Areas of research in the department include Linguistics and Language (Scandinavian and a range of other languages), Norse Religion, Literature (Scandinavian in particular), Literature Didactics, Textual Science and Philology, Lexicography, Onomastics, Language Technology and computing in the Humanities.
The departmental research has both a national and an international scope.
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Many people misunderstand their rights during police interrogations
“Suspects are entitled to understand the charges. However, many people misunderstand things when their rights are not presented in their mother tongue,” says language researcher.
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