Kristin Bech

Professor - Britisk-amerikansk
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Visiting address Niels Treschows hus 6th floor Niels Henrik Abels vei 36
Postal address Postboks 1003 Blindern 0315 Oslo

Teaching

Old English, Middle English, History of English, grammar, phonetics, lexicology, English for Academic Purposes.

Academic interests

Language history, medieval history, Old and Middle English syntax, word order change in Germanic and Romance, noun phrases in old Germanic languages (Old English, Old Norse, Old High German, Old Saxon, Gothic), corpus linguistics, corpus annotation, information structure.

Public engagement

Author of the book Fra englisc til English: et sprÃ¥k blir til, which is a popular account of the history of English aimed at a general audience. Organized the Festival of Words in 2020 and 2022.

Award

The Student Parliament Teaching Award 2023, especially for the Festival of Words and the musical language history lectures. 

Professional service

Former chair of the Norwegian Academic Council for English Studies.
Former Vice-President for Teaching for the International Society of the Linguistics of English.

 

Tags: English, English language, Linguistics, Historical linguistics, History of English, Older English, Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Corpus linguistics, Syntax, Word order, Information structure, Noun phrases, Germanic languages, Public engagement
Published Sep. 23, 2010 12:01 PM - Last modified Oct. 23, 2023 7:21 PM

Projects

No ongoing projects