Research Project PRESEEA - PROYECTO PARA EL ESTUDIO SOCIOLINGÜÍSTICO DEL ESPAÑOL DE ESPAÑA Y AMÉRICA

The long-running Project for the Sociolinguistic Study of Spanish from Spain and America, known by its Spanish acronym PRESEEA, has become a key reference in the study of contemporary spoken Spanish. PRESEEA aims to provide researchers with trustworthy spoken language data that are representative of a wide geographical area, sociolinguistically defined, and comparable. In order to maximize their efficacy for research, the data—which meet high technical standards—have been transcribed according to jointly-defined criteria. Sociolinguistic research conducted in the Americas and Spain is being coordinated in order to facilitate the comparability of studies and the exchange of core information (Moreno-Fernández 1996, PRESEEA 2003). PRESEEA is a collaborative effort involving a network of research teams from 44 universities across Latin America, the United States, and Spain. Since joining the network in 2020, the HCIAS has become a coordinating and reference hub for PRESEEA’s development. PRESEEA’s technical advancement and institutional integration at Heidelberg University were partially funded by the Field of Focus 3 (2019) within the framework of the Excellence Strategy put forth by the German federal and state governments.