Contact Information
4024 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building
707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-176
Urbana, IL 61801
707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-176
Urbana, IL 61801
Ph.D. Candidate
Research Interests
Phonetics, Phonology, Language change, Spanish, Basque, Romance Linguistics
Education
- B.A. in Modern Languages at the University of Deusto. Concentrations: English Studies and Linguistics (2020)
- M.A. in Spanish Linguistics at the University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign (2022)
Ph.D in Spanish Linguistics (Expected: May 2027). Concentrations: Second Language Acquisiton & Teacher Education; Romance Linguistics
Dissertation title: Synchrony and Diachrony of Eastern Andalusian Spanish vowels
Grants
- Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2026-2027 AY)
- School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics (SLCL) Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2026-2027 AY, declined)
- Timothy J. Rogers Memorial Summer Fellowship (Summer 2026)
- Graduate College Dissertation Research Travel Grant (2025)
- Spanish & Portuguese Conference Travel Grant (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
- Graduate College Conference Travel Grant (2024)
- Spanish & Portuguese Departmental Summer Research Fellowship (2023)
Awards and Honors
- Best graduate student research article in Spanish & Portuguese (2024-2025 AY)
- List of teachers ranked as excellent (SPAN130, SPAN141, SPAN142, SPAN204, SPAN303, BASQ401, BASQ402, 2022-2026)
Courses Taught
- SPAN 130: Intermediate Spanish — Fall 2020; Spring 2021; Summer 2022.
- SPAN 141: Introduction to Spanish Grammar — Fall 2021, 2022; Spring 2022; Summer 2023.
- SPAN 142: Spanish in the Professions — Spring 2023.
- SPAN 204: Advanced Spanish Grammar in Context — Spring 2022, 2024, 2025; Fall 2022, 2023, 2024.
- SPAN 252: Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics — Summer 2024, 2026.
- SPAN 303: The Sounds of Spanish — Fall 2023.
- BASQ 401: Beginner Basque — Fall 2024, 2025.
- BASQ 402: Intermediate Basque — Spring 2024, 2025, 2026.
Recent Publications
Casquete de la Puente, M. (in press). “The Present Perfect in two Spanish varieties: What factors facilitate perfect-to-perfective grammaticalization?”. Studies on Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics.
Casquete de la Puente, M. (2026). “Stressed lax triggers in Eastern Andalusian Spanish harmony: The effects of final -r and -s deletion”. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 1-25.