Research:
Research Interests:
In general, I am passionate about the world of speech sounds: both phonetics and phonology, as well as their interface! Here is a list of more specific research topics of my interest:
The mental representation of L1 existing sounds in L2 phonological development.
Phonetic variation across speakers and their possible explanations (e.g. bilingualism).
The impact of different phonetic components in consonant cluster production.
Spanish metrical structure.
Additional Academic Interests:
Because of my background as an English language teacher, I have additional interests in language instruction and education in general. More specifically, I am interested on how L2 learners acquire and improve the target phonological systems through different pronunciation training/instruction strategies.
Peer Reviewed Articles:
Fonseca Quesada, F. (2024). Insights into Spanish metrical structure through language games. Borealis – An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, 13(2), 329–347. https://doi.org/10.7557/1.13.2.7701
Fonseca Quesada, F. (2024). Substitution Patterns of the English Voiced Interdental Fricative by L1 Costa Rican Spanish Speakers. RLLT 21, eds. Grant Armstrong, Roberta D’Alessandro & M. Carmen Parafita Couto. Special Issue of Isogloss. Open Journal of Romance Linguistics 10 (2)/1, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/isogloss.284
Conference Talks and Posters:
Fonseca Quesada, F. (2025). English Allophonic Tap [ɾ] by L1 Spanish Speakers: Allophonic Split vs Allophonic Union. The 11th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds). University of Toronto. April 23-25, 2025.
Fonseca Quesada, F. (2024). Alveolar Tap in Consonant Clusters ([Cɾ] and [ɾC]): A challenge to Lenition Scales. Stony Brook, Yale, NYU, CUNY Linguistics Conference - SYNC 2024. New York University; New York City, NY. December 7th, 2024. [abstract]
Fonseca Quesada, F. (2024). L1 Spanish Speakers Learners of English: The complexity of /d/. Current Approaches to Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology - CASPSLaP 2024. North Carolina State University; Raleigh, NC. March 15-16, 2024. [abstract]
Fonseca Quesada, F. (2023). On the Metrical Structure of Spanish Language Games. 53rd Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages - LSRL 53. INALCO, Paris. June 26-30, 2023. [abstract]
Fonseca Quesada, F. (2022). Substitution Patterns of the English Voiced Inter-Dental Fricative by L1 Costa Rican Spanish speakers. 52 Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages - LSRL 52. University of Wisconsin-Madison (Virtual Talk). April 21-23, 2022. . [abstract]
Relevant Manuscripts:
Fonseca Quesada, F. (ms). “Phonetic Realization of Tap in Consonant Clusters: Evidence from Two Costa Rican Spanish Varieties”. Qualifying Paper II for PhD Program in Linguistics at Stony Brook University. Defended in Summer 2024.
Fonseca Quesada, F. (ms). “A Transitional Stage in L2 Phonological Acquisition”. Qualifying Paper I for PhD Program in Linguistics at Stony Brook University. Defended in Summer 2023.