Faculty Profile for Dr. Orville Omar Villanueva Feliciano

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Ph.D. in English Linguistics, University of Puerto Rico
M.A. in English Education, University of Puerto Rico
B.A. in TESL, ​Inter American University of Puerto Rico​​​

Research Interests

Villanueva Feliciano, O. (2023). Spanish Adaptations of English Loaned Words in Two Compared Spanish Varieties. Letras Hispanas, 19.1, 5-20. Retrieved from file:///Users/orville/Downloads/19.1.1%20Villanueva.pdf

Villanueva Feliciano, O. (2021). Language attrition and the English of Puerto Ricans who have returned to Puerto Rico from the US. In N. Faraclas, R. Severing,
E. Echteld & W. Rutgers (Eds.), Distancing as Infinite Entanglement: Healing, Intersectionality and Interstices in the Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the Greater Caribbean and Beyond (Vol. 2, pp. 207-213). Willemstad, Curaçao: University of Curaçao.

Villanueva Feliciano, O. (2020). The English and Spanish code switching of Puerto Ricans and Porto Crucians. In N. Faraclas, R. Severing, C. Weijer, E. Echteld & W. Rutgers (Eds.), Negotiating crosswinds: Trans-linguality, trans-culturality and trans-identification in the Greater Caribbean (Vol. 2, pp. 305-315). Willemstad, Curaçao: University of Curaçao.

Villanueva Feliciano, O. (2010). The spread of English and its contact with other languages. Milenio, 13-14, 88-102.

Villanueva Feliciano, O. (2009). Controversial issues within the Spanglish debates. Forum, 16, 25-30.

Villanueva Feliciano, O. (2007). English loanwords in Spanish: Their lexical category and subcategorization. PRTESOL-Gram, 34 (2), 33-36.

Villanueva Feliciano, O. (2006). Language use among Puerto Ricans in St. Croix. Focus, 5, 61-70.

Villanueva Feliciano, O. (2005). Puerto Rican Spanglish. Alborada, 4, 35-41.