Damián RoblesMiami University | MU · Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Damián Robles
PhD
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Introduction
Damián Robles is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Miami University of Ohio. Damián does research in (im-)politeness and address research, Cervantes, sociohistorical linguistics, and languages in contact.
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This study analyzes Spanish-English code-switching in the music of the Texas Tornados, a bilingual-bicultural San Antonio band. Their entire repertoire was transcribed and analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively to ascertain the form and functions of code-switching. We found that 39% of songs included language mixing, with English being the most...
Analysis of the types and functions of code-mixing in the lyrics of the Texas Tornados
Analysis comparing the behavior of lexical loanwords in the language of technology and fashion and beauty in Spanish
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It is our understanding that words shape identities, and through words individuals make meaningful ties. Through the use of translation studies and literature, an interdisciplinary approach to politeness/address research, this project aims to examine politeness and rudeness in the first Early Modern English translation of Don Quixote (DQ I 1612; DQ2 1620), translated by Thomas Shelton.
