Applied linguistics is the branch of linguistic concerned with practical applications of linguistics, for example language teaching, language learning and speech therapy (cf. Oxford Languages).
Language and Society
Language and society is a research group at INN that gathers researchers in applied linguistics.
- Affiliation:
- Faculty of Education
- Academic discipline:
- Language and literature
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What we research
The group members conduct research on different topics within (applied) linguistics, and our research include structural, social as well as multilingual approaches to language. Our aim is to strengthen the scientific basis of language teaching at all levels of the education system.
More about the research group
Examples of our topics of research
- Childen’s language acquisition
- Second language didactics
- Multilingualism
- Adult basic literacy
- Linguistic awareness
- Language testing
- Linguistic variation
- Didactics in written language varieties
- Language and forced migration
Current research projects
Publications
This is a selection of our recent publications:
Bjørke, E. & Takle, E. (2024). Lesing på nynorsk som sidemål. I M. L. Tverbakk & T. Sommervold (Red.), Tekster og lesere: et nærmere blikk på ungdomstrinnet (s. 217–236). Fagbokforlaget.
Haugan, J. S. (2024). Pupils’ beliefs about Norwegian Nynorsk: ‘I don’t believe we need to learn a second Norwegian language’. ERL Journal, 1(11), 71–90.
Haugan, J. S. (2023). Emotions in Norwegian language debate. Educational Role of Language Journal.The affective side of language learning and use, 1(9), 33–56.
Jensen, B. U., Norvik, M. I. & Simonsen, H. G. (2023). Statistics and psychometrics for the CAT-N: Documenting the Comprehensive Aphasia Test for Norwegian. Aphasiology, 1–28.
Jensen, B. U. (2020). Hypotesetesting versus utforskende statistikk i språkforskning. NOA: norsk som andrespråk, 36(1), 39–71.
Jensen, B. U. (2021). Et språktypologisk blikk på noen syntaktiske trekk i norsk innlærerspråk. I M. Monsen & V. Pájaro (Red.), Andrespråkslæring hos voksne: Vitenskapelige innsikter og didaktiske refleksjoner (s. 90–112). Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Landmark, A. M. D., Hansen, P. B., Simonsen, H. G., Knapskog, A.-B., & Svennevig, J. (2024). Word searching in multilingual dementia: An interdisciplinary approach. International Journal of Bilingualism. doi:10.1177/13670069241256479
Norvik, M. I., Ribu, I. S., Hansen, P. B., & Simonsen, H. G. (2024). Beyond Naming: Narrative Production in L1 and L2 in Multilingual Individuals with and without Dementia.
In M. Goral & A. Lehrman (Red.), Advances in the Neurolinguistic Study of Multilingual and Monolingual Adults (s. 95-112). Routledge.
Monsen, M (2023). Investering I lesing og skriving: Livserfaringers betydning for to flyktninger lese- og skriveopplæring i Norge. I E. Bugge & C. H. Carlsen (Red.), Norsk som andrespråk: Voksne innvandrere som utvikler skriftkyndighet på et andrespråk (s. 97–115). Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Monsen, M. & Steien, G. B. (2022) (Red.). Language Learning and Forced Migration. Multilingual Matters.
Monsen, M. (2021). Om å investere i R-U-M-P-E : En etnografisk studie av lese- og skriveopplæringen for voksne nyankomne. I M. Monsen & V. Pajaro, Andrespråkslæring hos voksne: Vitenskapelige innsikter og didaktiske refleksjoner (s. 130–145). Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Moraczewska, A. & Randen, G.T. (2024): “To make the student exist” – Bilingual subject teachers’ narratives about multilingualism in language support classes in Norway, Bilingual Research Journal.
Muszyńska, K. et al. (2025). Bilingual children reach early language milestones at the same age as monolingual peers. Journal of Child Language. Published online 2025:1-24. doi:10.1017/S0305000924000655.
Randen, G. T. (2022). ‘The sound of asking a question’: Metalanguage and crosslinguistic awareness in adults learning Norwegian as an additional language. I M. Monsen & G. B. Steien (Red.), Language Learning and Forced Migration (s. 139–156). Multilingual Matters.
Randen, G. T. (2022). Anything still goes! – jakta på eit paradigme etter den fleirspråklege vendinga. I S. Ragnhildstveit, A. Golden, & A.-K. H. Gujord (Red.), Nye innsikter i norsk som andrespråk. Inspirert av Kari Tenfjords forskning. (s. 263–282). Alvheim & Eide Akademisk Forlag.
Steien, G. B. & Monsen, M. (2023).Språklæring og tvungen migrasjon: en etnografisk tilnærming. Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO), 17(1), 1–19.
Steien, G. B. (2025). Linguistic Repertoires and Forced Migration. I A. Del Perico (Red.), Handbook of Language and Mobility (s. 265–289) De Gruyter Mouton.
Contact the research group
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- marte.monsen@inn.no
- Phone
- +47 62 51 72 33
Members
- Marte Monsen (Leader)
- guribs (Leader)
- Bård Uri Jensen
- Gunhild Tveit Randen
- Jens Skarkerud Haugan
- Pernille Bonnevie Hansen
- Eline Bjørke
- Oda Røste Odden
- Marianne Eek (Associate member)
- Agnieszka Moraczewska (Associate member)
- Marte Nordanger (Associate member)
- hildeth (Associate member)
- Kristin Vold Lexander (Associate member)
- Ida Syvertsen (External member)
- Paulina Horbowicz (External member)