Josep Alba

Josep Alba is a Professor in the Department of Spanish Latin American, Latinx, & Caribbean Studies at the College of the Holy Cross. He specializes in Spanish linguistics, Romance philology, and applied linguistics, teaching courses such as Intermediate Spanish, Spanish for Business, Phonetics & Phonology, and Bilingualism in the Spanish-Speaking World. Born near Barcelona, he holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Cornell University and is a first-generation college graduate.

His research integrates theoretical and applied linguistics, with a focus on:

• Historical evolution of Spanish collocations (13th century to present)
• Diachronic Construction Grammar and corpus-based analysis
• Syntax of light verb constructions and argument structure
• Spanish as a second language pedagogy

Alba's publications (2007–2020) analyze collocation patterns in Spanish through diachronic linguistics, corpus methods, and philology. Key themes include:

• Constructionalization/obsolescence of verb-noun collocations
• Inchoative structures and dative experiencers
• Paradigmatic shifts in emotion/state nouns
• Comparative Romance philology (Spanish, Catalan, Italian)

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