María del Pilar García Mayo#
| Membership Number: | 7372 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LINGUISTIC STUDIES |
| Affiliated section(s): | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | https://laslab.org/staff/pilar |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-1987-4889 |
| Publication Link: | https://laslab.org/staff/pilar/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 11-2003 Full Professor, University of the Basque Country (Spain)
- 09-1993 - 10-2003 Associate Professor, University of the Basque Country (Spain)
- 08-1988 - 06-1993 Teaching and Research Assisant, University of Iowa (USA)
Fields of Scholarship
- Generative linguistics (morphosyntax)
- Acquisition of English as L2/L3
- Interaction-based approaches
- Foreign language learning
- Instructed second language acquisition
- Attention to language form
Honours and Awards
- 1987 - 1989 Fulbright schlarship for MA studies in the USA
- 2014 Spanish Association for Applied Linguistics' research prize for senior researchers
- 2025 Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies' prize for best edited volume in linguistics
- Since June 2021 Member of the Governing Council of the Spanish State Research Agency (http://www.aei.gob.es
) as a scientist of recognized prestige
- Distinguished with the highest level (A2) in research, teaching and management by the Basque Government
- Outstanding teaching award (The University of Iowa, 1989) and twice at the University of the Basque Country
