Francisco Vera Villaverde

Emilio Ferreiro 4.8.25
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Francisco Vera Villaverde (born in Spain) is a Deaf linguist and academic working at the King Juan Carlos University (URJC) in Madrid as an Assistant Professor in the Spanish Sign Language and Deaf Community degree program. He holds a Doctorate in Linguistics (2021) from the University of Cádiz [1][2].

Quick Facts

Academic Background and Career

Vera Villaverde completed his Degree in Teacher Education in 2010, followed by a Bachelor's degree in Linguistics (2013) at the University of Cádiz. In 2015, he earned a Master’s in Spanish Sign Language Communication at the University of Huelva. He received his PhD in Linguistics from the University of Cádiz in 2021, with research focused on Spanish Sign Language (LSE) and its linguistic normalization [1][2].[1]

Since 2021, he has been teaching and researching at URJC in the Faculty of Education, Sport and Interdisciplinary Studies, within the Department of Sign Language and Deaf Community. He belongs to the consolidated teaching innovation group GID-Innova‑LSE [1].

Research Interests and Publications

His research centers on Spanish Sign Language linguistics, including language standardization, lexicon, idiomatic sign creation, and didactic sign language resources. Notable works include:

  • Signos toponímicos en lengua de signos española (2023), a linguistic analysis of municipal place-name signs in Cádiz [1].
  • Las lenguas signadas como objeto de estudio lingüístico (2020), a theoretical paper situating sign languages within mainstream linguistic analysis [1].
  • Collaborative works such as Epistolario con un joven lingüista sordo (2020), which reflects conversations between Deaf and hearing linguists regarding LSE [1].

He has presented sessions at multiple congresses and institutions focusing on sign language teaching, corpus creation, and sign language normalization [1][2]

Teaching, Projects and Impact

At URJC he teaches in the Degree in Spanish Sign Language and Deaf Community, covering LSE grammar, applied linguistics, and interpreter training [1]. Vera Villaverde’s work promotes the linguistic normalization and academic visibility of LSE, contributing to pedagogy and lexicography in a nationally significant sign language community.

  1. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. (2025). Francisco Vera Villaverde – Profesor Ayudante Doctor, Grado en Lengua de Signos Española y Comunidad Sorda [Staff profile]. Servicio PDI URJC.
  2. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. (2025). Curriculum Vitae Francisco Vera Villaverde.
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