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.
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).