Aktuelt innen forskning

Johanna Rendle-Short, førsteamanuensis ved Australian National University, kommer til oss for å gi en gjesteforelesning om pragmatiske vansker hos barn diagnostisert med Asperger syndrom eller høyt-fungerende autisme.

Johanna Rendle-Short, associate professor at the Australian National University, will give a guest lecture on pragmatic impairment in children diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome or High Functioning Autism.

Višnja Čičin-Šain, doctoral fellow from the Department of Literature at University of Oslo, ILOS, will give a talk on metaphorical dimensions of language purism in Croatian, post-Yugoslav context.

Master Ylva Frøjd ved Institutt for lingvistiske og nordiske studier vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden Philosophiae Doctor (ph.d.): "Hvem bryr seg?" Global solidaritet og skyld i Operasjon Dagsverks materiell.

This course critically compares and contrasts methodological approaches for both language documentation and linguistic analysis. We will investigate the advantages and disadvantages of tools used in both experimental and language documentation approaches such as elicitation, rating tasks, interviews, focus groups, participatory observation, storyboards, and recordings of naturalistic conversation. We will also investigate how these tools can be effectively disseminated, such as through building a corpus and archiving. One of the main takeaway points is for students to develop one of these methods for their own research and for potential cross-linguistic dissemination.

The XIVth International Ibsen Conference will be held at the Ibsenhuset Concert Hall in Skien, Norway, on 5-8 September 2018. The conference is organized by the Centre for Ibsen Studies in co-operation with Skien Municipality.

All who want to join the application process for funding of interdisciplinary research groups – convergence environments – have to join at least one workshop in September. The registration deadline is 22 August.

The MultiLing Summer School 2018 will take place from 10–14 September 2018. This year, we will explore experimental approaches to multilingualism. Instructors will be Janet van Hell (Pennsylvania State University) and Barbara Mertins (Dortmund Technical University).

Guest lecture by Professor Emeritus Kees de Bot.

All who want to join the application process for funding of interdisciplinary research groups – convergence environments – have to join at least one workshop in September. The registration deadline is 22 August.

The renowned researcher Ana Deumert, who has made significant contributions to the field of sociolinguistics, especially through her emphasis on a Southern perspective to multilingualism, will give this year's Einar Haugen Lecture.

This seminar aims to strengthen connections among Norwegian and Latin American scholars of multilingual and intercultural education, and is supported by the Norwegian Latin America Research Network.

This workshop brings together scholars from different fields and contexts in order to explore multilingual writing from a comparative perspective. We will explore what methodologies and concepts can be useful across diverse socio-linguistic and cultural settings in order to enhance our understanding of multilingual writing practices. This workshop is an internal MultiLing event. Please contact the organizers if you are interested in participating.

Den åttende nasjonale forskningskonferansen om norsk som andrespråk arrangeres av Universitetet i Oslo 11. og 12. oktober.