Georgina Alvarez Morera

Georgina Alvarez Morera is a Language Lecturer in Catalan at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Modern Languages, specifically within the Sub-faculty of Spanish. She holds a PhD in Humanities from Universitat Rovira i Virgili, alongside a double degree in Spanish and English Philology from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, an Erasmus Mundus Master in Teaching Spanish in Multilingual Contexts from Universidad de Deusto, and a MA in Linguistics from UNED. Her research focuses on syntax and semantics of verb-noun constructions, Catalan-Spanish language contact effects, second language acquisition (particularly Catalan as a heritage language), and pedagogical strategies for adult learners. She has authored Catalan L2 teaching materials and is a member of the Societat d'Ensenyament i Recerca del Català com a Llengua Estrangera (SERCLE).

Teaching highlights include Catalan language and culture courses at the University of Oxford, including specialized papers on Catalan poetry/prose and modern linguistics. She has prior teaching experience at the Universität Konstanz, Universität Zürich (2016–2019), Universitat Rovira i Virgili (2021–2023), and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2023–2024). Her courses emphasize grammar, translation, writing, and oral communication skills, alongside extended essay supervision in Catalan literature and linguistics.

Her research trends, as seen in recent publications, prioritize Catalan syntax and language contact phenomena. She employs corpus-based methods to analyze support verbs and their synthetic correlates, with additional work on historical syntax in 19th-century Spanish in Catalonia and cross-linguistic studies of English and Romance language structures. These works collectively address morphosyntactic variation, diachronic change, and bilingualism's impact on language systems.

No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided texts. Her advising and grants narrative reflects her focus on teaching and materials development rather than funded research projects or student supervision. She actively contributes to linguistic education through her pedagogical work and academic society involvement, shaping methodologies for heritage language instruction and multilingual contexts.