Luis López, PhD
Professor
Hispanic and Italian Studies
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Contact
- Building & Room:
- 1820 UH
- Address:
- 601 S. Morgan St.
- Office Phone:
- (312) 413-2646
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About
I am a professor of Spanish linguistics. I obtained my PhD in Linguistics from Cornell University in 1995 and I have been affiliated with UIC since 1999. For the past few years my scholarship has focused on pragmatics, which has provided me with the excuse to read fascinating stuff in philosophy of language and philosophy of law. I have published or have in the pipeline some papers on these topics.
Before that, I published extensively on syntactic theory, morphology, and their interfaces with semantics, information structure, and phonology. Within this general framework, I also worked on bilingualism and the rich database that can be found when exploring code-switching - I had in fact the enormous pleasure of directing the Bilingualism Research Laboratory at UIC for many years.
Selected Publications
Service to Community
Linguistic Society of America: Leonard Bloomfield Award Committee (2026-9)
Editorial Board:
Current Issues in Multilingualism - http://langsci-press.org/catalog/series/cib
ISOGLOSS Open Journal of Romance Linguistics - https://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/index
Notable Honors
2004-5, 2016, 2026, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin
2020, Netherlands Research Council (NWO) Visitors Travel Grant, Leiden University
2012-13, Fulbright Award, University of Wuppertal, Germany
2003, Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), University of Tübingen
Education
PhD Linguistics. Cornell University. 1995
BA in Filología. Universitat de Barcelona. 1988