Paz Battaner facts for kids

María Paz Battaner Arias (born on March 19, 1938, in Salamanca, Spain) is a famous Spanish expert in language. She is a philologist, which means she studies languages and their history. She is also a lexicographer, meaning she helps create dictionaries.

Since January 29, 2017, she has been a member of the Spanish Royal Academy. This is a very important group that looks after the Spanish language. She was chosen for a special seat, called 's', which became empty when another member passed away. María Paz Battaner Arias has created and published many dictionaries. She has also done a lot of work on how to teach the Spanish language. Her main areas of study include how words are used and made (lexicology and lexicography), how political language was used in the 1800s, and how to teach Spanish.

Her Life and Studies

María Paz Battaner Arias finished her studies in Romance Philology at Salamanca University in 1960. At that time, some very important language experts taught there, like Alonso Zamora Vicente and Fernando Lázaro Carreter.

She started her career as an assistant professor at Salamanca University from 1960 to 1962. Then, she taught Spanish in Bordeaux, France, from 1962 to 1963. After that, she taught in high schools in different Spanish cities like Vitoria, Murcia, and Hospitalet de Llobregat until 1980.

In 1973, she earned her doctorate degree. Her special project was about political and social words used in Spain between 1869 and 1873. This work was published a few years later.

From 1980 to 1993, she was a full professor at the Universidad de Barcelona. Later, from 1993 until now, she has been a professor of Spanish Philology at Universidad Pompeu Fabra. There, she led a research group called Infolex that studied applied linguistics.

She is also a member of several important language groups, like Euralex and AELEX. She helps guide the Revista de Lexicografía, which is a magazine about dictionaries. She has guided many students who were working on their doctorate degrees. She also advised Televisión Española, a TV channel, on a show called Hablando claro (Speaking Clearly).

From 1993 to 1999, she was the Dean of the Faculty of Translation and Interpretation at Pompeu Fabra University. From 2008 to 2015, she was the Síndic de Greuges (Ombudsman) of Pompeu Fabra University. This role means she helped solve problems and complaints for students and staff.

In 2006, she received the Medalla Narcís Monturiol from the government of Catalonia. This award is given for scientific and technological achievements. As of 2015, she is an Emeritus Professor of Spanish Philology at Universidad Pompeu Fabra. This means she is a retired professor who still holds an honored position. She also used to lead AELEX, the Spanish Association of Lexicographical Studies. She worked on a project about how words are grouped and related in dictionaries. She is also working on an Electronic Dictionary of Learning for people learning Spanish as a foreign language.

Her Books and Dictionaries

María Paz Battaner Arias has written and edited many important books and dictionaries. Here are some of them:

• 2005: El corpus PAAU 1992: estudios descriptivos, textos y vocabulario. She worked on this with Sergi Torner.
• 2002: Diccionario de uso del español de América y España (Vox). This is a dictionary for Spanish used in both America and Spain.
• 2001: Lema.Diccionario de Lengua Española (Vox). Another Spanish language dictionary.
• 1998: Diccionario de Primaria (9-12 años). This dictionary was made especially for children aged 9 to 12.
• 1989: Introducción a la enseñanza de la lengua y literatura españolas. This book is about how to teach Spanish language and literature. She wrote it with Juan Gutiérrez Cuadrado and Enrique Miralles.
• 1977: Vocabulario político y social en España, 1869-1873. This book came from her doctorate research about political and social words.

See also

In Spanish: Paz Battaner para niños