Eliot Westdorp

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PhD Student
Hispanic Linguistics
Teaching Assistant of Spanish

Hola! My name is Eliot Westdorp and I am a PhD student in the Hispanic Linguistics program as well as a Spanish TA here at the University of Georgia. My areas of study include sociolinguistics (language variation and change, dialectology, bilingualism, language contact, language attitudes), L2 pronunciation acquisition, and applied linguistics with my focus on languages of the Iberian Peninsula.

Research Interests:

Sociolinguistics, Dialectology, Bilingualism, Language Contact, Language Attitudes, Applied Spanish Linguistics

Grants:

Sigma Delta Pi Graduate Research Grant 2025

Future Faculty Fellows - 2024 cohort

Dolores Artau Scholarship 2023

Wilson Center Research Grant 2022

Summer Dissertation Research Grant 2022

Courses Regularly Taught:
SPAN 1001
SPAN 1002
SPAN 1002E
SPAN 1110
SPAN 2001
SPAN 2002
Selected Publications:

González-Ferrer, M; Johnson, J.G.; Westdorp, E. (2022). The historical
evolution of the Spanish discourse marker Pues from the 16th century.
International Virtual Conference on Language and Literature Proceeding, 6-
21. E-ISSN: 2746-8402

Education:

B.A. in Spanish and Applied Linguistics, Grand Valley State University (2016)

M.A. in Applied Spanish Linguistics, Michigan State University (2020)

 

Articles Featuring Eliot Westdorp
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PhD student in Romance Linguistics interviewed by Galician newspaper

Eliot Westdorp, doctoral student in Romance Linguistics in the Department of Romance Languages, was recently interviewed by the Galician newspaper…

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PhD student in Hispanic Linguistics Awarded Research Grant

Eliot Westdorp has been selected as a recipient of a 2025 Sigma Delta Pi (SDP) Graduate…

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New journal publication by Hispanic Linguistics PhD students

María González-Ferrer, Graham Johnson, and Eliot Westdorp, doctoral students in Romance Linguistics, recently published their paper "The historical evolution of the Spanish discourse marker pues from the 16th century" in the proceedings of the…

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ROML students Caitlin Samples & Eliot Westdorp awarded Willson Center Graduate Research Awards

Caitlin Samples (PhD student, Hispanic Linguistics) was awarded a grant for her project “The Acquisition of the Uses and Meanings of Possessive Structures in Second and Heritage Languages”.…

Contact Information

eliot.westdorp@uga.edu
Office: 302 Gilbert Hall
Office Hours: MWF in person and on Zoom by appointment

Other Information

Curriculum Vitae: Eliot Westdorp CV 2:25:25.pdf (115.9 KB)

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Major Professor

Chad Howe

Chad Howe

Professor

Committee Members

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Madeline Gilbert

Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics
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Timothy Gupton

Professor of Spanish Linguistics

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