Antxon Olarrea

Professor Emeritus, Spanish & Portuguese

Dr. Antxon Olarrea received his Ph.D. in Linguistics with a specialization in Syntactic Theory from the University of Washington at Seattle in 1997. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Spanish linguistics.

Research Interests:  Formal syntax of Romance languages, language origins and theory of evolution