Luiz Amaral

Luiz Amaral holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics from Ohio State University, a Master’s Degree in Language Science from PUC-Rio and a Bachelor of Arts from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). He is an associate professor in the Hispanic Linguistics program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, co-director of the Language Acquisition Research Center – LARC,  at the same institution and research associate with the Linguistics Program at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. His current research focuses on two areas: (i) bilingual acquisition with a focus on second language and (ii) revitalization, learning and teaching of Brazilian and Mexican indigenous languages. For more information, see the website:

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