Dr Andrew Frank Bradley
TEFL, BA (Hons), MA, PhD
School of Languages, Arts and Societies
Teaching Associate in Spanish
Full contact details
School of Languages, Arts and Societies
Jessop West
1 Upper Hanover Street
葫芦影业
S3 7RA
- Profile
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Dr. Andrew Frank Bradley is originally from Liverpool (UK), but was brought up and educated in the Valencian Community (Spain). He read Classics (BA) at the University of Liverpool with a specialism in comparative linguistics (Latin to Spanish and Catalan, and Ancient Greek to Sahidic Coptic). Moving from historical linguistics to contemporary sociolinguistics, he continued at Liverpool for a MA in Modern Languages (Hispanic). He has recently defended his PhD thesis at the University of 葫芦影业 on the topic of Catalan sociolinguistics under the supervision of Dr. Kristine Horner and Dr. Louise Johnson. His thesis examines the politics of language and identity in Catalonia and the Valencian Community, focusing specifically on student perspectives in these two communities using the theoretical lens of language ideologies and the conceptual tool of linguistic authority to understand how the politics of language and identity compare across the two contexts.
- Research interests
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Andrew鈥檚 research interests include sociolinguistics, language ideologies, language policy and planning (especially discourse in textbooks), and Catalan studies.
- Teaching activities
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Andrew has experience teaching both modern and ancient languages at a variety of levels. Currently, Andrew teaches on the following undergraduate modules at the University of 葫芦影业:
- MDL2013: Spanish Higher Intermediate
- HSS331: Final Year Spanish Language
- HSS253: The Spanish Language: Structure and Use (Sociolinguistics)
In previous years, Andrew has also taught on the following modules as a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant:
- HSS253: The Spanish Language: Structure and Use (2016/2017; 2018/2019)
- MDL301: Social Approaches to Multilingualism (workshop in 2018)
In addition to teaching at 葫芦影业, Andrew is temporarily teaching Spanish and Romance linguistics at Newcastle University on the following modules:
- Introduction to linguistics (Spanish) (first year module)
- World Spanish (second year module)
- Spanish and Romance word analysis (final year module)
In the morning hours, Andrew offers English language classes and private tuition to gifted young learners based in China.
- Conference papers and contributions
Conference papers
Bradley, A.F (2020) 鈥楲inguistic authority and authoritative texts: Comparing student perspectives of the politics of language and identity in Catalonia and the Valencian Community鈥 as part of the PGR Colloquium: Approaches to Multilingualism, at the University of 葫芦影业, 9 November.鈥 (2018) 鈥楥hallenging and negotiating borders: Language ideological perspectives of the Catalan Countries by Catalan and Valencian secondary school students鈥 as part of the "Borders, (im)mobilities and spatialised linguistic resources鈥 colloquium at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 22, at the University of Auckland, 28-30 June.
鈥 (2018) 鈥楲anguage borders, conflict, and identity: The Pa茂sos Catalans as challenged and negotiated by Catalan and Valencian secondary school students鈥 at Language and Borders: Rethinking Mobility, Migration, and Space, at the University of Bristol, 26-27 March.
鈥 (2017) 鈥楲a nostra llengua parla ac铆 del valenci脿, no del catal脿鈥: Negotiating the language-ideological dimensions of Valencian textbooks鈥 at LXIII Anglo-Catalan Society Conference, at the University of Birmingham, 10-12 November.
鈥 (2017) 鈥楲鈥橢spai de l鈥橧nvestigador: A proposed platform for international scholars in Catalan Studies鈥 at LXIII Anglo-Catalan Society Conference, at the University of Birmingham, 10-12 November.
鈥 (2017) 鈥楲anguage ideologies as reflected in Catalan and Valencian 鈥楲anguage and Literature鈥 textbooks: ambiguities, circumlocutions, and omissions鈥 at the SiS2017: Language Ideologies in the Spanish speaking world context, at the University of Southampton, 31 March.
鈥 (2016) 鈥楽tudents鈥 and teachers鈥 reception and perception of language-political ideologies in Catalan and Valencian 鈥楲anguage and Literature鈥 textbooks, at Department of Hispanic Studies Research Seminar Series 2016-17, at the University of 葫芦影业, 7 December.
鈥 (2016) 鈥楴egotiating national identities: The use of first person plural pronouns in Catalan and Valencian textbooks鈥, at Negotiating Identity across Boundaries: Assimilation and Fragmentation 鈥 School of Languages and Cultures Postgraduate Colloquium, at the University of 葫芦影业, 13 May.
鈥 (2016) 鈥楨ducational texts as political interventions: A comparative case-study of Catalan and Valencian 鈥榣anguage and literature鈥 textbooks鈥, at Making Interdisciplinarity Work: Linking Languages, Texts and Society, at the University of Nottingham, 22 April.
鈥 (2016) 鈥楥atalan and Valencian llengua i literatura textbooks as ideological products: a cross-comparative and synchronic study鈥, at 1st Bristol Postgraduate Conference on Language and Society, at the University of Bristol, 4 March.
Book chapters
Horner, K. and A.F. Bradley (2019). 鈥楲anguage ideologies.鈥 In: Darquennes, J., J. Salmons and W. Vandenbussche (eds). Language Contact: An International Handbook (volume 1). Berlin/New York: de Gruyter (Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science).
Book reviews
Bradley, A.F. (2017) 鈥楽ingular and Plural: Ideologies of Linguistic Authority in 21st Century Catalonia鈥, by Kathryn Woolard (2016) for the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (in press).
Other contributions
Bradley, A.F. (2021) 鈥楲a crisis d鈥檌dentitat de la 鈥-e鈥 calpina: Una perspectiva socioling眉铆stica i guiri鈥. Opinion piece for Calp Digital.
Bradley, A.F. (2017) 鈥楲鈥橢spai de l鈥橧nvestigador鈥 for the Institut Ramon Llull Headquarters in Barcelona (January 2017). [Part of the WRoCAH Research Employability Project]