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comparative syntax, dialect syntax, first language acquisition, bilingualism, Scandinavian languages, Sami, verb placement, object shift, scrambling, information structure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Kristine Bentzen is a professor in English and Nordic linguistics.\u00a0She teaches courses on various topics within English and Scandinavian linguistics, and supervises on\u00a0topics within English, Scandinavian and Sami linguistics.<\/p>\n

Her research interests include\u00a0comparative syntax,\u00a0language variation, dialect syntax, (first) language acquisition, and bilingualism. She is also the\u00a0project leader and principal investigator in a project on North Sami child language acquisition (DASAGO), see below.<\/p>\n

Bentzen was a PhD student at\u00a0CASTL<\/a>\u00a0(Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics)\u00a0<\/a>between September 2003 and October 2007, and she was the first candidate to be awarded a PhD from CASTL, in 2007. Her thesis, entitled\u00a0Order and Structure in Embedded Clauses in Northern Norwegian<\/em><\/a>, was on verb placement in Northern Norwegian and other varieties of Scandinavian.<\/p>\n

Research interests<\/h2>\n

Kristine Bentzen is currently running the\u00a0project\u00a0DASAGO<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Davvis\u00e1megiel m\u00e1n\u00e1id giellaovd\u00e1neapmi<\/em>\u00a0— North Sami child language development), which she\u00a0and Berit Anne Bals Baal landed a\u00a07 million NOK grant<\/strong>\u00a0from the Norwegian Research Council for. The project started in July 2011, and will run until the end of 2017.\u00a0Within the DASAGO project,\u00a0Bentzen’s research projects include VO-OV alternations related to information structure in Sami languages (both adult language and acquisition).\u00a0In addition, she is working on the acquisition of null and overt pronominal subjects, and of negation in North Sami. Within this project\u00a0we\u00a0have also adapted the MacArthur-Bates\u00a0Communicative Development Inventory (CDI)<\/em>\u00a0into North Sami. We are currently conducting extensive investigations of vocabulary development using this tool.<\/p>\n

Kristine is a member of the\u00a0LAVA<\/a>\u00a0research group (Language Acquisition, Variation & Attrition)<\/a>. Her research focus within this group is on acquisition and variation. Many of her ongoing projects revolve around variation related to the interface between syntax and information structure, both in adult language and in acquisition.\u00a0One recent and ongoing project re-examines object shift in Mainland Scandinavian (joint with Merete Anderssen), as well as how these complex patterns are acquired by children across Mainland Scandinavian languages (joint with Merete Anderssen, and Christian Waldmann in Ume\u00e5). Another ongoing project involved the availability of embedded V2 in Norwegian. Based on that from\u00a0\u00a0The Nordic Dialect Corpus\u00a0<\/em>she is investigating the distribution and interpretation of embedded V2 across different types of\u00a0that<\/em>-clauses.<\/p>\n

She is also a member of the\u00a0CASTL-FISH research group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Recent publications, manuscripts, etc.<\/h2>\n

2015<\/h3>\n

\u2022 Kristine Bentzen. (2015):\u00a0\u2018Mapping information structure and word order: The acquisition of object placement.\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>In Ludovica Serratrice & Shanley Allen (eds.)\u00a0The Acquisition of Reference<\/em>. John Benjamins (Trends in Language Acquisition Series).<\/p>\n

\u2022 Bentzen, Kristine, Henrik Rosenkvist & Janne Bondi Johannessen (eds.). (2015):\u00a0Studies in \u00d6vdalian Morphology and Syntax \u2013 new research on a lesser-known Scandinavian language<\/strong>. Amsterdam: John Benjamins\u00a0(The Linguistik Aktuell series).
\nNB! Note that the whole volume is downloadable for free here:<\/strong>
\nDownload site: http:\/\/www.jbe-platform.com\/content\/books\/9789027269133<\/p>\n

2014<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Setninger med\u00a0kanskje<\/em>\u00a0i forfeltet i skandinavisk, med fokus p\u00e5 norsk og svensk,\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Spr\u00e5k i Norge og nabolanda. Ny forskning om talespr\u00e5k<\/em>\u00a0[Languages in Norway and the neighbouring countries. New research on spoken language]. Novus forlag, pp. 27-45.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Verb placement in main and embedded clauses,\u00b4<\/strong>\u00a0Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal<\/em>, Vol.1, 207-210.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Embedded Verb Second (V2),\u00b4<\/strong>\u00a0Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal<\/em>, Vol.1, 211-224.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Verb placement in clauses with initial adverbial\u00a0maybe<\/em>,\u00b4<\/strong>\u00a0Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal<\/em>, Vol.1, 225-239.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Verb placement in relative clauses,\u00b4<\/strong>\u00a0Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal<\/em>, Vol.1, 240-249.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018The middle field,\u00b4\u00a0<\/strong>(joint with Bj\u00f6rn Lundquist)\u00a0Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal<\/em>, Vol.1, 266-269.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Object Shift,\u00b4<\/strong>\u00a0Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal<\/em>, Vol.1, 332-343.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Subject placement with respect to negation,\u00b4<\/strong>\u00a0Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal<\/em>, Vol.1, 344-352.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Subject and object extraction from embedded clauses,\u00b4<\/strong>\u00a0Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal<\/em>, Vol.1, 435-446.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Variable verb placement in embedded clauses: Comparing English and Norwegian children,\u00b4\u00a0<\/strong>(joint with Marit Westergaard, Antonella Sorace & Caroline Heycock), in\u00a0Inquiries into Linguistic Theory and Language Acquisition: Papers offered to Adriana Belletti<\/em>. Siena: CISCL Press, pp. 229-238.<\/p>\n

2013<\/h3>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Deep properties of surface pronouns: Pronominal predicate anaphors in Norwegian and German.\u2019<\/strong>(joint with Jason Merchant and Peter Svenonius).\u00a0Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics<\/em>\u00a016, 97-125.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Object Shift in spoken Mainland Scandinavian: A corpus study of Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.\u2019<\/strong>(joint with Merete Anderssen and Christian Waldmann).\u00a0Nordic Journal of Linguistics<\/em>\u00a036.2, 115-151.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0A special issue of\u00a0Nordic Journal of Linguistics<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>36.2 on Object Shift (together with Maia Andr\u00e9asson and Elisabet Engdahl).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Cross-linguistic influence outside the syntax-pragmatics interface: A case study of the acquisition of definiteness.\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(joint with Merete Anderssen).\u00a0Studia Linguistica\u00a0<\/em>67.1, 82\u2013100.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018The acquisition of language variation,\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0a special issue of\u00a0Studia Linguistica 67.1<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0(together with Marit Westergaard).<\/p>\n

2012<\/h3>\n

\u2022 \u2018Flerspr\u00e5klighet gir mange fordeler! \/ Moattegielakvuohta vadd\u00e1 moadda \u00e5vdd\u00e5m\u00e5ne!<\/strong>\u2019 [The many benefits of bilingualism].\u00a0Stull\u00e1n<\/em>\u00a0nr. 2, pp. 6-7.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2018Are movement paths punctuated or uniform?<\/strong>\u2019 (Joint with Klaus Abels). In Artemis Alexiadou, Tibor Kiss, and Gereon M\u00fcller (eds.)\u00a0Local Modelling of Non-Local Dependencies in Syntax<\/em>, Linguistische Arbeiten 547, Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 415-436.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2018Topicality and complexity in the acquisition of Norwegian Object Shift<\/strong>.\u2019 (Joint with Merete Anderssen & Yulia Rodina)\u00a0Language Acquisition<\/em>, 19.1:39-72.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Norwegian Object Shift as IP-internal topicalization,\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(Joint with Merete Anderssen)\u00a0Nordlyd\u00a0<\/em>39.1:\u00a0The Grammar of Objects<\/em>, 1-23.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Nordlyd 39.1: Special issue on The Grammar of Objects<\/em><\/strong>, edited jointly with Antonio F\u00e1bregas.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0‘Vet du kor du b\u00f8r helst sette inn verbet hen?<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Om verbplassering i nordnorsk,’<\/strong>\u00a0[Do you know where you should rather place the verb?<\/em>\u00a0on verb placement in Northern Norwegian]. (Joint with Marit Westergaard and Merete Anderssen). CASTL Special issue of\u00a0Ottar<\/em>\u00a02.290: 25-31.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0‘Det vil \u00e6 ikke\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>eller\u00a0<\/strong>Det vil\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>ikke\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u00e6<\/strong><\/em>: Ordstilling i nordnorsk barnespr\u00e5k,’<\/strong>\u00a0[Det vil \u00e6 ikke<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0Det vil ikke \u00e6<\/em>: Word order in Northern Norwegian child language]. (Joint with Marit Westergaard and Merete Anderssen). CASTL Special issue of\u00a0Ottar<\/em>\u00a02.290: 10-16.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0‘Min bil<\/em>\u00a0eller\u00a0bilen min:<\/em>\u00a0Eiendomskonstruksjoner i norsk barnespr\u00e5k og amerikanorsk,’<\/strong>\u00a0[Min bil<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0bilen min<\/em>: Possessive constructions in Norwegian child language and America-Norwegian]. (Joint with\u00a0Merete Anderssen and\u00a0Marit Westergaard). CASTL Special issue of\u00a0Ottar<\/em>\u00a02.290: 17-24.<\/p>\n

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Upcoming talks<\/h2>\n

\u2022 March 9-11, 2016:\u00a0\u2018VO-OV alternations in North Sami\u2019, at\u00a0Aktasne II — Together II: New concepts, theories and methodologies in Saami studies<\/a>\u00a0in Ume\u00e5, Sweden.<\/p>\n

Recent talks<\/h2>\n
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\u2022 April 20, 2015: \u2018DASAGO-pro\u0161eakta – ulbmilat ja \u00e1igepl\u00e1na\u2019 [The DASAGO project – aims and milestones], at the\u00a0SAMAGI<\/a>\u00a0network meeting (S\u00e1mi m\u00e1n\u00e1idgiela du\u0167kanfierpm\u00e1dat — Research network for S\u00e1mi language acquisition).<\/p>\n

\u2022 April 21, 2015: \u2018Ordstillingsveksling VO-OV og informasjonsstruktur i nordsamisk\u2019 [VO-OV word order alternation and information structure in North Sami],\u00a0at the\u00a0SAMAGI<\/a>\u00a0network meeting (S\u00e1mi m\u00e1n\u00e1idgiela du\u0167kanfierpm\u00e1dat — Research network for S\u00e1mi language acquisition).<\/p>\n

\u2022 May 9, 2015: \u2018VO-OV alternations in North Sami\u2019, at the\u00a0Workshop on Information Structure in Endangered Languages<\/em><\/a>\u00a0at SOAS in London, UK.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0November 26-27, 2014:\u00a0\u2018Ja til flerspr\u00e5klighet! Fordeler med \u00e5 kunne mer enn ett spr\u00e5k,\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0invited talk at\u00a0Spr\u00e5kl\u00f8ftkonferansen<\/em>, Troms\u00f8, Norway.<\/p>\n

\u2022 September 17, 2014:\u00a0\u2018Event descriptions as an interplay between lexical and constructional meaning: Presentational constructions in Norwegian,\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(joint with Peter Svenonius), at\u00a0The European Society for Philosophy and Psychology (ESPP) Meeting<\/em>, Noto, Sicily, September 16-19, 2014.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0August 22, 2014:\u00a0\u2018Nye isoglosser illustrert i det nye nettstedet for nordiske spr\u00e5k: NALS \u2014 Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (Online),\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(joint with Janne Bondi Johannessen, \u00d8ystein Alexander Vangsnes, Bj\u00f6rn Lundquist, Ida Larsson, Piotr Garbacz, Marit Julien, Stig Rognes, Christine \u00d8stb\u00f8 Munch and Anders N\u00f8klestad), at\u00a0Tionde nordiska dialektologkonferensen<\/em>, Mariehamn, \u00c5land, Finland, August 20-23, 2014.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0June 22, 2014:\u00a0\u2018Adapting \u00a0the \u00a0MacArthur-\u00ad\u2010Bates’ \u00a0CDI \u00a0to \u00a0North \u00a0S\u00e1mi \u2014 minority language issues,\u2019<\/strong>(joint with Berit Anne Bals Baal), at\u00a0NorPhlex final seminar<\/em>, Troms\u00f8, Norway, August 16-18, 2014.<\/p>\n

\u2022 November 11, 2013:\u00a0\u2018Benefits of bilingualism – much more than simply two languages,\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0invited talk to parents and teachers at Troms\u00f8 International School.<\/p>\n

\u2022 November 6, 2013:\u00a0\u2018Spr\u00e5kutvikling hos barn \u2014 Flere veier til m\u00e5let<\/strong>.\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>[Language development in children \u2014 several paths to the target] (joint with Merete Anderssen. Invited talk at the conference \u2018Folkehelsekonferansen Ung Fremtidshelse i nord\u2019 [The people\u2019s health conference: the future health of the young of the North], Troms\u00f8, Norway, November 5-7.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2022 September 5, 2013:\u00a0\u2018Hvordan tilegner barn seg spr\u00e5k? Spr\u00e5kutvikling hos enspr\u00e5klige og flerspr\u00e5klige barn.\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0Invited talk on bilingualism on behalf of\u00a0Flere spr\u00e5k til flere<\/em>\u00a0at a seminar for teachers, Bergen, Norway.<\/p>\n

\u2022 September 7, 2013:\u00a0\u2018Cross-linguistic transfer of V2 in bilingual acquisition: Structural overlap and complexity.\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0Poster presentation at\u00a0Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA)<\/em>, Oldenburg, Germany, September 5-7.<\/p>\n

\u2022 May 13-15, 2013:\u00a0\u2018<\/strong>Object Shift in spoken Mainland Scandinavian.\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(joint with Merete Anderssen and Christian Waldmann). At the workshop\u00a0Information Structure in Scandinavian Languages\u00a0<\/em><\/a>at the\u00a0Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland.<\/p>\n

\u2022 May 13-15, 2013:\u00a0\u2018<\/strong>Cross-linguistic influence in bilingual acquisition: How English can become a V2 language.\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0At the workshop\u00a0Syntactic Issues in Language Acquisition<\/a><\/em>\u00a0at the\u00a0Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland.<\/p>\n

\u2022 May 7, 2013:\u00a0\u2018Ja til flerspr\u00e5klighet! Fordeler med \u00e5 kunne mer enn ett spr\u00e5k.\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(joint with Merete Anderssen). Invited talk on bilingualism on behalf of\u00a0Flere spr\u00e5k til flere<\/em>\u00a0at a network meeting on multilingualism (Nettverksm\u00f8te om flerspr\u00e5klighet), Lenvik kommune, Norway.<\/p>\n

\u2022 April 10, 2013:\u00a0\u2018DASAGO – Davvis\u00e1megiel m\u00e1n\u00e1id giellaovd\u00e1neapmi: A project on North Sami child language acquisition.\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0At the\u00a0Latvian-Norwegian Acquisition Workshop<\/em>. University of Troms\u00f8.<\/p>\n

\u2022 April 6, 2013:\u00a0\u2018Cross-linguistic influence and structural overlap affecting English verb placement.\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>At the workshop\u00a0Acquisition of Syntax in Close Varieties<\/em><\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0GLOW 36<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in Lund, Sweden.<\/p>\n

\u2022 March 8, 2013:\u00a0\u2018Meaning in syntax and context: Variable placement of Norwegian VP anaphor\u00a0det<\/em>\u00a0‘it’,\u2019<\/strong>at the\u00a0Workshop on Context and Syntax<\/em><\/a>, University of Troms\u00f8, Norway.<\/p>\n

\u2022 February 8, 2013:\u00a0\u2018Studier av dialektsyntax: En sk\u00f6rd fr\u00e5n ScanDiaSyn.\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(joint with Piotr Garbacz, Bj\u00f6rn Lundquist & Ida Larsson), at Grammatik i Fokus, Lund, Sweden.<\/p>\n

\u2022 January 11, 2013:\u00a0\u2018Korpusstudier: En tio-i-topp-lista.\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(joint with Piotr Garbacz, Ida Larsson, and Bj\u00f6rn Lundquist)\u00a0Invited talk at\u00a0Nordisk dialektforskning \u2013 seminar om talespr\u00e5ket i Nordisk dialektkorpus\u00a0<\/em><\/a>[Nordic dialect research \u2013 seminar on spoken language in the Nordic Dialect Corpus], University of Oslo.<\/p>\n

\u2022 November 19, 2012:\u00a0\u2018Flere spr\u00e5k til flere! Tospr\u00e5klighet gir mer enn bare to spr\u00e5k,\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>invited talk on behalf of\u00a0Flere spr\u00e5k til flere<\/em>\u00a0at the annual\u00a0Morsm\u00e5lskonferanse<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>[Mother tongue conference] in Bergen.<\/p>\n

\u2022 November 14, 2012:\u00a0\u2018Flerspr\u00e5klighet og samisk spr\u00e5kinnl\u00e6ring\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0[Multilingualism and Sami language acquisition]. Invited talk at\u00a0Samisk nasjonal barnehage- og skolekonferanse<\/em><\/a>\u00a0[Sami national kindergarten and school conference] in Troms\u00f8.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0September 13, 2012:\u00a0\u2018The verb placement challenge in language acquisition: Parameters, micro-cues and vulnerable interfaces?\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(joint with Marit Westergaard) at\u00a0Decennium: The first 10 years of CASTL<\/em><\/a>, University of Troms\u00f8, Norway.<\/p>\n

\u2022 September 13, 2012:\u00a0\u2018<\/strong>Object placement and the interaction of\u00a0syntax and information structure<\/strong>\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(joint with Merete Anderssen, Roksolana Mykhaylyk, Yulia Rodina and Marit Westergaard) at\u00a0Decennium: The first 10 years of CASTL<\/em><\/a>, University of Troms\u00f8, Norway.<\/p>\n

\u2022 September 13, 2012:\u00a0\u2018<\/strong>Complexity and frequency in the\u00a0acquisition Norwegian DPs<\/strong>\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(joint with Merete Anderssen, Yulia Rodina and Marit Westergaard)\u00a0at\u00a0Decennium: The first 10 years of CASTL<\/em><\/a>, University of Troms\u00f8, Norway.<\/p>\n

\u2022 August 13-16, 2012:\u00a0\u2018Norwegian\u00a0gj\u00f8re det<\/em>: Deep or surface anaphora?\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(joint with Peter Svenonius and Jason Merchant) at the\u00a0N’CLAV Grand Meeting<\/a><\/em>\u00a0at Lysebu, Oslo, Norway.<\/p>\n

\u2022 May 31-June 1, 2012:\u00a0\u2018<\/strong>Deep properties of surface pronouns: Pronominal predicate anaphors in Norwegian and other Germanic languages,\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(joint with Jason Merchant and\u00a0Peter Svenonius) at\u00a0The 27th Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop<\/a>, Yale University.<\/p>\n

\u2022 May 11, 2012:\u00a0\u2018Extraction from\u00a0<\/strong>embedded V2 clauses in Norwegian,<\/strong>\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>at\u00a0the Mini workshop in connection with \u00c9va D\u00e9k\u00e1ny’s doctoral defence<\/em><\/a>, University of\u00a0Troms\u00f8, Norway.<\/p>\n

\u2022 March 28-30, 2012:\u00a0\u2018<\/strong>Discourse Effects on the Availability of Object Shift,\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(joint with Merete Anderssen). Poster presentation at\u00a0GLOW 35<\/a>, Potsdam, Germany.<\/p>\n

\u2022 March 22-23, 2012:\u00a0\u2018Norwegian Object Shift: The role of reference and topichood,\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>(joint with Merete Anderssen) at a workshop on Object Shift in Gothenburg, Sweden.<\/p>\n

\u2022 February 23, 2012:\u00a0\u2018New perspectives on Norwegian Object Shift: The importance of topichood,\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>(joint with Merete Anderssen) at the CASTL Colloquium, Troms\u00f8, Norway.<\/p>\n

\u2022 January 12, 2012:\u00a0\u2018DASAGO \u2014 MCDI adaptation into North Sami,\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>(joint with Berit Anne Bals Baal) at the\u00a0NorPhLex<\/em>\u00a0seminar<\/a>\u00a0(Phonological and lexical acquisition in mono- and bilingual children in the Nordic and the Baltic states), Oslo, Norway.<\/p>\n

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Selected previous papers, etc. (prior to 2012)<\/h2>\n

(Go\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for list of earlier papers\/manuscripts)<\/p>\n

2011<\/h3>\n

\u2022 \u2018Splitting up the V-to-I parameter<\/strong>.\u2019 In Suzi Lima, Kevin Mullin and Brian Smith (eds.)\u00a0Proceedings of North Eastern Linguistic Society (NELS)<\/em>\u00a039<\/em>, GLSA Amherst, pp. 83-95.<\/p>\n

2010<\/h3>\n

\u2022 \u2018Exploring embedded main clause phenomena: The irrelevance of factivity and some challenges from V2 languages<\/strong>.\u2019\u00a0In\u00a0Theoretical Linguistics<\/em>, 36.2, 163-172, 2010.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2018Observations on extraction from V2 clauses in Scandinavian<\/strong>.\u2019 (Joint with Gunnar Hrafn Hrafnbjargarson and Anna-Lena Wiklund). In\u00a0Nordic Journal of Linguistics<\/em>\u00a033.3, 299-309, 2010.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Variation in the Input: Studies in the Acquisition of Word Order<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Jointly edited with Merete Anderssen and Marit Westergaard).Springer Verlag, 2010.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2018The acquisition of apparent optionality: Word order in subject and object shift constructions in Norwegian<\/strong>.\u2019 (Joint with Merete Anderssen, Yulia Rodina, and Marit Westergaard). In Merete Anderssen, Kristine Bentzen, and Marit Westergaard (eds.)\u00a0Variation in the Input: Studies in the Acquisition of Word Order<\/em>. Springer Verlag, 2010.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018From a V2 grammar to no verb movement: A step-wise approach.\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>(joint with \u00deorbj\u00f6rg Hr\u00f3arsd\u00f3ttir).\u00a0 In Rajat Mohanty and Mythili Menon (eds.)\u00a0Universals and Variation:<\/em>\u00a0P<\/em>roceedings of GLOW in Asia VII 2009<\/em>, pp. 117-139. Hyderabad: EFL University Press.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2018Word order and finiteness in the acquisition of English and Norwegian\u00a0wh<\/em>-questions<\/strong>.\u2019 (Joint with Marit Westergaard). In\u00a0Proceedings of the 34th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development<\/em>, Volume 2, pp. 457-467.<\/p>\n

2009<\/h3>\n

\u2022 \u2018On variation in Faroese verb placement<\/strong><\/a>.\u2019 (Joint with Piotr Garbacz, Caroline Heycock, and Gunnar Hrafn Hrafnbjargarson).\u00a0Nordlyd 36.2: NORMS Papers on Faroese\u00a0<\/em>78-102, 2009.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2018Subject positions and their interaction with verb movement<\/strong><\/a>.\u2019\u00a0Studia Linguistica<\/em>\u00a063.3: 1-31, 2009.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/em>\u2018On the distribution and illocution of V2 in Scandinavian\u00a0that<\/em>-clauses<\/strong><\/a>.\u2019 (Joint with Anna-Lena Wiklund, Gunnar Hrafn Hrafnbjargarson, and \u00deorbj\u00f6rg Hr\u00f3arsd\u00f3ttir).\u00a0Lingua\u00a0<\/em>119.12: 1914-1938, 2009.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2018A note on the punctuated nature of movement paths<\/strong>.\u2019 (Joint with Klaus Abels). In Jordi Fortuny and \u00c1ngel Gallego (eds.)\u00a0Catalan Journal of Linguistics\u00a08:\u00a0<\/em>Spelling Out Universal Grammar<\/em><\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0pp. 19-40.<\/p>\n

Earlier<\/h3>\n

\u2022\u00a0Order and Structure in Embedded clauses in Northern Norwegian<\/strong><\/em>, PhD dissertation, CASTL, University of Troms\u00f8, Norway. 2007. [Downloadable\u00a0here<\/a>.]\n

\u2022 \u2018Rethinking Scandinavian verb movement<\/strong>,\u2019 (joint with Anna-Lena Wiklund, Gunnar Hrafn Hrafnbjargarson, and \u00deorbj\u00f6rg Hr\u00f3arsd\u00f3ttir),\u00a0Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics<\/em>, 10(3), pp. 203-233. 2007.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2018The (non-) effect of input frequency on the acquisition of word order in Norwegian embedded clauses<\/strong>,\u2019 (joint with Marit Westergaard), in Insa G\u00fclzow and Natalia Gagarina (eds.)\u00a0Frequency Effects in Language Acquisition. Defining the limits of frequency as an Explanatory Concept<\/em>, pp. 271-306. 2007. [a\u00a0previous version<\/a>\u00a0of the paper is available on LingBuzz].<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2018What\u2019s the better move? On verb placement in Standard and Northern Norwegian<\/strong>,\u2019\u00a0Nordic Journal of Linguistics<\/a><\/em>, 28.2, pp.153-188. 2005. [a\u00a0previous version<\/a>\u00a0of the paper is available on Lingbuzz]\n

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Previous talks, etc. (prior to 2012)<\/h2>\n

(Go\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for list of presentations prior to 2009)<\/p>\n

\u2022 November 29, 2011:\u00a0\u2018Fordeler med \u00e5 v\u00e6re tospr\u00e5klig: Gir mer enn bare to spr\u00e5k!\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0invited talk at a seminar for parents on children’s multilingualism (joint with Yulia Rodina),\u00a0Trondheim, Norway.<\/p>\n

\u2022 November 29, 2011:\u00a0\u2018Tilegnelse av flere spr\u00e5k samtidig: Fordeler med \u00e5 v\u00e6re tospr\u00e5klig\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0invited talk at a seminar for teachers on multilingualism as a resource (joint with Yulia Rodina),\u00a0Trondheim, Norway.<\/p>\n

\u2022 November 10, 2011:\u00a0\u2018Barneprat er ikke bare babbel! \u2014 Om barnespr\u00e5ksforskningen ved HSL-fakultetet,\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0invited talk on language acquisition at a seminar for the administration at our faculty, (joint with Merete Anderssen), Troms\u00f8, Norway.<\/p>\n

\u2022 October 18, 2011:\u00a0‘Flere spr\u00e5k til Flere!\u00a0<\/em>Spr\u00e5ktilegnelse og fordeler med tospr\u00e5klighet,’\u00a0<\/strong>invited talk at\u00a0Tromsdalen Barnehage<\/em>\u00a0(joint with Merete Anderssen), Troms\u00f8, Norway.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Scandinavian Object Shift revisited: The relevance of (types of) topichood,\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>(joint with Merete Anderssen) at the\u00a010th International Conference on the Structure of Hungarian<\/a>, Lund, Sweden, August 25-28, 2011.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018DASAGO – a new project on North Sami child language,\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0at the\u00a02nd N’CLAV Grand Meeting<\/a>, G\u00f6teborg, Sweden, August 22-25, 2011.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018The acquisition of word order in questions in English and Norwegian: Frames vs. micro-cues,’<\/strong>\u00a0(Joint with Marit Westergaard) at the symposium\u00a0Rules versus Constructions: A debate on question acquisition<\/em>\u00a0at the\u00a0International Congress for the Study of Child Language (IASCL)<\/a>, Montreal, Canada, July 19-23, 2011.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Scandinavian Object Shift reanalysed as TP-internal topicalization,\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>(joint with Merete Anderssen) at\u00a0CGSW 26<\/a>\u00a0(Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 23-24, 2011.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018The (over)production of prenominal determiners in definite contexts in a Norwegian\/English bilingual child,\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>(joint with Merete Anderssen) at\u00a0ISB8<\/a>\u00a0(International Symposium on Bilingualism), Oslo, June 15-18, 2011.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018The status of the embedded V-Neg word order,’ i<\/strong>nvited talk at the\u00a0Workshop on Main\/Embedded Clause Asymmetries in Scandinavian<\/em>, Lund, Sweden, April 14-15, 2011.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Topicality and complexity in the acquisition of Norwegian Object Shift\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0at the\u00a0VAMOS workshop<\/a>, Troms\u00f8, April 4-5, 2011.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Introduction on Object Shift\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0at the DGfS workshop\u00a0Word Order Variation and Typology: The German Middle Field in a Comparative and Diachronic Perspective<\/a><\/em>, G\u00f6ttingen, Germany, February 23-25, 2011.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018<\/strong>Embedded V2 and extraction in Faroese and Norwegian: Results from parallel experiments\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(Joint with Caroline Heycock)\u00a0at the workshop\u00a0Verb Movement: Its nature, triggers, and effects<\/em><\/a>, Amsterdam, December 11-12, 2010.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018<\/strong>What microvariation studies can tell us about children’s errors,\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0Nordic Language Variation: Grammatical, Sociolinguistic and Infrastructural Perspectives<\/a>, University of Iceland, Reykjav\u00edk, October 7-9, 2010.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018The acquisition of finiteness and inversion in English and Norwegian\u00a0wh<\/em>-questions,\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(joint with Marit Westergaard), at the\u00a0CIAL 6<\/em><\/a>, Barcelona, Spain, September 8-10, 2010.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Finiteness and word order in the acquisition of English and Norwegian\u00a0wh<\/em>-questions,\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(joint with Marit Westergaard), at the\u00a0Workshop on Tense and Aspect in Generative Grammar<\/em><\/a>, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1-2, 2010.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0‘The movement of verbs around Scandinavia,’\u00a0<\/strong>(Joint with Piotr Garbacz and Caroline Heycock) at the\u00a0NORMS<\/em>Closing Seminar<\/a>\u00a0in Troms\u00f8, Norway, June 10, 2010.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Finiteness in\u00a0wh<\/em>-questions in English and Norwegian child language,\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>at a CASTL mini workshop in Troms\u00f8, Norway, May 19, 2010.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Finiteness and word order: The acquisition of\u00a0wh<\/em>-questions in English and Norwegian,\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>(Joint with Marit Westergaard) at a workshop on Finiteness at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway, May 6-7, 2010.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018The acquisition of Object Shift: A challenge at the syntax-pragmatics interface,\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>(Joint with Merete Anderssen and Yulia Rodina) at the workshop\u00a0Information Structure in Language Acquisition\u00a0<\/em>at\u00a0DGfS 32<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Sprachwissenschaft), at the Humboldt University, Berlin, February 23-26, 2010.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Word order and finiteness in English and Norwegian child language: Parameters vs. cues,\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>(Joint with Marit Westergaard) at\u00a0BUCLD 34<\/a>\u00a0(Boston University Conference on Language Development)<\/em>, Boston, Mass., November 6-8, 2009.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u2018Embedded root phenomena in Scandinavian and English: The (ir)relevance of assertion and presupposition,\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>guest talk at University of Massachusetts, Amherst,\u00a0November 3, 2009.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2018Nordnorske barns tilegnelse av \u201cObject Shift\u201d,\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(Joint with Merete Anderssen and Yulia Rodina), at\u00a0Seminar om nordnorske spr\u00e5kforhold [Seminar on languages in Northern Norway]<\/em>, University of Troms\u00f8, Norway, September 28, 2009.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2018The Acquisition of Focus: The case of object shift,\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(Joint with Merete Anderssen and Yulia Rodina), at\u00a0Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA)<\/em><\/a>, Lisbon, Portugal, September 9-11, 2009.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u2018Embedded root phenomena, assertion, presupposition, and main point of utterance<\/strong>,\u2019 Invited talk at the workshop\u00a0Root Phenomena<\/a><\/em>, Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS), Berlin, Germany, September 2-4, 2009.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2018The development of syntax in micro-Scandinavians: Object Shift in Norwegian child language<\/strong>,\u2019 (Joint with Merete Anderssen and Yulia Rodina), at\u00a0The 2009 Grand Meeting for the Network for Scandinavian Dialect Syntax<\/a><\/em>, \u00c4lvdalen, Sweden, August 25-29, 2009.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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