Urd Vindenes
List of John Benjamins publications for which Urd Vindenes plays a role.
Articles
2024 Lexical change is the only constant: Language change in Norwegian lower secondary school textbooks Pedagogical Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article
In this study, we look at how language change is presented in two commonly used textbooks for Norwegian lower secondary school. Through thematic content analysis, we look at how linguistic change is presented as opposed to purely synchronic descriptions, as well as how linguistic changes are… read more
2023 Chapter 9. Minimizers as negative reinforcers in Norwegian Constructional Approaches to Nordic Languages, Coussé, Evie, Steffen Höder, Benjamin Lyngfelt and Julia Prentice (eds.), pp. 247–275 | Chapter
This chapter presents a corpus-based investigation of Norwegian negative-with-minimizer constructions (e.g. ikke forstå en tøddel ‘not understand an umlaut’). The results from collexeme analyses suggest that even though many minimizers are strongly associated with a small set of verbs,… read more
2018 Cyclic renewal of demonstratives Studies in Language 42:3, pp. 641–668 | Article
Demonstratives, broadly defined as a subclass of deictic expressions used for exophoric reference, do not develop through direct grammaticalization (Diessel 1999: 150). The renewal of demonstratives, and the mechanisms and motivations underlying such processes, have not received as much… read more