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Sigríður Sigurjónsdóttir - Professor
–
Hugvísindasvið
Sigríður Sigurjónsdóttir
Íslenska
Professor
Professor in Icelandic Linguistics
Location
Edda
Phone
867 2406
Email
siggasig [at] hi.is
Unit
Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies
Published Work
Sigríður Sigurjónsdóttir - published work
Curriculum Vitae
Sigríður Sigurjónsdóttir - Curriculum Vitae
Consultation hours
Wednesdays from 13:15 to 14:00 or by agreement.
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3102-9258
Research portal – Sigríður Sigurjónsdóttir
Courses 2024 - 2025
ÍSL110G - Introduction to Linguistics
AMV701F - Research methods in linguistics
Collaboration
New Transitive Impersonal Construction in Icelandic
,
Joan Maling, Professor
,
Brandeis University
Education
1992
,
Ph.D.
,
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
,
Ph.D. studies in Applied Linguistics.
1987
,
Cand. mag.
,
University of Iceland.
,
M.A. in Icelandic Linguistics.
1984
,
B.A.
,
University of Iceland.
,
B.A. in General Linguistics and Icelandic.
1979
,
Stúdentspróf
,
Hamrahlíð high school/college
,
Final exam
Professional Experience
2010 -
,
Professor of Icelandic Linguistics.,
University of Iceland.
1996 -
2010,
Associate Professor of Icelandic Linguistics.,
University of Iceland.
1994 -
1996,
Assistant Professor of Icelandic Linguistics.,
University of Iceland.
1992 -
1993,
Postdoctoral Fellow.,
Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
1987 -
1992,
Research assistant and teaching assistant.,
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Published works
2023
Digital language contact with English: Comparison of children's language input and use in Iceland and the Faroes
Málsambýli íslensku og ensku
Málfregnir
2022
Digital language contact between Icelandic and English
Málsambýli íslensku og ensku nú og þá
Hljóðferli barna með frávik í framburði
Íslenskt mál og almenn málfræði
2021
Viðhorf íslenskra barna til íslensku og ensku: Hvað segja þau um íslensku- og enskukennslu í grunnskólum?
Netla
Íslenskur hreimur í málsambýli. Áhrif ílags, aldurs og viðhorfa á enskuframburð Íslendinga
Ritið
Stafrænt málsambýli íslensku og ensku: Áhrif ensks ílags og málnotkunar á málfærni íslenskra barna
Ritið
The Development of Object Shift in Icelandic Child Language
Language acquisition in the digital age
Second Language Research
2020
Contact without Contact: English Digital Language Input and Its Effects on L1 Icelandic
Stafrænt málsambýli íslensku og ensku. Athugun á málumhverfi og málnotkun 13-98 ára Íslendinga.
Íslenskt mál og almenn málfræði
Þróun /r/ í máltöku Fíu
Íslenskt mál og almenn málfræði
The Meaning of Case: Productivity, Morphosyntactic Bootstrapping and Icelandic Datives
The Meaning of Case: Morphosyntactic Bootstrapping and Icelandic Datives
Stafrænt sambýli íslensku og ensku
Netla
2019
From Passive to Active: Diachronic Change in Impersonal Constructions
Um nýyrði sem tengjast tölvum og tækni
Orð og tunga
Predicting Gender Assignment in Icelandic. A Longitudinal Corpus Case Study
Changing Variation. Diffuse Directionality in Icelandic Subject Case Substitution
Ljáðu mér eyra. Framtíð íslenskunnar og málumhverfi ungra barna
Skírnir
2018
Digital resources and language use: Expanding the EGIDS scale for language development into the digital domains
Icelandic Youth Language: Collection of Conversational Data
Icelandic Youth Language
Að tileinka sér móðurmál í tæknivæddum heimi
Skíma
Digital resources and language use: Expanding the EGIDS scale for language development into the digital domains
Icelandic Youth Language: Collection of Conversational Data
Icelandic Youth Language
Íslenska á tölvuöld
Icelandic Youth Language
Digital resources and language use: Expanding the EGIDS scale for language development into the digital domains
Icelandic Youth Language: Collection of Conversational Data
2017
Tungumál tveggja eylanda
Milli mála
Digital resources and language use: Expanding the EGIDS scale for language development into the digital domains
Digital collaboration and resources: Expanding the EGIDS scale for language development into the digital domains
Digital collaboration and resources: Expanding the EGIDS scale for language development into the digital domains
Digital collaboration and resources: Expanding the EGIDS scale for language development into the digital domains
Nýja þolmyndin nú og þá. Samanburður tveggja kannana
2016
Passives and the "New Impersonal Construction" in Icelandic Language Acquisition
2015
From Passive to Active. Stages in the Icelandic New Impersonal
Acquisition of the New Impersonal Construction in Icelandic
Afturbeyging í máli færeyskra barna með nokkrum samanburði við íslensku
Um þolmynd, germynd og það
2013
Markmið
Nothing Personal? A System-Internal Syntactic Change in Icelandic
Máltaka barna og meðfæddur málhæfileiki
The Acquisition of Reflexives and Pronouns by Faroese Children
Markmið
Hvert stefnir í íslenskri setningagerð? Um samtímalegar kannanir og málbreytingar
Íslenskt mál og almenn málfræði
Hvert stefnir í íslenskri setningagerð? Um samtímalegar kannanir og málbreytingar
Íslenskt mál og almenn málfræði
Hvert stefnir í íslenskri setningagerð? Um samtímalegar kannanir og málbreytingar
Íslenskt mál og almenn málfræði
Markmið
2012
Syntactic Change in Progress. The Icelandic "New Construction" as an Active Impersonal
2009
Hvernig viltu dúkku? Tilbrigði í máltöku barna
Ritið
2008
Íslenska til alls: Tillögur Íslenskrar málnefndar að íslenskri málstefnu
2007
Regional Variation in Icelandic Syntax?
2005
Setningar
Máltaka og setningafræði
The Different Properties of Root Infinitives and Finite Verbs in the Acquisition of Icelandic
2003
En syntaktisk endring i islandsk ungdomsspråk
Språk i Norden
2002
The "New Impersonal" Construction in Icelandic
Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics
Það var hrint mér á leiðinni í skólann“. Þolmynd eða ekki þolmynd?
Íslenskt mál og almenn málfræði
1999
Root Infinitives and Null Subjects in Early Icelandic
1997
Long Distance 'Binding' in Icelandic. Syntax or Discourse?
Máltaka og málfræði
The "New Passive" in Icelandic
1996
The Acquisition of Anaphoric Relations in Dutch
Connecting Children's Language and Linguistic Theory (Amsterdam Series in Child Language Development)
1993
Reflexivization and Logophoricity: Evidence from the Acquisition of Icelandic
Language Acquisition
1992
The Subset Principle and the Acquisition of the "Long Distance" Reflexive sig in Icelandic
Proceedings of the 1991 Eastern States Conference on Linguistics
1990
The Development of 'Long Distance Anaphora'. A Cross-linguistic Comparison with Special Reference to Icelandic
Language Acquisition
Nokkur orð um aðblástur, fráblástur og afröddun í íslensku
Íslenskt mál og almenn málfræði
1988
The Acquisition of Reflexives and Pronouns by Icelandic Children
Keywords for Specialisation:
First language acquisition
Language variation and change
The New Transitive Impersonal Construction in Icelandic
The linguistic consequences of digital language contact
English influence on Icelandic
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