Linda M. McManness

Biography 

Linda McManness is a Professor Emerita of Spanish in Baylor University’s Modern Languages and Cultures department.  She received her Ph.D. in Romance linguistics from the University of Washington in 1990. Her research interests are syntax and second language acquisition.  She was the co-founder/director/professor for the Denia, Spain program for 21 consecutive years. She was also the director of the World Affairs Minor from 1992 until her retirement, Baylor in Cantabria, and Global Christian Ventures.  She is currently collaborating on an oral history project for the Heart of Texas Network for Immigration Reform, writing a history of the Baylor in Denia program, and doing translation work for HOTNIR as needed. 

Research/Teaching Interests

• Spanish syntax
• Applied linguistics and second language acquisition

Education

Ph.D., University of Washington

M.A., University of Washington

B.A., Southwest Baptist University

Courses Taught at Baylor

• Elementary Spanish I & II (SPA 1301 & 1302)
• Intermediate Spanish (SPA 2310)
• Exploring the Spanish-Speaking World (SPA 2320)
• Conversation and Composition (SPA 3302)
• Introduction to Spanish Linguistics (SPA 3309)
• Spanish Civilization (SPA 3310)
• Intermediate Spanish Grammar (SPA 3330)
• Spanish Syntax (SPA 4304)
• Methods of Foreign Language Teaching (SPA/FRE/GER 4315)
• Advanced Spanish Grammar, Composition and Conversation (SPA 4330)
• Introduction to Romance Linguistics (SPA 5350)
• Syntactic Structures of Spanish (SPA 5354)
• Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics (SPA 5359)
• Spanish for Reading Knowledge I & II (SPA 5370 & 5371)

Selected Publications

Book

Lexical Categories in Spanish: The Determiner. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1996.

Article

• "Gustar-type verbs: Theoretical Matters and Practical Application." Cauce 32-33 (2009-2010): 83-91.