Education
Ph.D. Spanish (Linguistics), Florida State University
M.A. Spanish (Linguistics), Florida State University
B.A. Spanish, Wittenberg University
Courses Taught
- SPA 315: Intermediate Spanish Composition
- SPA 301: Spanish Language and Cultures
- SPA 204: Intermediate Spanish II
- SPA 203: Intermediate Spanish I
- SPA 102: Beginning Spanish II
- SPA 101: Beginning Spanish I
Research
My major research areas include the Phonology and Syntax of English and Spanish with particular interest in the Syntax-Phonology Interface. Specifically, I am interested in how prosody plays an important role in speech production and perception in English and Spanish.
Selected Publications
González, C., Fenton, E., & Brandl, A. (accepted, 2025). The acquisition of prosodic phrasing: A longitudinal study. In R. Rao (Ed.), The acquisition of Spanish intonation: Heritage, L2, and pedagogical perspectives.
Fenton, E. (2022). Prosody and the Production of Ambiguous Relative Clauses in English and Spanish. Retrieved from https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/diginole/2022_Summer_Fenton_fsu_0071E_17254
Fenton, E., Bustin, A. & Muntendam, A. (2020). The intonation of broad focus declaratives in Afro-Peruvian Spanish: Findings from two elicitation tasks. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 13(1), 1-49. https://doi.org/10.1515/shll-2020-2024
