Project members:\u00a0<\/strong>Marit Westergaard<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Yulia Rodina<\/a><\/p>\n Funding sources:\u00a0<\/strong>Troms\u00f8 Research Foundation<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>2012\/2013<\/p>\n This project investigates language use and certain linguistic characteristics of Norwegian-Russian children living in Troms\u00f8 and Alta. The main focus of the study is on how various input factors influence the acquisition of two different grammatical gender systems in Norwegian-Russian children. We use elicited production techniques to collect linguistic data from bilingual children as well as monolingual controls. The children\u2019s background in terms of language exposure will be collected by means of a novel type of questionnaire, the\u00a0Utrecht Bilingual Language Exposure Calculator<\/em>\u00a0(UBiLEC) (Unsworth 2013), which allows the computation of a\u00a0Cumulative Index of Exposure<\/em>on the basis of a fine-grained analysis of quantitative and qualitative factors.<\/p>\n In\u00a02012<\/strong>\u00a0we gave two presentations for a general audience about the advantages of bilingualism for the Norwegian-Russian communities in Alta and Troms\u00f8:<\/p>\n ‘\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d \u043c\u043e\u0437\u0433 + \u0434\u0432\u0430 \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0430 = \u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0438\u043c\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432!’ (One brain + two languages = many advantages!) Alta, November 2012 (Yulia Rodina)<\/p>\n ‘O \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0438\u043c\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430\u0445 \u0431\u0438\u043b\u0438\u043d\u0433\u0432\u0438\u0437\u043c\u0430: \u0411\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u0447\u0435\u043c \u0434\u0432\u0430 \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0430!’ (Advantages of bilingualism: More than just two languages!) Seminar for Norwegian-Russian parents in Troms\u00f8, November 2012 (Yulia Rodina and Natalia Mitrofanova)<\/p>\n In\u00a02013<\/strong>\u00a0the scholarly results of the project have been published in a book volume and presented at four international conferences:<\/p>\n Rodina, Yulia & Marit Westergaard. 2013. \u2018Two gender systems in one mind: The acquisition of grammatical gender in Norwegian-Russian bilinguals.\u2019 In: Siemund, P., Gogolin, I., Schulz, M.E., Davydova, Ju. (Eds.), Multilingualism and Language Diversity in Urban Areas: Acquisition \u2013 Development \u2013\u00a0Teaching \u2013 Communication, Vol. 2, John Benjamins, pp. 95-126.<\/p>\n Conference presentations:<\/p>\n On the role of input in bilingual Norwegian\/Russian acquisition of grammatical gender<\/em>, Scandinavian Conference in Linguistics (CSL25), Reykjavik, May 2013\u00a0<\/em>(Yulia Rodina and Marit Westergaard)<\/p>\n Input factors influencing Norwegian\/Russian acquisition of grammatical gender<\/em>, Child Language Seminar, Manchester, June 2013 (Yulia Rodina and Marit Westergaard)<\/p>\n Gender agreement in bilingual Norwegian\/Russian children: The role of input and transparency<\/em>, Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA), Oldenburg, September 2013 (Marit Westergaard and Yulia Rodina)<\/p>\n The effect of input and transparency on the acquisition of grammatical gender by bilingual Norwegian-Russian children,<\/em>\u00a0Multilingual Individuals and Multilingual Societies (MIMS2), October 2013\u00a0(Yulia Rodina and Marit Westergaard)<\/p>\n The\u00a0NoRus\u00a0Newsletter<\/strong>\u00a0(for parents, teachers, etc.) in Norwegian and Russian\u00a0may be downloaded below:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bilingual Norwegian-Russian Children in North Norway: Language Acquisition and Language Use Project members:\u00a0Marit Westergaard\u00a0and\u00a0Yulia Rodina Funding sources:\u00a0Troms\u00f8 Research Foundation\u00a02012\/2013 This project investigates language use and certain linguistic characteristics of Norwegian-Russian children living in Troms\u00f8 and Alta. The main focus of … Continue reading