Brita Ramsevik Riksem
About
I'm an Associate Professor at the Section for Norwegian, Department of Teacher Education, NTNU.
Background:
I hold a PhD in Linguistics from NTNU (2018). In my dissertation, Language mixing in American Norwegian noun phrases: An exoskeletal analysis of synchronic and diachronic patterns, I investigate the patterns of language mixing, more specifically the usage of English items in Norwegian utterances, in the heritage language American Norwegian. I discuss what these patterns can tell us about the principles of language mixing and our linguistic competence.
Before that, I completed my MA in Scandinavian language at NTNU (2013). In my Master's thesis, Syntaks og ortografi: Nye rammer for språknormering, I investivage how generative grammar can be applied to the work on language planning.
Research Interests
- Grammar and teaching grammar
- Language mixing
- Syntax and morphology
- Norwegian as a second language
- Language planning
- Bilingualism
- Linguistic variation and change
- Heritage languages
Research projects and groups
Nettresultat med nettstedslinker
- GrammaKiKK: Grammatisk kompetanse i kognisjon og klasserom
- AcqVA: Acquisition, Variation & Attrition (member)
Teaching
Department of Teacher Education, NTNU:
- MGLU1101: Norwegian 1 (1-7) Module 1: Language and Text 1 (course coordinator)
- MGLU2101: Norwegian 1 (1-7) Module 2: Language and Text 2
- MGLU1501: Norwegian (L1) 1 (5-10) Module 1: Language and Literature
- MGLU1502: Norwegian (L1) 1 (5-10) Module 2: Reading, Writing and Oral Communication
- MGLU2501: Norwegian 2: Literacy, Language and Literature
- Introduction to grammar, fall 2018
Department of Language and Literature, NTNU:
- NORD1102: Grammar and Pragmatics, fall 2017
- NORD6102: Scandinavian Linguistics - Contemporary, fall 2017
- NORD2311: Variation, Structure and Theory: Norwegian as a Second Language, spring 2018
- NORD6011: Norwegian Language in a Globalized Society, spring 2018
- SPRÅK3210: Linguistic Theory and Comparative Grammar, spring 2018
Positions
- Coordinator for Nordkurs in Trondheim 2018 (https://nordkurs.org/norge/trondheim/)
- Member of the organizing committee for the graduate conference NoSLiP 2016 (https://www.ntnu.edu/noslip)
- Organizer of the Language Day at ISL 2015 (http://www.ntnu.no/isl/sprakdagen)
Research
Publications
2024
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Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2024)
Utforskande arbeid med grammatikk.
Språkprat
Popular scientific article
2023
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Sunde, Anne Mette;
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2023)
Språkblanding i elevtekster.
Universitetsforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Riksem, Brita Ramsevik;
Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning.
(2023)
“Not as boring as I thought”: Possibilities and challenges of an exploratory approach to grammar in teacher education.
Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO)
Academic article
2022
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Åfarli, Tor Anders;
Nygård, Mari;
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2022)
Distribuert genus i norske DPar.
NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift
Academic article
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Eik, Ragnhild;
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2022)
Compound-Internal Language Mixing in American Norwegian.
Languages
Academic article
2021
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Åfarli, Tor Anders;
Nygård, Mari;
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2021)
Gender ‘Translation’ And Distributed Gender: Evidence From The Norwegian DP And Language Mixing.
Studia Linguistica
Academic article
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Riksem, Brita Ramsevik;
Lohndal, Terje;
Åfarli, Tor Anders.
(2021)
Adjektivkongruens i amerikanorsk.
Novus Forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2019
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Riksem, Brita Ramsevik;
Grimstad, Maren Berg;
Lohndal, Terje;
Åfarli, Tor Anders.
(2019)
Language mixing within verbs and nouns in American Norwegian.
Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics
Academic article
2018
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Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2018)
Language Mixing in American Norwegian Noun Phrases.
Journal of Language Contact
Academic article
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Grimstad, Maren Berg;
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik;
Lohndal, Terje;
Åfarli, Tor Anders.
(2018)
Lexicalist vs. exoskeletal approaches to language mixing.
The Linguistic Review
Academic article
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Riksem, Brita Ramsevik;
Åfarli, Tor Anders;
Lohndal, Terje.
(2018)
Language mixing in American Norwegian noun phrases: an exoskeletal analysis of synchronic and diachronic patterns.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Doctoral dissertation
2017
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Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2017)
Language Mixing and Diachronic Change: American Norwegian Noun Phrases Then and Now.
Languages
Academic article
2016
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Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2016)
Grammatikk og rettskriving. Nye rammer for språknormering.
Novus Forlag
Novus Forlag
Academic monograph
2014
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Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2014)
Nye rammer for språknormering.
Mål og makt
Article in business/trade/industry journal
2013
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Riksem, Brita Ramsevik;
Åfarli, Tor Anders.
(2013)
Syntaks og ortografi: Nye rammer for språknormering.
NTNU
Masters thesis
Journal publications
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Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2024)
Utforskande arbeid med grammatikk.
Språkprat
Popular scientific article
-
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik;
Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning.
(2023)
“Not as boring as I thought”: Possibilities and challenges of an exploratory approach to grammar in teacher education.
Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO)
Academic article
-
Åfarli, Tor Anders;
Nygård, Mari;
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2022)
Distribuert genus i norske DPar.
NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift
Academic article
-
Eik, Ragnhild;
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2022)
Compound-Internal Language Mixing in American Norwegian.
Languages
Academic article
-
Åfarli, Tor Anders;
Nygård, Mari;
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2021)
Gender ‘Translation’ And Distributed Gender: Evidence From The Norwegian DP And Language Mixing.
Studia Linguistica
Academic article
-
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik;
Grimstad, Maren Berg;
Lohndal, Terje;
Åfarli, Tor Anders.
(2019)
Language mixing within verbs and nouns in American Norwegian.
Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics
Academic article
-
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2018)
Language Mixing in American Norwegian Noun Phrases.
Journal of Language Contact
Academic article
-
Grimstad, Maren Berg;
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik;
Lohndal, Terje;
Åfarli, Tor Anders.
(2018)
Lexicalist vs. exoskeletal approaches to language mixing.
The Linguistic Review
Academic article
-
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2017)
Language Mixing and Diachronic Change: American Norwegian Noun Phrases Then and Now.
Languages
Academic article
-
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2014)
Nye rammer for språknormering.
Mål og makt
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Books
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Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2016)
Grammatikk og rettskriving. Nye rammer for språknormering.
Novus Forlag
Novus Forlag
Academic monograph
Part of book/report
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Sunde, Anne Mette;
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2023)
Språkblanding i elevtekster.
Universitetsforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik;
Lohndal, Terje;
Åfarli, Tor Anders.
(2021)
Adjektivkongruens i amerikanorsk.
Novus Forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
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Riksem, Brita Ramsevik;
Åfarli, Tor Anders;
Lohndal, Terje.
(2018)
Language mixing in American Norwegian noun phrases: an exoskeletal analysis of synchronic and diachronic patterns.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Doctoral dissertation
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Riksem, Brita Ramsevik;
Åfarli, Tor Anders.
(2013)
Syntaks og ortografi: Nye rammer for språknormering.
NTNU
Masters thesis
Teaching
Courses
Knowledge Transfer
2024
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Programme participationGreenall, Annjo Klungervik; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik; Sjo, Klara. (2024) Fløteputt og renkesmed. NRK NRK [Radio] 2024-09-20
2023
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2023) Exploratory grammar teaching …and then what?. New perspectives of L1 grammar in teaching 2023-05-22 - 2023-05-24
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2023) Exploratory grammar teaching …and then what?. NTNU New perspectives of L1 grammar in teaching , Trondheim 2023-05-22 - 2023-05-24
2022
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik; Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning. (2022) «ikke så kjedelig som jeg trodde» Mogelegheiter og utfordringar ved induktiv tilnærming til grammatikkundervising for lærarstudentar . Gradimo Gradimo-nettverksmøte 2022-05-10 - 2022-05-12
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Academic lectureEik, Ragnhild; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2022) Hostecandy og blackbærbusk: Språkblanding i samansette ord. UiT Norges arktiske universitet 19. møte om norsk språk (MONS 19) , Tromsø 2022-11-23 - 2022-11-25
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Academic lectureÅfarli, Tor Anders; Nygård, Mari; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2022) Linguistic theory and language mixing: An exoskeletal frame analysis view. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur A Short-Term Course on Language Mixing , Kharagpur, West Bengal 2022-05-25 -
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Academic lectureEik, Ragnhild; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2022) Språkblanding i amerikanorske samansetjingar. Københavns Universitet Gramino 3: Grammatik i Norden , København 2022-06-09 - 2022-06-10
2019
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Academic lectureÅfarli, Tor Anders; Nygård, Mari; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2019) Where is gender? Gender 'translation' and distributed gender on the spine of the (Norwegian) DP. Inst. for språk og litteratur (ISL), NTNU Strukturseminaret "Skogselskapet" , NTNU, Trondheim 2019-10-07 - 2019-10-07
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Academic lectureÅfarli, Tor Anders; Nygård, Mari; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2019) Gender 'translation' and distributed gender in the (Norwegian) DP. MultiGender, Centre for Advanced Study Lecture , Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo 2019-09-09 - 2019-09-09
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik; Lohndal, Terje; Åfarli, Tor Anders. (2019) Adjektivkongruens og genus i amerikanorsk. Universitetet i Oslo Sluttseminar frå LIA-prosjektet , Trondheim 2019-11-26 - 2019-11-27
2018
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2018) Language mixing as evidence of language change in American Norwegian. Research group in language change, University of Oslo Seminar , Oslo 2018-11-20 - 2018-11-20
2017
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LectureGrimstad, Maren Berg; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2017) Co–authorship – the student perspective. LingPhil - Forskerskolen i lingvistikk og filologi Supervisor Seminar 2017: Supervision, co-authorship and data management in PhD dissertations , Solstrand hotell og bad, Os 2017-03-08 - 2017-03-09
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2017) Diakrone endringar i språkblanding i amerikanorsk. Møte om norsk språk (MONS) 17 2017-11-22 - 2017-11-24
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2017) Language mixing in American Norwegian DPs: an exoskeletal analysis of synchronic and diachronic patterns. Institutt for språk og litteratur, NTNU Mesterklasse 2017-03-24 - 2017-03-24
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2017) Nye rammer for språknormering. Språkrådets fagråd for normering og språkobservasjon Seminar om grammatisk kjønn , Trondheim 2017-06-14 - 2017-06-14
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2017) Stability or change in heritage Norwegian? Diachronic development in the patterns of language mixing . DiGS 19 Workshop 2017-09-05 - 2017-09-08
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2017) Diachronic change in the patterns of language mixing - a case study of American Norwegian noun phrases in the 1930s/40s and today. Grammar in focus , Lund University 2017-02-02 - 2017-02-03
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Popular scientific lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2017) Språkblanding i amerikanorsk - rot i systemet eller system i rotet? . Prix de Gengangere med riss-slipp 2017-05-19 - 2017-05-19
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Academic lectureÅfarli, Tor Anders; Nygård, Mari; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2017) Functional Projections in the DP. LISSIM 10 , Solang Valley, Himachal Pradesh 2017-05-25 - 2017-05-26
2016
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PosterGrimstad, Maren Berg; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik; Lohndal, Terje; Åfarli, Tor Anders. (2016) Word-internal language mixing, late insertion and underspecification. Stellenbosch University Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop 31 , Stellenbosch University 2016-12-01 - 2016-12-03
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2016) Diachronic change in nominal structures: a case study of American Norwegian DPs. Delhi University SynVar 3 , Delhi 2016-10-10 - 2016-10-14
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Academic lectureLohndal, Terje; Grimstad, Maren Berg; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik; Åfarli, Tor Anders. (2016) Generative approaches to language mixing. University of Ghent A probe into the multilingual mind. How languages evolve. , Ghent 2016-10-19 - 2016-10-20
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2016) Language Mixing and Diachronic Change: patterns of change in mixed American Norwegian noun phrases. Heritage Language Acquisition: Breaking New Ground in Methodology and Domains of Inquiry 2016-09-19 - 2016-09-20
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2016) Lexicalist vs. exoskeletal approaches: mixed American Norwegian DPs. Indo-Norwegian Syntax Workshop 2016-09-12 - 2016-09-13
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Academic lectureGrimstad, Maren Berg; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2016) Language Mixing in American Norwegian. University of Copenhagen Meeting on the Mainland Scandinavian Languages in the Americas , Copenhagen 2016-06-21 - 2016-06-22
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LectureÅfarli, Tor Anders; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik; Grimstad, Maren Berg; Lohndal, Terje. (2016) Language mixing in DPs: An exoskeletal approach. SYNVAR2, Indo-Norwegian Cooperation Programme , University of Delhi 2016-02-08 -
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Academic lectureLohndal, Terje; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik; Grimstad, Maren Berg; Åfarli, Tor Anders. (2016) Language mixing and left peripheries. University of Geneva Workshop on Clausal and Nominal Complements in Monolingual and Bilingual Grammars , Geneve 2016-06-27 - 2016-06-28
2015
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2015) Gender (in American Norwegian). DAAD Workshop 3: Monolingual, bilingual and second language acquisition 2015-03-23 - 2015-03-23
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PosterSunde, Anne Mette; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik; Grimstad, Maren Berg; Ommeren, Rikke van; Ringstad, Tina Louise; Eide, Kristin Melum. (2015) "Vet du hvor mange språk du kan?". NTNU Researchers' Night , Realfagsbygget, NTNU Gløshaugen 2015-09-25 - 2015-09-25
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Academic lectureNygård, Mari; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik; Åfarli, Tor Anders. (2015) Gender, Number, and Language Mixing in Norwegian DPs. Department of Linguistics, University of Delhi Guest Lecture (Indo-Norwegian Cooperation Programme) , New Delhi 2015-10-05 -
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Academic lectureNygård, Mari; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik; Åfarli, Tor Anders. (2015) What language mixing can tell us about the syntax of gender. LCIS, NTNU Linguistics Complexity in the Individual and Society , Trondheim 2015-10-15 - 2015-10-16
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2015) Språkblanding i amerikanorske nomenfrasar. UiA MONS 16 - møte om norsk språk , Kristiansand 2015-11-25 - 2015-11-27
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2015) Language mixing and diachronic change: Mixed American Norwegian noun phrases then and now. NTNU/DAAD DAAD: The syntax-morphology interface: Evidence from multilingualism (Workshop 4) , NTNU 2015-10-14 - 2015-10-14
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PosterGrimstad, Maren Berg; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2015) Exoskeletal approaches to grammar: evidence from mixing and flexibility. LingPhil Norwegian Graduate Student conference in Linguistics and Philology (NoSLiP) , UiT, the Arctic University of Norway 2015-01-22 - 2015-01-23
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik; Grimstad, Maren Berg; Lohndal, Terje; Åfarli, Tor Anders. (2015) Language mixing within verbs and nominal phrases in American Norwegian. Rutgers University International Symposium on Bilingualism 10 , New Brunswick 2015-05-20 - 2015-05-24
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LectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2015) Språkblanding i nomenfrasar. Fagdag om amerikanorsk 2015-03-27 - 2015-03-27
2014
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Popular scientific lectureGrimstad, Maren Berg; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2014) «Jeg teach-a første grade-en» - språkblanding i amerikanorsk. NTNU Universitetsbibliotek, Dragvoll Lunsjforedrag i anledning den europeiske språkdagen , NTNU Universitetsbibliotek, Dragvoll 2014-09-26 - 2014-09-26
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Academic lectureRiksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2014) Language Mixing in American Norwegian DPs. DAAD Distributed Morphology and Language Mixing (DAAD project Stuttgart-Trondheim) , Trondheim 2014-12-01 - 2014-12-01
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Academic lectureGrimstad, Maren Berg; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik; Åfarli, Tor Anders; Lohndal, Terje. (2014) The inadequacy of feature-based lexicalist theories: A case-study of American Norwegian. UCLA 5th Annual Workshop on Immigrant Languages in the Americas , Los Angeles 2014-10-17 - 2014-10-19
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Popular scientific lectureLohndal, Terje; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik; Grimstad, Maren Berg; Eide, Kristin Melum; Åfarli, Tor Anders; Mæhlum, Brit Kirsten. (2014) Finnes det lette og vanskelige språk?. NTNU Researchers' Night 2014 , Trondheim 2014-09-26 - 2014-09-26
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Academic lectureLohndal, Terje; Åfarli, Tor Anders; Grimstad, Maren Berg; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2014) DP-internal language mixing: An exoskeletal perspective. CASTL colloquium 2014-10-03 - 2014-10-03
2013
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Academic lectureÅfarli, Tor A; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2013) Syntactic Theory and the Norwegian Language Situation: Measuring (Dis-)Similarities between Nynorsk and Bokmål. University of Tromsø Tromsø International Conference on Language Diversity (TromsLang). Workshop A: Bilingualism and bidialectalism , Tromsø 2013-11-06 - 2013-11-08
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Academic lectureVulchanova, Mila Dimitrova; Åfarli, Tor A; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2013) Syntaktisk teori og den strukturelle "nærleiken" mellom nynorsk og bokmål. Universitetet i Oslo Møte om norsk språk (MONS) 15 , Oslo 2013-11-21 - 2013-11-23
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Popular scientific lectureLohndal, Terje; Eide, Kristin Melum; Grimstad, Maren Berg; Åfarli, Tor A; Riksem, Brita Ramsevik. (2013) Grammatikk og flerspråklighet. NTNU Researchers' Night 2013 , Trondheim 2013-09-27 -