Pablo Requena

Pablo Requena is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), within the College of Liberal and Fine Arts. His work focuses on Spanish child heritage language acquisition, bilingualism, and morphosyntactic variation.

Research Trends: His recent publications (2023-2025) explore syntactic variation in Spanish heritage speakers, differential object marking, copula selection, and the role of input frequency in acquisition. Methodological triangulation across corpus studies and experiments is a recurring theme.

Conferences: He has presented at institutions like Penn State University, University of Montana, and UTRGV, addressing topics such as volitional mood selection, DOM variation, and bilingual narrative development.

Education & Collaborations: While formal education details are implicit, his collaborations with institutions like the Center for Language Science (Penn State) and Institute for Language Education in Transcultural Context (ILETC) highlight interdisciplinary engagement.

Publications: Key articles span journals including Language Variation and Change, Language Learning and Development, and Language Acquisition, with keywords reflecting syntax, acquisition, variation, and bilingualism.