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Sylvia Sierra, PhD

Linguist and Discourse Analyst

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Mexican Spanish slang and gender on Netflix’s La Casa de las Flores

Posted on September 1, 2026 by Sylvia Sierra

In 2014, in Dr. Jen Nycz’s sociolinguistic variation class at Georgetown University, fellow PhD student Dan Simonson and I wrote… Read more Mexican Spanish slang and gender on Netflix’s La Casa de las Flores

What I’ve learned from Gen Z’s media references

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Sylvia Sierra

For the past several years, I’ve been exploring naturalistic everyday conversational data recorded and transcribed by my own university students… Read more What I’ve learned from Gen Z’s media references

The problem with bisexuality in Netflix’s House of Flowers (La Casa de las Flores)

Posted on May 6, 2021May 14, 2021 by Sylvia Sierra

The Mexican dark comedy show, La Casa de las Flores (House of Flowers) (2018-2020) on Netflix, is a promising leap… Read more The problem with bisexuality in Netflix’s House of Flowers (La Casa de las Flores)

“Language in the Trump Era: Scandals and Emergencies” is out!

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Sylvia Sierra

People say that it’s the greatest book on Trump’s language, of all time. Amazing scholarship, frankly. Believe me. Edited by… Read more “Language in the Trump Era: Scandals and Emergencies” is out!

SOURCE Summer 2020 Research Assistance Grant: Gen Z & Media

Posted on July 12, 2020August 13, 2020 by Sylvia Sierra

I have been awarded a SOURCE Summer 2020 Research Assistant to support a new research project on Generation Z and… Read more SOURCE Summer 2020 Research Assistance Grant: Gen Z & Media

Recent Posts

  • Mexican Spanish slang and gender on Netflix’s La Casa de las Flores
  • What I’ve learned from Gen Z’s media references
  • The problem with bisexuality in Netflix’s House of Flowers (La Casa de las Flores)
  • “Language in the Trump Era: Scandals and Emergencies” is out!
  • SOURCE Summer 2020 Research Assistance Grant: Gen Z & Media

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