Cristina Blanco-García, Ephemeral adverbial subordinators in the Early Modern English period: Concession as a case in point.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.

Beatriz Mato-Míguez

11/03/2011

Beatriz Mato-Míguez, A preliminary approach to isolated if-clauses in Contemporary English.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.

Susana Matos Daparte

10/06/2010

Susana Matos Daparte, A corpus-based approach to darein Late Modern English.

Supervisor: Elena Seoane.

Eduardo Coto-Villalibre

10/06/2010

Eduardo Coto-Villalibre,A corpus-based approach to get-passives in Contemporary Spoken English.

Supervisor: Elena Seoane.

Vera Vázquez-López

10/06/2010

Vera Vázquez-López, Nominalizations in Early Modern scientific English: Structural and functional perspectives.

Supervisors: María José López-Couso & Carlos Prado-Alonso.

Natalia Villar-Conde

15/01/2010

Natalia Villar-Conde, Aspects of expressive strength reduction in British English and Castilian Spanish: A corpus-based analysis.

Supervisor: Teresa Fanego.
Examiners: Ignacio Vázquez Orta (University of Zaragoza), Victoria Guillén Nieto (University of Alicante), Laura Alba Juez (National University of Distance Education), Ignacio Palacios Martínez (University of Santiago de Compostela), Carlos Prado-Alonso (University of Santiago de Compostela).

Iria Pastor-Gómez

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03/12/2009

Iria Pastor-Gómez, Nominal modifiers in noun phrase structure: Evidence from Contemporary English.

Main supervisor: Teresa Fanego; co-supervisor: J. Carlos Acuña-Fariña.
Examiners: Francisco Gutiérrez Díez (University of Murcia), Carmen Portero Muñoz (University of Córdoba), Ana Martínez Insua (University of Vigo), Paloma Núñez-Pertejo (University of Santiago de Compostela), Paula López Rúa (University of Santiago de Compostela).

Iria-Gael Romay

09/07/2009

Iria-Gael Romay, A preliminary study of motion verbs in English: Evidence from LOB and FLOB.

Supervisor: Paloma Núñez-Pertejo.

Paula Rodríguez-Abruñeiras

29/04/2009

Paula Rodríguez-Abruñeiras, Including and included as appositive markers of exemplification: A prototypical case of apposition?

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.

Carlos Prado-Alonso

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31/01/2008

Carlos Prado-Alonso, Inversion in written and spoken Contemporary English (European Doctorate).

Main supervisor: Teresa Fanego; co-supervisor: J. Carlos Acuña-Fariña.
Examiners: Antonio Barcelona (University of Córdoba), Christopher S. Butler (Swansea University), Liesbet Heyvaert (University of Leuven), Javier Pérez-Guerra (University of Vigo), Cristina Suárez-Gómez (University of the Balearic Islands).

Paula Rodríguez-Puente

07/10/2007

Paula Rodríguez-Puente, On the relationship between phrasal verbs and the processes of grammaticalization, lexicalization and idiomatization: Phrasal verbs with getas a test case.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.

Pilar Castillo-González

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22/06/2007

Pilar Castillo-González, Uncontracted negatives and negative contractions in Contemporary English: A corpus-based study.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.
Examiners: Teresa Fanego (University of Santiago de Compostela), Montserrat Martínez Vázquez (Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville), Juana Marín Arrese (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Ignacio Palacios (University of Santiago de Compostela), Javier Pérez-Guerra (University of Vigo).

Ana López-Sánchez

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16/02/2007

Ana López-Sánchez, From "ways of speaking" to "ways of being in the world": A contrastive analysis of request behaviour in Peninsular Spanish and American English: A comparison.

Supervisor: Teresa Fanego.
Examiners: Jesús Moya Guijarro (University of Castilla-La Mancha), Paloma Núñez-Pertejo (University of Santiago de Compostela), Manuel Padilla Cruz (University of Seville), María Elena Placencia (Birkbeck College, London), Carmen Valero Garcés (University of Alcalá de Henares),

Iria Pastor

06/09/2006

Iria Pastor, N+N structures in Present-day English: Function and development.

Supervisor: Teresa Fanego.

Fátima Faya

06/07/2006

Fátima Faya,On the origin and development of the courtesy marker please: A corpus-based analysis.

Supervisor: Belén Méndez-Naya.

Milagros Chao

04/05/2006

On the origin and use of dual-form adverbs: A corpus-based approach.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.

Nila Vázquez

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20/04/2006

Nila Vázquez, 'The Tale of Gamelyn' of the Canterbury Tales: A new critical edition (Faculty of Philology Extraordinary PhD Award).

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.
Examiners: Professors Juan Camilo Conde-Silvestre (University of Murcia), Isabel de la Cruz (University of Alcalá de Henares), Teresa Fanego (University of Santiago de Compostela), Santiago González Fernández-Corugedo (University of Oviedo), and Peter Robinson (University of Birmingham).

Lucía Loureiro-Porto

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02/06/2005

Lucía Loureiro-Porto, The semantic predecessors of need: From Old to Early Modern English.

Supervisor: Elena Seoane.
Examiners: Alejandro Alcaraz (University of Jaén), Teresa Fanego (University of Santiago de Compostela), José Gómez Soliño (University of La Laguna), Manfred Krug (University of Bamberg), Belén Méndez-Naya (University of Santiago de Compostela).

Beatriz Macía-Vega

04/07/2004

Beatriz Macía-Vega, A corpus-based approach to the variation between whoand whomin Contemporary Written and Spoken English.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.

Carlos Prado-Alonso

29/04/2004

Carlos Prado-Alonso, Inversion in Present-day British and American English: An analysis based on the matching FLOB and Frown corpora.

Supervisor: Teresa Fanego.

Carmen Pena-Díaz

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27/02/2004

Carmen Pena-Díaz, Code alternation in a trilingual community: From pragmatics to grammar.

Supervisor: Teresa Fanego.
Examiners: Professors Peter Auer (University of Freiburg), Mario Cal (University of Santiago de Compostela), Ana Halbach (University of Alcalá de Henares), Melissa Moyer (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Esperanza Rama (University of Vigo).

Héctor Agrafojo

29/04/2003

Héctor Agrafojo, A corpus-based approach to the evolution of English semi-auxiliary verbs: The case of be supposed to.

Supervisor: Elena Seoane.

Lucía Loureiro-Porto

29/01/2002

Lucía Loureiro-Porto, A corpus-based approach to verbs expressing necessity in Old English.

Supervisor: Elena Seoane.

Pilar Castillo-González

01/09/2001

Pilar Castillo-González, Uncontracted negatives and negative contractions in Contemporary Written English: A corpus-based study.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.

Montserrat Nolasco

01/06/2001

Montserrat Nolasco, Adverbial intensification in Early Modern English.

Supervisor: Teresa Fanego.

Rosa María Cougil-Álvarez

29/04/2001

Rosa María Cougil-Álvarez, A corpus-based approach to the diachronic evolution of just in English (1380-1780).

Supervisor: Elena Seoane.

Anabel González-Cruz

01/02/2001

Anabel González-Cruz,Semantic change in adverbial subordination: The case of while-clauses.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.

Nila Vázquez

29/03/2000

Nila Vázquez, Young Gamelyn of the Canterbury Tales. A first approach to the Petworth MS version: Transcription, translation, glossary and notes.

Supervisor: María José López-Couso.

Ana Navalpotro

01/03/2000

Ana Navalpotro,On the existence of a proximative gram in OE: The willanconstruction.

Supervisor: Belén Méndez-Naya.

José Javier Rivas-Rodríguez

03/07/1999

José Javier Rivas-Rodríguez, A non-discrete approach to the Accusative and Infinitive Construction: The view of linguistic typology.

Supervisor: Belén Méndez-Naya.

Cristina Suárez-Gómez

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29/06/1999

Cristina Suárez-Gómez, Relativisation in Early English, with special reference to the distribution of relativisers and the position of relative clauses (European Doctorate).

Supervisor: Belén Méndez-Naya.
Examiners: Teresa Fanego (University of Santiago de Compostela), Trinidad Guzmán (University of León), María José López-Couso (University of Santiago de Compostela), Javier Pérez-Guerra (University of Vigo), Anthony Warner (University of York, UK).

Cristina Suárez-Gómez

01/06/1999

Cristina Suárez-Gómez, A descriptive analysis of relative clauses in Old English and their process of clause combination.

Supervisor: Belén Méndez-Naya.

Carmen Río-Rey

29/04/1999

Carmen Río-Rey, Relativizer variation in existential and non-existential sentences: The Middle and Early Modern English periods.

Supervisor: Teresa Fanego.