Rosario Gómez

Description

Education

• B.A., Honours,  University of Toronto
• M.A. University of Toronto
• Ph.D. University of Toronto

Fields of Specialization

• Spanish / English Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
• English / Spanish Phonology, Phonetics, Romance Philology
• Translation studies
• Spanish and English as a Second Language

Professional Activities

• Coordinator of Ecuadorean Sociolinguistic Corpus, PRESEEA (Proyecto para Estudios Sociolingüísticos del Español de España y América). University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain. www.linguas.net
• Former Executive Board Member, Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2015 - 2018. https://www.can-latam.org/about 
• Member of the International Ecolinguistics Association http://ecolinguistics-association.org/

Publications

• Gómez, Rosario. "El español de los Andes". In E. Pato ed. Dialectología hispánica aplicada. London, UK: Routledge. 2025. doi: 10.4324/9781003474722-7
• Gómez, Rosario. "El español en Ecuador" in F. Moreno Fernández, R. Caravedo eds. The Routledge Handbook of Hispanic Dialectology. London, UK: Routledge. 2022. Link
• Gómez, Rosario, O'Rourke, E. and C. García. Ecuadorian Spanish in the 21st Century: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. R. Gómez, C. García, E. O'Rourke eds. New Castle upon Tine, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2022. Link to description.
• Gómez, Rosario. "The assibilation of /r/ and attitudes towards its use". In R. Gomez, E. O'Rourke, C. García (Eds.), Ecuadorian Spanish in the 21st Century: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (1st ed.) (pp. 205-227). New Castle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2022. link
• Glickman, Robert and Rosario Gomez. Hacia la cumbre: Segunda edición aumentada. Texto avanzado para estudiantes de español. Toronto: Antares Publishing House, York University, 2019.
• Gomez, Rosario and Isabel Molina. Variación yeísta en el mundo hispánico. Madrid: Iberoamericana Vervuert. 2013  / Link to description
• "Las palatales laterales y el yeísmo en el español andino del Ecuador. Variación yeísta en el mundo hispánico. Madrid: Iberoamericana Vervuert, 2013. p. 237-256.
• Gomez, Rosario, Arturo Taracena, Adam Sellen. Diálogos sobre los espacios: imaginados, percibidos y construidos, Mérida, UNAM: Centro Peninsular en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. 2012 / Link to description
• “El lenguaje y las representaciones lingüísticas”. Diálogos sobre los espacios: imaginados, percibidos y construidos. R. Gómez, Taracena, A., A. Sellen, (Eds.). Centro Peninsular en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. UNAM, Mérida, UNAM University Press. 2012. p. 154-179.
• “Language Shift, Maintenance, and Revitalization: Quichua in an Era of Globalization”, in Latin American Identities, G. Yovanovich, A. Huras (Eds.). Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2010. P. 79-95.
• Test Bank to accompany An Introduction to Language 4th ed. Toronto: Nelson Education. 2009.
• Glickman, R., R. Gómez and A. Gordon. El Mundo Hispano CD-Rom. Toronto: Canadian Academy of the Arts. 2008.
• Gómez, R. and D. Mohan. “Transitioning to Large Language Classes and the Use of Technology: University of Guelph”. Actas del X simposio Internacional de Comunicación Social. Santiago de Cuba. 2007. p. 836-840.
• “Language.” Iberia and the Americas: A Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia, ed. J. Michael Francis. Santa Barbara-Denver-Oxford: ABC-CLIO, 2006: 638-644.

Online Resources

• PRESEEA - Quito Corpus. Retrieved from https://preseea.uah.es/equipos/quito. PRESEEA is a project coordinated by Francisco Moreno Fernández, aimed at creating a representative corpus of spoken Spanish from all geographic and social varieties of the Spanish-speaking world. PRESEEA brings together nearly 50 sociolinguistic research teams. The corpus of the Quito variety includes 48 45 minutes - 1 hr. interviews. (2024).
• Heritage Ceremonial Costumes: Keeping Identity Alive Exhibit. Retrieved from https://www.chlavm.ca/en.  

Translations

• Aventura de las hormigas // Ants: A Tale of Formic Proportions. English. Toronto, Canada: Antares Publishing House - York University Press. 2024.
• Una bruja en bikini // Witches don't wear bikinis. Quito, Ecuador: Rayuela Editores. 2022.

Awards

10 Most Influential Hispanic Canadians - 2012, www.hispanicbusiness.ca