CV | Fernanda Barrientos

Here is my CV, up to March 2024. Full printable version here.

2018: PhD in Linguistics. University of Manchester (UK).
2011: Magister en Lingüística Aplicada (MA in Applied Linguistics). University of Concepción (Chile).
2007: Título de Profesor de Español (Professional Title of Spanish Teacher). University of Concepción (Chile).
2007: Grado de Licenciada en Educación (BA degree in Education). University of Concepción (Chile).

Barrientos, F (2024). Out with the old, in with the new: contrasts involving new features with acoustically salient cues are more likely to be acquired than those that redeploy L1 features Frontiers in Language Sciences 3.
Barrientos, F (2023). On segmental representations in second language phonology: a perceptual account. Second Language Research 39(1), 259-285.
Salcedo, P; Ferreira, A & Barrientos, F (2013): A Bayesian Model for Lexical Availability of Chilean High School Students in Mathematics. Natural and Artificial Models in Computation and Biology, 245-253.
Barrientos, F; Ferreira, A; & Salcedo, P (2012): Modelado del estudiante para el STI ELE-TUTOR: diseño de un componente adaptativo para apoyar la competencia lingüística del español como lengua extranjera. Boletín de Filología 47 (1), 11-32.
Ferreira, A; Salcedo,P; Kotz, G, & Barrientos, F (2012): La Arquitectura de ELE-TUTOR: Un Sistema Tutorial Inteligente para el Español como Lengua Extranjera. Signos 45 (79), 102-131.

Don’t buy, recycle? Acquiring new features versus feature redeployment in L2 speech perception. New Sounds 2022.University of Barcelona, Spain.
What is a perceptual category in L2? On the nature of sound representations in late learners of a second language with a smaller L1 phonological inventory. 2016 Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB).University of York, UK.
Perceptual L2 vowel categories in L1 Spanish speakers: What late L2 speakers (do not) learn. New Sounds 2016. University of Aarhus, Denmark, 10-12 June 2016.
Is L1 category splitting possible? On representations of L2 sounds and their role in lexical activation. Sound To Word 2016. University of Iowa, IA, USA, 1-2 April 2016.
Effects of L2 knowledge into L1 speech perception: boundary movement in the vowel perceptual space. 2015 Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB). University College London, UK, 15-18 September 2015.

Barrientos, F. & Gopal, D. 2018. Regional variation in loanword adaptation: Acoustic or phonological repair?. LabPhon16. University of Lisbon, Portugal. 20-23 June.
Barrientos, F. & Gopal, D. 2017. Perceptual boundaries and features in Chilean Spanish. 25th Manchester Phonology Meeting. University of Manchester, UK. 25-27 May.
Barrientos, F. 2015. The role of the L1 phonemic inventory in L2 category creation: effects of L2-to-L1 mapping in perception of nonnative contrasts. Workshop “Modeling Variability in Speech”. University of Stuttgart, Germany. 1-2 October.

As a lecturer at UniKn:

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2018: YERUN Research Mobility Award. Young European University Network (YERUN).
2013: President’s Doctoral Scholar Award. University of Manchester.
2008: Beca de Postgrado (Graduate School Scholarship). University of Concepción, Graduate School.
2008: Beca para estudiantes destacados que ingresan a Pedagogía (Scholarship for Outstanding students starting an Education degree). Chilean government. (The link takes you to Beca Vocación de Profesor, the current scolarship scheme for Education students).