Elena Benedicto
Arts and Humanities · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
41
Citations
431
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
37
Publishing since 1989
Elena Benedicto works in theoretical and applied linguistics, focusing on the structure of sign languages (such as motion and spatial expression), formal syntax and semantics, and the documentation and revitalization of indigenous languages, particularly Mayangna languages of Nicaragua. Her work often combines linguistic theory with community-based and participatory research methods. Prospective students would engage with topics spanning formal grammatical analysis, language documentation, and language revitalization efforts in indigenous and signing communities.
Publication output has been modest and somewhat irregular over the last decade, with a peak of five outputs in 2020 followed by a slower pace of about one publication per year through 2025.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Entrevista a Elena Benedicto
Llengua societat i comunicació · 2025
- Agents
FEAST Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign language Theory · 2023
- Reference frames in language and cognition: cross-population mismatches
Linguistics Vanguard · 2022
- Where does that [EyeGaze] go?
FEAST Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign language Theory · 2021
- La lengua mayangna: a 30 años vista del comienzo de las actividades lingüísticas en la comunidad
2020
- Desafios en la diversidad 2. Desplazamiento lingüístico y revitalización: Reflexiones y metodologías emergentes
Universidad Politécnica Salesiana Repositorio Digital (Universidad Politécnica Salesiana) · 2020
- AGR, ϕ-features and V-movement: Identifying <i>pro</i>
Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst) · 2020
- Front Matter
Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst) · 2020
- Introduction: On <i>Indigenous</i> Languages
Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst) · 2020
- Motion Predicates: Moving Along. A tool for the analysis of the sub-eventive structure in motion predicates.
Purdue University Research Repository · 2019
- When Participatory Action Research (PAR) and (Western) Academic Institutional Policies do not align
2018
- Path, process and (a)telicity in space: Motion predicates in LSCu, Sign Language of Cuba
FEAST Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign language Theory · 2018
- Strong sense of identity as part of cultural well-being: documenting plant knowledge.
Americanae (AECID Library) · 2017
- Lenguas de señas : estudios de lingüística teórica y aplicada
LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) · 2017
- 12. Linguistic ideologies as a crucial factor in language revitalization: A look at the Mayangna languages of Nicaragua
2016
- FEAST Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign language Theory×3
- Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)×3
- Linguistics Vanguard×1
- Purdue University Research Repository×1
- Americanae (AECID Library)×1
- Scott A. Schwenter
Arts and Humanities · The Ohio State University
- Patrícia Amaral
Arts and Humanities · Indiana University
- Robert Botne
Arts and Humanities · Indiana University
- Rex A. Sprouse
Arts and Humanities · Indiana University
- David Stringer
Arts and Humanities · Indiana University
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