Gabriel Rei-Doval

Gabriel Rei-Doval is an Associate Professor in the Linguistics Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His career spans sociolinguistics, bilingualism, and Galician language studies, with a focus on language contact, purism, and planning. He holds a PhD in Galician Linguistics (2001) and has published extensively on Galician, Hispanic, and Lusophone linguistics.

Research Interests:

• Sociolinguistics and Language Contact
• Bilingualism in minority language contexts
• Language Purism and Standardization
• Galician, Hispanic, and Lusophone Studies

Teaching Areas: Bilingualism, General Linguistics, Hispanic Sociolinguistics.

Key Contributions:

• Co-editor of Lusophone, Galician, and Hispanic Linguistics: Bridging Frames and Traditions (2019)
• Author of Principios de lingüística hispánica (2025), a foundational textbook
• Founder of the Galician Studies Initiative at the Modern Language Association