Research staff

María Tania Barberán Recalde

María Tania Barberán Recalde is Professor at the English and German Philology and Translation and Interpretation Studies department of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). She holds a B.A. in English Philology (2008; with Honourable Mention in Linguistics) and she is Doctor of Linguistics (2019; PhD with Outstanding Grade, CUM LAUDE). Her current teaching includes undergraduate courses on English Language, Spoken English and pronunciation and English Grammar within the Generative Framework in the B.A. in English Studies. Her current research focuses on the acquisition of English as a Foreign Language, with special attention to morphosyntactic, semantic and pragmatic features. She has attended national and international conferences, and she has published articles and chapters in a series of journals on the following topics: (i) early acquisition of first languages, (ii) acquisition of second/foreign languages and (iii) bilingualism/multilingualism.

Research Interests

Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Second/Foreign Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics

Projects

Language and Speech – Established Research Group (Type A – Excellence) (2022 - 2025)
Balancing interaction and L2 grammar learning by children in an EFL context (INGREFL) (2021 - 2025)
Hizkuntzaren irakaskuntza, jabekuntza eta erabilerak. Euskara, erderak, elebitasuna eta eleaniztasuna (HIJE-2) (2016 - 2021)
Aproximación al estudio de la competencia léxica y gramatical de los bilingües: Metodologías experimentales y no experimentales (2013 - 2016)
Adquisición, enseñanza y usos del lenguaje. Euskera, bilingüismo y plurilingüismo (2013 - 2015)

Journal Papers

Paola Ortiz Fernández, María Tania Barberán Recalde. (2024) An Exploratory Study on the Derivation of Ironical Implicatures by English Foreign Language Learners: Could Culture Play a Role?. Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses (RAEI). 40:199-222. Abstract
María Tania Barberán Recalde. (2019) La interpretación de los cuantificadores algunos y batzuk ‘algunos’ por parte de niños monolingües (español/euskera) y bilingües (euskera-español). Lingüística. 35(2): (In)flexibilidad pragmática en la adquisición del lenguaje:255-269. Abstract
María Tania Barberán Recalde. (2017) The Interpretation of Negated Quantifiers in Spanish. EPiC Series in Language and Linguistics. Professional and Academic Discourse: an Interdisciplinary Perspective. 2:181-190. Abstract
Napoleon Katsos, (...), María Tania Barberán Recalde, et al. (2016) Cross-linguistic patterns in the acquisition of quantifiers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(33):9244-9249. Abstract
María Tania Barberán Recalde. (2012) Early Acquisition of Quantifiers in Basque. Interlingüística. 22(1):109-124. Abstract

Book Chapters

María Tania Barberán Recalde, María Basterrechea. (in press ) Integration of grammar instrution and task-based interaction with young EFL learners: An investigation into the use of English possessive determiners (his/her). Ed.: Maria del Pilar García Mayo. Pub.: Springer. Pags: -. Abstract
María Martínez Adrián, María Tania Barberán Recalde, María Basterrechea, Agurtzane Azkarai Garai, Asier Calzada, Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez. (2025) Learning while playing? Effects of Kahoot! in a Higher Education language course. Ed.: . Pub.: IATED. Pags: 2625-2632. Abstract
María Tania Barberán Recalde, María Martínez Adrián. (2024) Kahoot! in Higher Education: A small-scale study with students attending a second language acquisition course. Ed.: . Pub.: IATED. Pags: 0348 -0355 . Abstract
María Tania Barberán Recalde, Isabel García del Real Marco. (2021) Desarrollo semántico-pragmático en niños de 5 años. Ed.: L. Diaz de Gereñu, I. Manterola, & I. Garcia-Azkoaga. Pub.: Euskal Herriko Unibertsitateko Argitalpen Zerbitzua. Pags: 61-78. Abstract
Isabel García del Real Marco, María Tania Barberán Recalde, María José Ezeizabarrena Segurola. (2018) Diferencias individuales en la interpretación pragmática de la cuantificación (algunos, la mayoría) y del aspecto (imperfectivo) en el español ibérico infantil. Ed.: C. Rojas, & V. Oropeza. Pub.: UNAM. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Pags: 101-129. Abstract
María Tania Barberán Recalde, Isabel García del Real Marco, María José Ezeizabarrena Segurola. (2015) Diferencias individuales en la interpretación temprana de la cuantificación y del aspecto en el español ibérico. Ed.: D. da Hora, J. L. R. Pedrosa, & R. M. Lucena. Pub.: Ideia. Pags: 238-264. Abstract
María Tania Barberán Recalde. (2012) La adquisición temprana de cuantificadores en español. Ed.: A. M. Cestero, I. Molina, & F. Paredes. Pub.: Universidad de Alcalá. Pags: 2787-2796. Abstract
Napoleon Katsos, (...), María Tania Barberán Recalde, et al. (2012) The acquisition of quantification across languages: Some predictions. Ed.: A. K. Biller, E. Y. Chung, & A. Kimball. Pub.: Cascadilla Press. Pags: 258-268. Abstract