Sociolinguistic Continuities in Language Contact Situations: The Case of Portuguese in Contact with Spanish Along the Uruguayan-Brazilian Border--A LACS Bate Papo Talk

Ana M. Carvalho (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1998) is Associate Professor of Portuguese and Spanish at the University of Arizona, where she directs the Portuguese Language Program.

The "Bate Papo" provides informal gatherings of students, scholars, and invited guests to discuss issues of broad contemporary interest. Conversations are primarily in Portuguese, but accessible to beginning Portuguese students.