Francisco Dubert García

Francisco Dubert García is a Professor in the Department of Galician Philology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where he has been a tenured faculty member since 2000. He is affiliated with the Institute of Galician Studies (ILG), having joined as a research fellow in 1989 to work on the Galician Linguistic Atlas (ALGa). His academic career has focused on linguistic variation, Galician dialectology, and the historical development of the Galician language.

His research interests encompass phonology, inflectional morphology, language contact phenomena (particularly between Galician and Spanish), and geolinguistics. Dr. Dubert García examines both synchronic and diachronic perspectives of linguistic phenomena, with special attention to dialectal variation across the Galician-speaking territory. He has made significant contributions to understanding how language contact influences grammatical structures, particularly in urban varieties of Galician.

His recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on quantitative dialectology, historical linguistic relationships in northwestern Iberia, and the complex interplay between linguistic structure and social factors. He has published extensively in journals such as Dialectologia, Estudios Románicos, and Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik, with numerous contributions to edited volumes on Romance linguistics.

Dr. Dubert García serves as co-director of the academic journal Verba and participates in multiple research projects including the Galician Linguistic Atlas (ALGa), the Computerized Oral Corpus of the Galician Language (CORILGA), and studies on linguistic contact and change. His work bridges traditional dialectology with modern quantitative methods, providing new insights into the structure and evolution of the Galician language.

His academic profile shows consistent publication activity with significant contributions across multiple subfields of Galician linguistics. His research has been particularly influential in demonstrating the complex historical relationships between Galician, Portuguese, and Asturian-Leonese varieties, challenging traditional classifications of Iberian Romance languages.