Elena Valenzuela

Professor, University of Ottawa

Linguistics, Language acquisition, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Swearing, Bilingual swearing, Creativity

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Biography

Elena Valenzuela is an associate professor in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ottawa. Her research is in the area of bilingualism, multilingualism, and language acquisition. Current projects focus on bilingual swearing habits and heritage language maintenance. She is also director of Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Social Innovation at the Faculty of Arts where she is undertaking research on the pedagogical aspect of creativity and innovation.

Expertise

  • Linguistics
  • Language acquisition
  • Bilingualism
  • Multilingualism
  • Swearing
  • Bilingual swearing
  • Creativity