Ernesto R.
Gutiérrez Topete
Welcome!
My name is Ernesto, and I am a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, studying Hispanic Linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. My research interests include bilingualism, code-switching, and Spanish in the US. Within the field of linguistics, I focus on sociophonetics and apply computational and machine learning techniques to my work. In my research, I take a variationist approach, and my work is primarily experimental.
About Me
My full name is Ernesto R. Gutiérrez Topete, and my second last name is pronounced [to.ˈpe.te]. Nonetheless, in casual contexts Ernesto Gutiérrez or even just Ernesto will do.
I completed my undergraduate studies with a double major in Linguistics and Spanish from Pomona College. Recently, I received my M.A. in Hispanic Linguistics from UC Berkeley (May 2019), and I have now advanced to candidacy in my PhD program in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at UCB.
In my academic work, I enjoy conducting acoustic, articulatory, and perception research, and I am constantly working towards improving my computational skills to implement these techniques in my scholarship.
PhonLab at UC Berkeley
I am originally from México, but I have spent most of my life in the U.S (mostly, California). I also consider myself a fluent bilingual, with some knowledge of French and Portuguese. Although I try to keep it to a minimum, I occasionally find myself conducting impromptu observations of different linguistic phenomena I encounter in the wild and elicitations in different linguistic contexts.
Contact Me
Please, reach out to me to discuss any topics regarding my research or teaching
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Email: ernesto.gutierrez@berkeley.edu
Address: Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of California, Berkeley
5319 Dwinelle Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-2590