Carlos Sanchez Lancis

Carlos Sanchez Lancis is an Associate Professor affiliated with the Department of Spanish Studies at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where he contributes to the Grup de Recerca de Lingüística Teòrica and Center for Theoretical Linguistics. He earned his PhD in Filosofia i lletres from UAB in 1990, following earlier degrees from the same institution.

His research focuses on Spanish syntax variation, grammatical change, and corpus linguistics, with specific interests in:

• Diatopic variation in adverbial locutions
• Historical development of Spanish morphosyntax
• Lexicographic norms and prescriptive linguistics
• Corpus-based analysis of Romance languages

He currently leads the project 'Micro parámetros y redes en la variación de las lenguas románicas' (2022-2026) examining microparametric variation in Romance syntax. His 136 publications demonstrate consistent scholarly output since 1988, with recent works analyzing grammatical evolution through historical sources and linguistic corpora.