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Piotr Garbacz

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Dr. Piotr Garbacz is Associated Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies (ILN) at the University of Oslo (UiO) since 2017 and a former Head of Department (2017-2020). During the autumn term of 2020, he served as both the Head of Department and the funtioning Head of Studies. Between 2014 and 2016, he was Head of Department at the Department of Language Studies at the University of Southeastern Norway, and from 2010 to 2014, he was a postdoctoral research fellow and Associate Professor at UiO.

Garbacz holds a PhD in Scandinavian Linguistics from Lund University, Sweden (2010). His dissertation examined Övdalian morphology and syntax, being the first thesis on the topic since 1909. Övdalian is an East-Scandinavian vernacular, often considered the sixth Scandinavian language (along with Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Faroese and Icelandic). Garbacz holds a Master's degree in Swedish philology from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow (2003). Since 2004, he has gained extensive teaching experiences from several universities in Nordic and other European countries. In 2014, he received the ILN educational award.

Garbacz's academic interests are syntax and morphology in Scandinavian languages, as well as the connection between syntax and morphology within the framework of generative grammar. Furthermore, he is particularly interested in dialects and language history, including Swedish, Germanic and Indo-European language history, as well as etymology. He has language competence in several Germanic languages: Swedish, English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Övdalian, Faroese and Icelandic. Currently, he is engaged in the project NorPol financed by the Norwegian Research Council and led by Toril Opsahl.

In 2024, he received the Teaching Award from the Student Parliament at UiO.

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Garbacz, Piotr (2025). Persistence of dialectal features in Norwegian dialects. Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal. 9(1), p. 1–26. doi: 10.5617/nals.12943. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This study examines the diachronic development of six morphological and syntactic features in Norwegian dialects, aiming to determine whether the persistence of a dialectal feature is more influenced by its status as an archaism or innovation, or by its sociolinguistic function. The analysis utilizes two corpora comprising a total of 5.5 million words of non-standard Norwegian recorded between 1937 and 2015. Among the six features examined, three are inherited from Old Norse/Middle Norwegian (dative forms, embedded V2, preproprial articles), while the other three are more recent innovations (the use of an originally oblique pronominal form in subject position, the use of the secondary pronominal form vårs ‘us’ instead of oss ‘us’ in object position, and the extended use of definiteness). The findings suggest that the identificational function of a dialect feature plays a more crucial role in its persistence than the age of the feature. This conclusion aligns with Trudgill (1986) and Sandøy (1996), both of whom underscore the significance of identificational language features.
Garbacz, Piotr; Jacobsen, Martin & Berntzen, Solveig Sofie Øvrewall (2024). Kasus og negasjonsharmoni i de svenske ovansiljanmålene. In Data-Bukowska, Ewa & Wasilewska-Chmura, Magdalena (Ed.), Filologiskt smörgåsbord 5 - När forskning och undervisning möts. En 50-årsjubileumsskrift från skandinavistiken i Kraków. Jagiellonian University Press. ISSN 9788323353911. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2024). Revitalisation of Övdalian and the Choice of Literary Language. Studia Scandinavica. ISSN 1899-2811. 8(28), p. 17–36. doi: 10.26881/ss.2024.28.01. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Övdalian (Swe. älvdalska), an East Scandinavian vernacular that is often considered a separate language, has undergone preservation and revitalisation during the last 30–40 years. An interesting aspect of the revitalisation process is the choice of the morphological form of Övdalian used in books, fiction and translations, as the case morphology has changed substantially over the past century. The vast majority of authors have nevertheless opted for a very traditional variant that differs substantially from contemporary spoken Övdalian. This raises questions about whether the revitalisation of Övdalian, of which book production is an important aspect, is a bottom-up process or a top-down imposition of a partly idealised, archaic language (cf. Grenoble and Whaley 2006: 20).
Garbacz, Piotr & Opsahl, Toril (2024). Polish heritage speakers in Norway: Attitudes, use, and maintenance. In Romanowski, Piotr & Seretny, Anna (Ed.), Polish as a Heritage Language Around the World Selected Diaspora Communities. Routledge. ISSN 9781003401995. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr; Angantýsson, Ásgrimur & Tallai, Albert Simon (2022). Mainland Scandinavian Stylistic Fronting. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax. ISSN 1100-097X. p. 135–166. Full text in Research Archive
Torgersen, Henrik & Garbacz, Piotr (2020). Morphophonological variation in Norwegian negative marker enclisis. Oslo Studies in Language (OSLa). 11(2), p. 465–487. doi: 10.5617/osla.8513. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
The study looks at 4 variants of negative clitics in Norwegian, how frequently they are used and which types of verbs they combine with. Using corpora of spoken Norwegian, we look at how diffierent variants of the negative clitics vary in frequency of use and how each variant is constrained by the form of the verbs they cliticize to. In particular, we look at the preceding vowel interact with the negative clitic and how this interaction relates to the previous literature on Norwegian negative clitics.
Garbacz, Piotr & Torgersen, Henrik (2020). Morphology and Syntax in the Letters of Anna Vasa. An overview and Some Theoretical Implications. In Data-Bukowska, Ewa & Rey-Radlińska, Maria (Ed.), Filologiskt smörgåsbord 4 Nordisk genklang. Jagiellonian University Press. ISSN 9788323348351. p. 171–181. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2019). Morphology and syntax in the Scandinavian vernaculars of Ovansiljan. Linguistic Variation. ISSN 2211-6834. p. 1–33. doi: 10.1075/lv.12016.gar. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
The paper deals with the assumed correlation between morphological and syntactic phenomena, especially the one that has its roots in a parametric approach to syntax since (Chomsky 1981). Its main focus is on testing predictions presented in two works (Bobaljik and Thráinsson 1998 and Holmberg 2010a). These papers connect verbal morphology with a clustering of syntactic phenomena in the Scandinavian languages and maintain that morphological evidence – in the form of ‘rich’ verbal agreement – signifies a positive setting of a parameter that in turn makes certain syntactic patterns possible. In the present paper it is shown how this relation works when tested on a group of Ovansiljan vernaculars (East Scandinavian non-standard varieties). Five of these vernaculars have retained verbal agreement in number and person, whereas two others have not. It turns out that the hypotheses encounter difficulties when faced with the Ovansiljan data.
Garbacz, Piotr (2018). The Indo-European family tree and its split – a report from the workshop The Indo-European family tree. LingVaria. ISSN 1896-2122. 1(25), p. 9–20. doi: 10.12797/LV.13.2017.25.01. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2016). Inskrypcja na grocie rozwadowskiej włóczni (KJ35): ik eruls czy ik erlas? LingVaria. ISSN 1896-2122. 21(1), p. 13–20. doi: 10.12797/LV.11.2016.21.02. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
The paper discusses two possible interpretations of the (East Germanic?) runic inscription found in Rozwadów, Poland (KJ35), which reads ]krlus. Two alternatives are proposed: (1) [i]k (e)r(u)ls, and (2) [i]k (e)rlas, both with the meaning ‘I belong to the Heruli’. The first alternative assumes that the rune kaunan is a remainder of the first person personal pronoun ik ‘I’ known from Gothic, whereas the preceding rune isaz has been destroyed as the spearhead is broken just before kaunan. Then, the expected rune ehwaz is absent; we can either guess it was destroyed, or never written at all. The last assumption here is a metathesis of uruz and laguz from the intended *eruls to the attested (e)rlus, and the syncope in a-stems. The second alternative is similar but it argues that the last but one rune should be read ansuz, not uruz, and moreover, it assumes neither the metathesis of uruz and laguz, nor the syncope in a-stems. If the inscription ]krlus is to be read [i]k (e)r(u)ls, it would contain the only known Germanic attestation of a continuant of the Proto-Germanic *erulaz, later to yield the Old Norse form *jǫrull. If, on the other hand, it is to be interpreted as [i]k (e)rlas, it would be the only attestation of a continuant of the Proto-Germanic form *erlaz predating Old Norse jarl. Both hypotheses show that the inscription is of great importance for the studies on the (phonetic) development of the word known from Proto-Nordic as erilar.
Garbacz, Piotr (2015). –]krlus Jak rozumieć napis na grocie rozwadowskiej włóczni? In Garbacz, Anna (Eds.), Z przeszłości miasta Rozwadowa. Muzeum Regionalne w Stalowej Woli. ISSN 9788365145062. p. 73–79. doi: 10.12797/lv.11.2016.21.02. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2015). Optional V-to-I movement in Övdalian. In Bentzen, Kristine; Rosenkvist, Henrik & Johannessen, Janne Bondi (Ed.), Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New Research on a Lesser-Known Scandinavian Language. John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISSN 9789027257048. p. 87–106. doi: 10.1075/la.221.04gar. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Övdalian is spoken in central Sweden by about 2000 speakers. Traditionally categorized as a dialect of Swedish, it has not received much international attention. However, Övdalian is typologically closer to Faroese or Icelandic than it is to Swedish, and since it has been spoken in relative isolation for about 1000 years, a number of interesting linguistic archaisms have been preserved and innovations have developed. This volume provides seven papers about Övdalian morphology and syntax. The papers, all based on extensive fieldwork, cover topics such as verb movement, subject doubling, wh-words and case in Övdalian. Constituting the first comprehensive linguistic description of Övdalian in English, this volume is of interest for linguists in the fields of Scandinavian and Germanic linguistics, and also historical linguists will be thrilled by some of the presented data. The data and the analyses presented here furthermore challenge our view of the morphosyntax of the Scandinavian languages in some cases – as could be expected when a new language enters the linguistic arena.
Garbacz, Piotr & Johannessen, Janne Bondi (2015). Övdalian from 1909 to 2009. In Bentzen, Kristine; Rosenkvist, Henrik & Johannessen, Janne Bondi (Ed.), Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New Research on a Lesser-Known Scandinavian Language. John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISSN 9789027257048. p. 11–46. doi: 10.1075/la.221.02gar. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Övdalian is spoken in central Sweden by about 2000 speakers. Traditionally categorized as a dialect of Swedish, it has not received much international attention. However, Övdalian is typologically closer to Faroese or Icelandic than it is to Swedish, and since it has been spoken in relative isolation for about 1000 years, a number of interesting linguistic archaisms have been preserved and innovations have developed. This volume provides seven papers about Övdalian morphology and syntax. The papers, all based on extensive fieldwork, cover topics such as verb movement, subject doubling, wh-words and case in Övdalian. Constituting the first comprehensive linguistic description of Övdalian in English, this volume is of interest for linguists in the fields of Scandinavian and Germanic linguistics, and also historical linguists will be thrilled by some of the presented data. The data and the analyses presented here furthermore challenge our view of the morphosyntax of the Scandinavian languages in some cases – as could be expected when a new language enters the linguistic arena.
Garbacz, Piotr (2015). NALS – Nordic Atlas Of Language Structures: nowe izoglosy w dialektach skandynawskich? Prace Filologiczne. ISSN 0138-0567. LXVII, p. 79–94. Full text in Research Archive
Munch, Christine B. Østbø & Garbacz, Piotr (2014). Tags and Negative Polarity Items. Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal. 1, p. 415–423. doi: 10.5617/nals.5410. Full text in Research Archive
Munch, Christine B. Østbø & Garbacz, Piotr (2014). Additive Negation. Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal. 1, p. 467–475. doi: 10.5617/nals.5415. Full text in Research Archive
Munch, Christine B. Østbø & Garbacz, Piotr (2014). Doubling of Negation. Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal. 1, p. 458–467. doi: 10.5617/nals.5414. Full text in Research Archive
Johannessen, Janne Bondi & Garbacz, Piotr (2014). Proprial articles. Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal. 1, p. 10–17. doi: 10.5617/nals.5362. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Most of this chapter will deal with the preproprial article, which is far more common in the Nordic languages than its postproprial counterpart. However, we will also briefly touch upon the latter, since this is also encountered in Scandinavia.
Garbacz, Piotr (2014). Postadjectival indefinite article. Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal. 1, p. 42–54. doi: 10.5617/nals.5366. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2014). Quantifier movement. Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal. 1, p. 322–331. doi: 10.5617/nals.5401. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2014). Definite articles in indefinite contexts. Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal. 1, p. 87–93. doi: 10.5617/nals.5369. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2014). Negation – Subject Embedded Word Order. Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal. 1, p. 307–321. doi: 10.5617/nals.5400. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2014). Postpredicative copulas and the remnants of OV word order. Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal. 1, p. 154–164. doi: 10.5617/nals.5384. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2014). Dialekter i Norge og i Polen - forskjellig status? NOA - Norsk som andrespråk. ISSN 0801-3284. 30(2), p. 24–39. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2014). Morphological dative in Norwegian dialects. Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal. 1, p. 72–86. doi: 10.5617/nals.5368. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr & Julien, Marit (2014). Prepositions expressing source in Norwegian. Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal. 1, p. 191–206. doi: 10.5617/nals.5387. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr & Larsson, Ida (2014). Omission of auxiliary HAVE. Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal. 1, p. 396–405. doi: 10.5617/nals.5408. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
[...] Omission of finite HAVE has no semantic effects, and examples without auxiliary can be interpreted either as present or as past perfects depending on context. Possessive HAVE is never omitted, and no other auxiliaries are optional in the same way. Omission of non-finite and finite HAVE was investigated in the Swedish part of the ScanDiaSyn - survey. Results from the Nordic Syntax Database (Lindstad et al. 2009) and the Nordic Dialect Corpus (Johannessen et al. 2009) are presented below. The restrictions on omission are discussed in section 3 below.
Garbacz, Piotr & Johannessen, Janne Bondi (2014). Negation in imperative clauses. Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal. 1, p. 250–265. doi: 10.5617/nals.5392. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Imperative clauses in the Nordic languages typically display V1 word order. The referential subject is normally absent, with the exception of Icelandic , where it is normally overt ( Einarsson 1967:159 , Thráinsson 2007:6 ). According to Thráinsson (2007:6), the imperative verb is followed by a reduced from of the second person pronoun, except in very formal style, where the pronoun can be absent, or pronounced in its full form. Based on examples found in the reference grammars and some other sources, negative adverbs may appear either after the finite verb, as is typical in Swedish (Teleman et al. 1999), see (1), and Danish (Heltof & Hansen 2011), see (2), or it can either follow or precede the verb, as in Norwegian (Faarlund et al. 1997), see (3). [...]
Marit, Julien & Garbacz, Piotr (2013). Ursprungsbetecknande preposistioner efter verbet få i norska dialekter. Maal og Minne. ISSN 0024-855X. p. 41–63. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2013). Huvudsatsordföljd i bisatser: skandinaviska språk vs. skandinaviska dialekter. In Data-Bukowska, Ewa & Wasilewska-Chmura, Magdalena (Ed.), Filologiskt smörgåsbord 2. Vetenskapliga bidrag från skandinavistiken i Kraków. Jagiellonian University Press. ISSN 9788323335986. p. 67–81. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2012). Verbkongruens och bisatsordföljd i nordiska dialekter. In Røyneland, Unn & Enger, Hans-Olav (Ed.), Fra holtijaR til holting. Språkhistoriske og språksosiologiske artikler til Arne Torp på 70-årsdagen. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788270997046. p. 101–109. Full text in Research Archive
Johannessen, Janne Bondi & Garbacz, Piotr (2011). Fältarbete med Nordic Dialect Corpus. Acta Academiae Regiae Gustavi Adolphi. ISSN 0065-0897. 116, p. 169–176. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2011). Sambandet mellan morfologi och syntax i de nordiska dialekterna. Acta Academiae Regiae Gustavi Adolphi. ISSN 0065-0897. 116, p. 113–121. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr; Bentzen, Kristine; Heycock, Caroline & Hrafnbjargarson, Gunnar Hrafn (2009). On variation in Faroese verb placement. Nordlyd. ISSN 0332-7531. 36(2), p. 78–102. Full text in Research Archive

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Garbacz, Piotr & Svensson, Ola (2024). Anna Vasas brev till familjen Gyllenstierna 1591-1612. Kungliga Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur. ISBN 9789187403446. 223 p. Full text in Research Archive

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Bech, Kristin & Garbacz, Piotr (2024). Lær av finanseliten: Sats i dårlige tider! Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2024). The Ongoing Loss of Language Diversity: Insights from the Scandinavian Dialect Realm. Full text in Research Archive
Bech, Kristin & Garbacz, Piotr (2024). Vi HF bytte ut arbeidsregnskap med dugnad? Full text in Research Archive
Bech, Kristin & Garbacz, Piotr (2024). Demokratisering av administrativ ledelse i akademia. Full text in Research Archive
Solarek-Gliniewicz, Magdalena & Garbacz, Piotr (2024). How do Polish migrants perceive, encounter and cope with dialectal variation in Norwegian workplaces? Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2024). Anna Vasas språk. In Garbacz, Piotr & Svensson, Ola (Ed.), Anna Vasas brev till familjen Gyllenstierna 1591-1612. Kungliga Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur. ISSN 9789187403446. p. 57–72. Full text in Research Archive
Krawczuk, Wojciech; Dumanowski, Jarosław; Svensson, Ola & Garbacz, Piotr (2024). Utgivningsprinciper. In Garbacz, Piotr & Svensson, Ola (Ed.), Anna Vasas brev till familjen Gyllenstierna 1591-1612. Kungliga Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur. ISSN 9789187403446. p. 73–76. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr; Krawczuk, Wojciech; Dumanowski, Jarosław & Svensson, Ola (2024). Brevbestånd, vattenmärken, sigill och kortfattd bibliografi. In Garbacz, Piotr & Svensson, Ola (Ed.), Anna Vasas brev till familjen Gyllenstierna 1591-1612. Kungliga Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur. ISSN 9789187403446. p. 77–80. Full text in Research Archive
Bech, Kristin & Garbacz, Piotr (2024). Svar til dekanen angående arbeidspliktbestemmelsene. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr & Faanes, Håvard Rønne (2023). Po obu stronach barykady – wywiady z abp. Ignacym Tokarczukiem i I sekretarzem KC PZPR Stanisławem Kanią. [Journal]. „Dzikoviana” Rocznik Muzeum-Zamek Tarnowskich w Tarnobrzegu . Full text in Research Archive
Opsahl, Toril; Garbacz, Piotr; Golden, Anne; Olszewska, Aleksandra Ita; Szymanska, Oliwia & Solarek-Gliniewicz, Magdalena [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2023). L2 Communication in workplace settings. The case of Polish migrants in Norway (NorPol). Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2023). Revitalization of Övdalian and the Choice of the Literary Language. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr & Jacobsen, Martin (2023). «Uvanlig» vurderingsform på Syntaks og morfologi i nordiske språk. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2023). Hvordan snakke om synlige og usynlige språkendringer? Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2023). Norsk språk i forfall? Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2023). Dalska: wen ir eð fer noð? Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2023). Språkstrukturen i L3-norska talad av personer med polska som modersmål. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2023). Finns kilkonstruktionen (Stylistic Fronting) i de (fastlands)skandinaviska språken? Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2023). Features of LX-Norwegian spoken by native speakers of Polish. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2023). The topology of Övdalian adverbial clauses: are they embedded? Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2022). What enhances or inhibits communication between Poles and Norwegians in workplace interaction? Full text in Research Archive
Gammelgaard, Karen & Garbacz, Piotr (2022). Fra 5 til 13 slaviske språk på 31 år. Full text in Research Archive
Solarek-Gliniewicz, Magdalena & Garbacz, Piotr (2022). Nor-Pol project. With a focus on recruitment of Polish informants and the data collection. Full text in Research Archive
Opsahl, Toril & Garbacz, Piotr (2022). Hvor står vi og hvor går vi i NorPol-prosjektet (2020-2024)? Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2021). Why should I take a course in peer supervision for supervisors of master’s degree students? Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2021). Z Polski na Uniwersytet w Oslo. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2021). Universiteter og høyskoler bør gå over til kun vegansk mat. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2021). Derfor må vi jobbe «gratis» i akademia. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr; Golden, Anne; Opsahl, Toril; Solarek-Gliniewicz, Magdalena; Svennevig, Jan & Szymanska, Oliwia [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2021). Hva hemmer og fremmer kommunikasjon mellom nordmenn og polakker? Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2014). NALS - Nordic Atlas of Language Structures: finding new isoglosses in Scandinavia. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2014). Koblingen mellom morfologi og syntaks i de nordiske språkene. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2014). ”]krlus” Jak rozumieć napis na rozwadowskim grocie? (”]krlus” Hvordan bør en tolke innskriften på Rozwadow-spydet?). Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2014). Dalmålens egenheter väntar på att upptäckas. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2013). Inbäddad V2 i svenska, danska och norska – ny statistik och nya insikter. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr & Rosenkvist, Henrik (2013). Övdalian – a minority language without a minority. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr; Bentzen, Kristine; Johannessen, Janne Bondi; Larsson, Ida & Lundquist, Bjørn (2013). Nye isoglosser illustrert i det nye nettstedet NALS. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2013). Varför är språkforskarna intresserade i dalmål? Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2013). Snakker vi som vi tror vi gjør? En studie av rapportert og faktisk språkbruk i Norge. Full text in Research Archive
Bentzen, Kristine; Garbacz, Piotr; Larsson, Ida & Lundquist, Bjørn (2013). Dialektkorpusstudier: En topplista. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2012). Parametric explanations in Scandinavian syntax. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr & Johannessen, Janne Bondi (2012). Preproprial articles in Norwegian dialects. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2012). «Beskylder» muppetkokk for å være norsk. [Internet]. http://www.nrk.no/kultur-og-underholdning/1.8300323. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2011). Några syntaktiska drag i dagens Ovansiljanmål. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2011). The Split IP Parameter and the Swedish dialects of Ovansiljan. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2011). Är V0-to-I0-flyttning, kilkonstruktion och generell inbäddad topikalisering uttryck för generaliserad V2 i bisatser? Full text in Research Archive
Johannessen, Janne Bondi & Garbacz, Piotr (2011). Preproprial articles in Mainland Scandinavian. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2011). Dorota MELERSKA: Älvdalskan – mellan språkdöd och revitalisering (REVIEW). Folia Scandinavica Posnaniensia. ISSN 1230-4786. 13, p. 116–119. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2011). Dalmålet – mer språk än dialekt. Dala-Demokraten. ISSN 1103-9183. Full text in Research Archive
Johannessen, Janne Bondi & Garbacz, Piotr (2011). Preproprielle artikler i norsk, svensk og dansk. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2010). Języki skandynawskie a elwdalski. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2010). Härstammar fornsvensk bisatsordföljd, kilkonstruktion och inbäddad topikalisering från generaliserad V2 i bisatser? Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2010). Vad säger oss älvdalska om sambandet mellan morfologi och syntax? Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2010). Sambandet mellan morfologi och syntax i de nordiska dialekterna. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2010). Low verb second and agreement in Scandinavian dialects. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2010). Dialektala och diakrona argument mot inflektionsparametern i de nordiska språken. Full text in Research Archive
Bentzen, Kristine; Garbacz, Piotr & Heycock, Caroline (2010). The movement of verbs around Scandinavia. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2010). P1 Språket. [Radio]. http://sverigesradio.se/topsy/ljudfil/2321479.mp3. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2010). Dalska i Ovansiljan intresserar sprakforskare. [Journal]. Dala-Demokraten. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2010). Älvdalska och de germanska språken. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2010). PAULINA HORBOWICZ: How to be Norwegian in Talk? Polish-Norwegian interethnic conversation analysis (REVIEW). Folia Scandinavica Posnaniensia. ISSN 1230-4786. 12, p. 200–202. Full text in Research Archive
Johannessen, Janne Bondi & Garbacz, Piotr (2010). Feltarbeid med Nordic Dialect Corpus. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2009). Optional V°-to-I°-movement in Övdalian. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2008). Rik verbmorfologi och V0-till-I0 flyttning i älvdalska. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2022). Peer supervision course for supervisors of master’s degree students: the effects of macro level on the micro level in a higher education unit. Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki. Full text in Research Archive
Garbacz, Piotr (2017). Inskrypcja na grocie rozwadowskiej włóczni (KJ35): gocka czy wandalska? Muzeum Regionalne w Stalowej Woli. ISSN 9788365145222. Full text in Research Archive

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Supervised the following candidates for the PhD degree:

Magdalena Solarek-Gliniewicz: Strategier for å etablere felles forståelse i medisinske konsultasjoner på andrespråk. En studie av samtaler mellom polske leger og norske pasienter [Strategies for establishing mutual understanding in medical consultations in a second language: A study of conversations between Polish doctors and Norwegian patients] (main supervisor – Piotr Garbacz 80%, co-supervisor – Jan Svennevig 20%). Successfully defended on October 31, 2024.

Supervised the following candidates for the MA degree:

Submitted in the spring semester of 2024:

Martin Jacobsen: Kasussystem i endring: En undersøkelse av de moderne kasussystema i våmhusmålet, älvdalsmålet og orsamålet. [Case system in transition: An investigation of the modern case systems in Våmhusmål, Älvdalsmål, and Orsamål.] (sole supervisor) – 60 ECTS credits
Solveig Berntzen: Multiple Negation in the Vernaculars of Ovansiljan (sole supervisor) – 60 ECTS credits
Barbara Hoff: Reddsch Elsassisch? Referential null subjects in Alsatian, compared to other Germanic varieties. (sole supervisor) – 60 ECTS credits
Solveig Magnussen: Endringer i utbredelsen av dativformer i norske talemål. En diakron korpusstudie av informanter født mellom 1837-1997. [Changes in the distribution of dative forms in Norwegian spoken language varieties: A diachronic corpus study of informants born between 1837 and 1997.] (sole supervisor) – 30 ECTS credits
Stian Ramstad: Det vi hører når vi hører polsk aksent. En studie av hvordan førstespråkstalere oppfatter aksentpreget østnorsk blant personer med polsk som førstespråk. [What we hear when we hear a Polish accent: A study of how first-language speakers perceive Eastern Norwegian with a foreign accent among speakers with Polish as their first language.] (main supervisor – Piotr Garbacz 70%, co-supervisor – Anne Golden 30%) – 60 ECTS credits.

Levert høstsemestret 2013:

Katarzyna Mróz: ”Han sier at han kommer ikke i kveld.” En undersøkelse av innføyd V2 i norske dialekter [”Han sier at han kommer ikke i kveld.” An investigation of embedded V2 in Norwegian dialects.] (sole supervisor) – 60 ECTS credits

Levert vårsemestret 2013:

Michalina Strzyż: ”Jeg forstår (ikke) norsken din!”. En sosiolingvistisk studie i forståelse av norske dialekter blant polske studenter i Oslo. ["‘I (don’t) understand your Norwegian!’: A sociolinguistic study of the comprehension of Norwegian dialects among Polish students in Oslo. (main supervisor – Piotr Garbacz 70%, co-supervisor – Anne Golden 30%) – 60 ECTS credits

Levert vårsemestret 2012:

Julika Fiebig: At geva fiskimonnum skattalætta. At geva skattalætta til fiskimenn. En undersøkelse av ditransitive konstruksjoner i færøysk skriftspråk ["At geva fiskimonnum skattalætta. At geva skattalætta til fiskimenn: An investigation of ditransitive constructions in written Faroese.] (main supervisor – Piotr Garbacz 80%, co-supervisor – Arne Torp 20%) – 60 ECTS credits.

Supervisor for the following current MA candidates:

Celine Vendelbo Mikkelsen: Aspects of verb inflection in the Swedish Orsamål. Estimated submission: autumn semester 2025.
Klara Kolleck: Subordinate clause structures in Faroese. Estimated submission: autumn semester 2025.

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