Bio
My research focuses on the sociolinguistic aspect of contact-induced features in Portuguese and Spanish. My recent work investigates the typological influences of Niger-Congo languages, particularly Yorùbá and Bantu languages, on Afro-Brazilian Portuguese and Afro-Hispanic varieties. This includes the impact on morphosyntactic structures such as ditransitives, negation patterns, and locatives.
Courses Taught (Past & Present)
- SPAN 3030 Spanish for Professions
- SPAN 4450 PopLing: descubriendo la lingüística hispánica por medio de la cultura pop
- SPAN 4630 El español en el mundo
- USLS 2110 Introduction to Latino/a Studies
Research Areas
Sociolinguistics, Creole Studies, Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, and Language Contact
Selected Publications & Awards
Edited Volumes
- In Press. Lamberti, Luana and Agostinho, Ana Lívia. “Afro-Iberian Languages: Contact and Sociohistory Vol 1 – Africa”. Contact and Multilingualism Series. Language Science Press.
- In Press. Lamberti, Luana and Agostinho, Ana Lívia. “Afro-Iberian Languages: Contact and Sociohistory Vol 2 – Americas”. Contact and Multilingualism Series. Language Science Press.
- Peer Reviewed Articles Accepted. Preseau, Lindsay & Lamberti, Luana . “Why (not) learn languages? Student Perspectives on Language Learning in Higher Education”. Submitted to L2 Journal.
- 2025. Lamberti, Luana. “Location Marking in Helvécian Portuguese: A Case of Contact-Induced Change”. Journal of Language Contact, 18, 1–49. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/19552629-bja10095.
- 2025. Dickinson, Kendra V., Lamberti, Luana , and Schwenter, Scott. “Evaluating the form of third-person anaphoric direct objects in Portuguese: A cross-dialectal study”. Journal of Portuguese Linguistics, 6, 1–29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16995/jpl.16290.
- 2024. Lamberti, Luana. “Language Ideologies and Dialect Shift in Helvécian Portuguese”. Sociolinguistica. 38(1), 77-103. De Gruyter. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/soci-2023-0024.
- 2022. Lamberti, Luana and Raynor, Eliot . “Substrate influences in highland Spanish varieties of South America: Afro-Yungueño and Antioqueño from a comparative perspective”. Journal of Ibero-Romance Creoles. 12(2022), 1-54.
Honors, Awards, Grants, and Scholarships
- 2026 LAS Award for Early Achievement in Research
- 2025 The Publication Subvention Grant Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development Universal Grant
- 2024 Humanities Scholarship Enhancement Initiative Award Research Grant from the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Ty Henderson Grant, World Languages and Cultures Department
- 2022 Latin American Studies Association Endowment Fund, Latin American Studies Association