Prof. Dr. Melanie Uth
Main research interests
- Language contact and variation
- Language change
- Linguistic diversity and language preservation
- Language and tourism
Latest publications
- Fliessbach, Jan; Martínez García, Nuria & Uth, Melanie (2024c): The production of post-lexical prosodic prominence in Yucatec Maya and its perception by speakers of Yucatecan Spanish. In International Journal of American Linguistics, 90(2), 185–226.
- Uth, Melanie; Gutiérrez-Bravo, Rodrigo & Fliessbach, Jan (2024b). On the incompatibility of object fronting and progressive aspect in Yucatec Maya. In Frontiers in Language Sciences.
- Uth, Melanie; Blestel, Élodie & Sánchez Moreano, Santiago (2024a). Labialización de las nasales finales: estudio comparativo en tres regiones de español americano. Forma y Función, 2024, 37 (1).
Current projects
- Since 06/2023: Red de Diversida Lingüistica en Colombia (ReDiLeC): Transatlantic exchange network of researchers on language diversity in Colombia.
- Since 10/2022: Limits of variability in Spanish relative complementation: Sub-project in the CRC 1287 "Limits of variability in language," with Patrick Auhagen and Iñaki Cano.
- Since 09/2021: Lengua y Turismo: cooperative project with Maria del Mar Vanrell Bosch and Mercè Picornel, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Palma de Mallorca.
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Prof. Dr. Melanie Uth
Chair holder
Spanish and French Linguistics
Am Neuen Palais
Institut für Romanistik
Haus 19, Raum 4.13
14469 Potsdam
consulting hours
Fridays from 8:30 to 9:30 over Zoom.
For a time slot, please email Frau Voigt (beatrice.voigt@uni-potsdam.de).