Bethany Bateman

Bethany Bateman
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Lecturer, Spanish & Quechua

Dr. Bethany Bateman is a Lecturer for the Department of Romance Languages (SPAN 1110, 2001, 2002, 3010, 3050) and Quechua Instructor (QUEC 1001, 1002, 2001, 2002) for the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute at UGA. 

Her primary research interests include: sociolinguistics, Andean Spanish, Quechua, and language contact.

Research Areas:
Hispanic & Romance Linguistics
Research Interests:

Bethany's doctoral thesis (Contact-induced subjectivization in the compound past: an examination of PP/PRET variation in Cusco Spanish) demonstrates how speaker perspective is encoded in the Quechua verbal system and influences non-canonical verb usage in Andean Spanish. She received the 2023 Excellence in Research Award for her work.

Education:

Bethany graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) in 2012 with a BA in Spanish and a BA in International Studies with a regional concentration in Latin America. At UGA, she earned her MA in Spanish Linguistics in 2015 and a PhD in Hispanic Linguistics in 2022.

Articles Featuring Bethany Bateman
UGA@HLS2024

UGA students and faculty present at the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS)

Numerous current and former UGA ROML linguists recently presented their research at the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, hosted in Omaha, Nebraska October 17-19,…

Events featuring Bethany Bateman

October 18, 5:00pm

Hispanic Linguistics Symposium Practice Event

Gilbert Hall basement and Gilbert 118

A number of papers by students in the Departments of Romance Languages and Linguistics have been accepted for presentation at the 21st Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS), which will take place on the campus of Texas Tech University October 26-28. Please join us for a special practice event in anticipation of HLS 21…

Contact Information

batemabd@uga.edu
Office: Gilbert 244
Office Hours: By appointment

Other Information

Curriculum Vitae: Bateman_CV_20250310_0.pdf (217.65 KB)

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