Maria delaluz Matus-Mendoza, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Spanish

Office: Language and Communication Center 212A
Phone: (215) 895-2171
Email: mm349@drexel.edu

Spanish Linguistic Variation in the U.S.
The relationship between language variation and mobility (social and geographical) among the Mexican communities in Mexico and in the United States
Second Language Acquisition
Language Variation in media

Published in several national and international journals. Even though the role of gender is always present in Dr. Matus-Mendoza's research, one of her most recent publications, “Gender Roles and the Variants of /r/” deals directly with the changing gender roles in a migrant community and how this is reflected in their language.

Road to Kenny: Migration and Affricate /č/. Southwest Journal of Linguisitcs. 2008, vol. 27 Issue 2, p 65-78, 2007.
Affricate /č/ in an Immigrant Community. PAMAPLA 28 / ACALPA 28. Papers from the Twenty-Eight Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association. Université de Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada, 2007.
Linguistic Variation in Mexican Spanish as Spoken in Two Communities-Moroleón, Mexico and Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. (2002). New York: Mellen Press, 2002.