Artificial intelligence in language analysis and language didactics

This group is researching how artificial intelligence can be applied in analysis of language and language didactics.

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Contact

Annely Tomson University of Oslo Contact person
Piotr Garbacz University of Oslo Leader of the group

About the group

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how language research, teaching and learning is understood and carried out.

Easy access to language models has enabled linguists to utilize AI in both research and teaching, and it has also led to a need to investigate the possibilities and limitations of AI use in language research and education.

The group will study AI as an analytical tool within the members' fields of expertise and at a more overarching linguistic level.

Core group

Members

Marja Etelämäki University of Oslo
Piotr Garbacz University of Oslo
Carla el Khoury University of Oslo
Annely Tomson University of Oslo
Maximino Jesus Ruiz Rufino University of Oslo
Eirik Welo University of Oslo
Jovana Knutsen University of Oslo
Hans Petter Helland University of Oslo
Rachel Celeste Davis University of Oslo
Kristin Bech University of Oslo
Petter Mæhlum University of Oslo
Barbara Emmy Hoff University of Oslo
Elizaveta Khachaturyan University of Oslo
Kristin Lorentsen University of Oslo

Reading group

The research group has monthly reading groups. Are you a student or a researcher and wish to join? Contact Annely Tomson.

Autumn 2026

11 December, 10:15–12:00 in HW421
27 November, 10:15–12:00 in HW421
13 November, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: Eklund (2026) "AI and Alien Languages", Rattan (2026) "Egocentric Content and the Possibility of Alien Artificial Intelligence"
30 October, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: Simion & Williard-Kyle (2026) "Trusting AI. Explainability versus Trustworthiness"
16 October, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: Presentation: Kristin Lorentsen
18 September, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: O'Donnell & Crownhart (2025) "We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard."
4 September, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: Planning

Spring 2026

5 June, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: Presentation: Espen Johnsen Boe presents HF: Studio's AI course FIL1010.
22 May, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: POSTPONED! Presentation: Jovana Knutsen – Real-life use-cases for Retrieval Augmented Generation for classroom and teaching support
8 May, 10:15–12:00 in HF: Studio: Talk: Karolina Rudnicka
24 April, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: Talk: Valeria Vitelli
10 April, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: Talk: Jan Kjetil Arnulf
20 March, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: (i) Corbin et al. (2025) "Where's the line? It's an absurd line: towards a framework for acceptable uses in AI in assessment"; (ii) Vendrell & Johnston (2026) "Scaffolding Critical Thinking with Generative AI: Design Principles for Integrating Large Language Models in Higher Education"; (iii) Georgiou (2026) "Envisioning the Futures of Language Education in the Era of Artificial Intelligence"
20 February, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: Yakura et al. (2025) "Empirical evidence of Large Language Model’s influence on human spoken communication"
6 February, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: Presentation: Tore Bredeli Jørgensen presents GPT-språklab

Autumn 2025

5 December, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: Talk: Petter Mæhlum - part 2
7 November, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: Guest et al. (2025) "Against the uncritical adoption of ‘AI’ technologies in academia"
24 October, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: Case study
26 September, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: Talk: Petter Mæhlum - part 1
12 September, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: Kosmyna et al. (2025) "Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task"; Flenady & Sparrow (2024) "Cut the bullshit: why GenAI systems are neither collaborators nor tutors"

Spring 2025

18 June 2025, 10:00–11:00 in HW421: The core group make plans for the autumn term.
9 May, 10:15–11:00 in HW421 Talk: Jovana Knutsen – Fluency Without Facts? Probing Cultural World-Knowledge in Norwegian & Multilingual LLMs
25 April, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: (i) Singh, Taneja, Guan, Ghosh (2025) "Protecting Human Cognition in the Age of AI"; (ii) Strümke (2025) "Må vi stjele for å redde sivilisasjonen?" (in Aftenposten 4/20/25)
11 April, 10:15–11:00 in HW421 Talk: Custom GPTs in Full Text Screening by Rachel Davis
28 March, 10:15–12:00 in HW421: (i) Cumbal, Moell, Lopes, Engwall (2021) “You don’t understand me!”: Comparing ASR results for L1 and L2 speakers of Swedish; (ii) Malmsten, Haffenden, Börjeson (2022) Hearing voices at the national library: a speech corpus and acoustic model for the Swedish language
28 February, 09:30–11:00 in HW421: Pecha, A Language Practice Peer: Guiding Language Learning Interactions Through Large Language Models

Autumn 2024

6 December, 10:00–12:00 in HW421: planning
8 November, 10:00–12:00 in HW421: Lett å bruke - vanskelig å forstå. Studenters samtaler og bruk av generativ KI: Chat GPT; FL Instructor Beliefs About Machine Translation: Ecological Insights to Guide Research and Practice
6 September, 10:00–12:00 in HW421: A very gentle introduction to large language models without the hype (mark-riedl.medium.com); Når kunstig intelligens bliver en del af vejledningsrummet

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