I am a linguist with a PhD in Humanities from Universitat Rovira i Virgili, I also hold a double degree in Spanish and English Philology from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, an Erasmus Mundus Master in Teaching Spanish in Multilingual Contexts from Universidad de Deusto and a MA in Linguistics from UNED.
Research
My dissertation revolved around the structure of light verb constructions in Germanic and Romance languages. My main research topics include the argument and event structure in verb-noun constructions and the influence of Catalan-Spanish language contact in syntax.
My research also involves second language teaching and learning, and the acquisition of Catalan as a heritage language. I have also authored Catalan L2 teaching materials for adult learners and I am a member of Societat d'Ensenyament i Recerca del Català com a Llengua Estrangera.
Teaching
At the Sub-faculty of Spanish, I teach Catalan language and culture, grammar, translation, writing skills and oral skills. I also teach FHS papers: Paper VIII (Catalan Poetry/Prose), Paper XII (Modern Catalan and Contemporary Catalan literature) and Extended essay in Catalan literature and linguistics.
Previously, I have taught Catalan language and culture at the Universität Konstanz and Universität Zürich (2016-2019), English language and linguistics at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (2021-2023) and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2023-2024).
Selected publications
Alvarez-Morera, Georgina (forth.). Les construccions amb verb de suport i els seus correlats sintètics verbals: un estudi de corpus del català actual. Études romanes de Brno
Alvarez-Morera, Georgina, Oltra-Massuet, Isabel & Ginebra, Jordi (forth.). Modification in give light verb constructions: a corpus-based study in Germanic and Romance languages. In Jens Fleischhauer & Anna Riccio (Eds.), Light verb constructions from a cross-linguistic perspective. De Gruyter [Expected Autumn 2024]
Alvarez Morera, Georgina (2023a). The nominal in light verb constructions: a corpus-based study in present-day English, German, Catalan and Spanish [Doctoral Dissertation, Universitat Rovira i Virgili]. TDX Repository. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/689742
Alvarez-Morera, Georgina (2023b). L'ús dels verbs de suport fer i donar en el català actual. In J. Marqués Messeguer & E. Aguilar Miró (Eds.), (De) bat a bat: obertures i cruïlles en estudis recents sobre literatura i llengua catalanes. Presses universitaires de Perpignan. https://doi.org/10.4000/books.pupvd.41594
Fullana, Celia; Alvarez-Morera, Georgina & Oltra-Massuet, Isabel (2022). Unergative Cognate Structures across English and Romance. In F. Gallardo del Puerto, M-C. Camus Camus & J.A. González-López (Eds.), Moving beyond the Pandemic: English and American Studies in Spain. Ediciones Universidad de Cantabria, 65-77. https://doi.org/10.22429/Euc2022.034
Gómez Seibane, Sara & Alvarez-Morera, Georgina (2022). El marcado diferencial de objeto en el español del siglo XIX en Cataluña: registro y contacto de lenguas. Revista de Filología Española, 102(1), 87-109. https://doi.org/10.3989/rfe.2022.004