Marta Velnic
About
I am a postdoc researcher at the department of language and literature and I am a member of the AcqVA research group. I have completed my PhD in Linguistics from UiT the Arctic University of Norway in 2018 under the supervision of Professor Merete Anderssen and Professor Marit Westergaard. Before that, I completed my MA in Linguistics (2012) and my BA in Anthropology (2008) at the University of Bologna.
My current postdoc project is on Cross-Linguistic Influence in Norwegian-Italian bilinguals. the main focus of this project are possessive structures as both languages have the pre-and post-nominal structure but are used in different contexts in the two languages. Thus, these structures provide fertile ground for observing the direction and contexts in which CLI takes place.
Research Interests:
- Language acquisition
- Cross-Linguistic Influence
- Bilingualism
- Pragmatics
- Possessives
- Ditransitive structures
- Givenness
- Animacy
- Referring expression
- Adjectives
Publications
2026
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Velnić, Marta;
Slabakova, Roumyana;
Dahl, Anne.
(2026)
Acquiring expressions of generic meanings in L3 Norwegian.
Academic chapter
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Castle, Chloe Michelle;
Velnić, Marta;
Jensberg, Helene.
(2026)
CLI, proficiency and L1-like choices: L3 Norwegian learners in later stages of acquisition.
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
Academic article
2025
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Wrembel, Magdalena;
Castle, Chloe Michelle;
Gruszecka, Justyna;
Slabakova, Roumyana;
Velnić, Marta;
Westergaard, Marit.
(2025)
The role of accentedness in acceptability judgements in L3 Norwegian: an across-domain investigation.
International Journal of Multilingualism
Academic article
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Velnić, Marta;
Slabakova, Roumyana;
Dahl, Anne;
Listhaug, Kjersti Faldet.
(2025)
Singular NPs and the expression of genericity in Norwegian.
Nordic Journal of Linguistics
Academic article
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Velnic, Marta;
Slabakova, Roumyana;
Dahl, Anne.
(2025)
Acquisition of genericity in L2 English: the effect of multilingualism.
International Journal of Multilingualism
Academic article
2024
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Velnić, Marta;
Dahl, Anne;
Listhaug, Kjersti Faldet.
(2024)
Current Perspectives on Generative SLA - Processing, Influence, and Interfaces
Selected proceedings of the 16th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference.
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Anthology
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Velnić, Marta.
(2024)
The acquisition of grammatical alternates: a comparison of Italian and Norwegian possessives.
Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics
Academic article
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Dahl, Anne;
Velnić, Marta;
Listhaug, Kjersti Faldet.
(2024)
Introduction.
Academic chapter
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Castle, Chloe Michelle;
Jensberg, Helene Ruud;
Velnić, Marta;
Malarski, Kamil;
Jensen, Isabel Nadine;
Wrembel, Magdalena.
(2024)
Can lexical and morphosyntactic dialect features be acquired by L3 speakers? The case of Poles in Tromsø.
International Journal of Bilingualism
Academic article
2020
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Velnić, Marta.
(2020)
Acquisition of a Transparent Gender System: A Comparison of Italian and Croatian.
Frontiers in Psychology
Academic article
2019
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Velnic, Marta.
(2019)
The Effects of Animacy and Givenness on Object Order in Croatian Child Language.
Journal of Slavic Linguistics
Academic article
2018
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Velnic, Marta.
(2018)
The effects of discourse topic on global and local markers in Croatian ditransitives.
Glossa: a journal of general linguistics
Academic article
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Velnic, Marta.
(2018)
The Influence of Animacy, Givenness, and Focus on Object Order in Croatian Ditransitives.
Studia Linguistica
Academic article
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Velnić, Marta;
Anderssen, Merete;
Westergaard, Marit.
(2018)
Ditransitive structures in Croatian adult and child language: the role of animacy and givenness.
UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Doctoral thesis
2015
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Velnic, Marta.
(2015)
Of good thieves and old friends: An analysis of Croatian adjectival forms.
Poljarnyj vestnik: Norwegian Journal of Slavic Studies
Academic article
Journal publications
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Castle, Chloe Michelle;
Velnić, Marta;
Jensberg, Helene.
(2026)
CLI, proficiency and L1-like choices: L3 Norwegian learners in later stages of acquisition.
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
Academic article
-
Velnić, Marta.
(2024)
The acquisition of grammatical alternates: a comparison of Italian and Norwegian possessives.
Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics
Academic article
-
Wrembel, Magdalena;
Castle, Chloe Michelle;
Gruszecka, Justyna;
Slabakova, Roumyana;
Velnić, Marta;
Westergaard, Marit.
(2025)
The role of accentedness in acceptability judgements in L3 Norwegian: an across-domain investigation.
International Journal of Multilingualism
Academic article
-
Velnić, Marta;
Slabakova, Roumyana;
Dahl, Anne;
Listhaug, Kjersti Faldet.
(2025)
Singular NPs and the expression of genericity in Norwegian.
Nordic Journal of Linguistics
Academic article
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Velnic, Marta.
(2018)
The effects of discourse topic on global and local markers in Croatian ditransitives.
Glossa: a journal of general linguistics
Academic article
-
Castle, Chloe Michelle;
Jensberg, Helene Ruud;
Velnić, Marta;
Malarski, Kamil;
Jensen, Isabel Nadine;
Wrembel, Magdalena.
(2024)
Can lexical and morphosyntactic dialect features be acquired by L3 speakers? The case of Poles in Tromsø.
International Journal of Bilingualism
Academic article
-
Velnic, Marta.
(2019)
The Effects of Animacy and Givenness on Object Order in Croatian Child Language.
Journal of Slavic Linguistics
Academic article
-
Velnic, Marta;
Slabakova, Roumyana;
Dahl, Anne.
(2025)
Acquisition of genericity in L2 English: the effect of multilingualism.
International Journal of Multilingualism
Academic article
-
Velnic, Marta.
(2018)
The Influence of Animacy, Givenness, and Focus on Object Order in Croatian Ditransitives.
Studia Linguistica
Academic article
-
Velnić, Marta.
(2020)
Acquisition of a Transparent Gender System: A Comparison of Italian and Croatian.
Frontiers in Psychology
Academic article
-
Velnic, Marta.
(2015)
Of good thieves and old friends: An analysis of Croatian adjectival forms.
Poljarnyj vestnik: Norwegian Journal of Slavic Studies
Academic article
Books
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Velnić, Marta;
Dahl, Anne;
Listhaug, Kjersti Faldet.
(2024)
Current Perspectives on Generative SLA - Processing, Influence, and Interfaces
Selected proceedings of the 16th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference.
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Anthology
Part of book/report
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Velnić, Marta;
Slabakova, Roumyana;
Dahl, Anne.
(2026)
Acquiring expressions of generic meanings in L3 Norwegian.
Academic chapter
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Dahl, Anne;
Velnić, Marta;
Listhaug, Kjersti Faldet.
(2024)
Introduction.
Academic chapter
Student thesis or dissertation
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Velnić, Marta;
Anderssen, Merete;
Westergaard, Marit.
(2018)
Ditransitive structures in Croatian adult and child language: the role of animacy and givenness.
UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Doctoral thesis
Outreach
2025
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Conference posterCastle, Chloe Michelle; Jensberg, Helene; Velnić, Marta; Malarski, Kamil; Jensen, Isabel Nadine; Wrembel, Magdalena. (2025) The sociolinguistics of dialect acquisition: Learning and using L3 Norwegian. EuroSLA 34
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Conference posterVelnić, Marta; Dahl, Anne. (2025) Effects of L2 Norwegian on the L1 of English native speakers in Norway. EuroSLA
2024
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Conference lectureVelnić, Marta; Slabakova, Roumyana. (2024) Expressing genericity in L3 Norwegian. Generative Approaches to second Language Acquisition- GASLA 17
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Conference lectureAnderssen, Merete Brendeford; Velnić, Marta. (2024) Hva kan reaksjonstid fortelle oss om objektsveksling i norsk?. MONS: Møte om Norsk Språk
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Conference lectureCastle, Chloe Michelle; Jensberg, Helene Ruud; Velnić, Marta; Jensen, Isabel Nadine; Wrembel, Magdalena. (2024) Can lexical and morphosyntactic dialect features be acquired by L3 speakers: The case of Poles in Tromsø. SALC 9: The 9th Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition.
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Conference lectureVelnić, Marta; Slabakova, Roumyana; Dahl, Anne. (2024) Plural generic statements in L3 Norwegian. L3 Workshop on Multilingual Processing and Use
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Conference lectureVelnić, Marta. (2024) Cross-linguistic influence in acceptability: possessive structures in Norwegian-Italian bilingual children. NordLang: Coherence and Fragmentation: The Languages of the Nordic Countries and their Interrelations today, Florence (Italy)
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Conference lectureVelnić, Marta; Slabakova, Roumyana; Dahl, Anne. (2024) Acquisition of genericity in L2 English- The effect of multilingualism. GASLA
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Conference lectureVelnić, Marta; Slabakova, Roumyana. (2024) Acquisition of gradient semantics in L3Norwegian -singular generic statements. L3 Workshop on Multilingual Processing and Use
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Conference lectureVelnić, Marta; Slabakova, Roumyana; Dahl, Anne; Listhaug, Kjersti Faldet. (2024) Form og betydning i generiske entallsformer i norsk. Møter om norsk språk (MONS)
2023
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Conference lectureVelnić, Marta; Slabakova, Roumyana; Dahl, Anne. (2023) Singular generic noun phrases in L3 Norwegian. CLARC- Language and Language Data Conference
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LectureVelnić, Marta; Rodina, Yulia; Westergaard, Marit Kristine Richardsen. (2023) Er det lettere for norske elever å lære engelsk (eller andre språk) hvis de også kan polsk?. Morsmålsdagen 2023: Møter mellom polsk og norsk: Språkforskere forteller
2022
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Conference lectureVelnić, Marta; Slabakova, Roumyana; Dahl, Anne. (2022) Genericity in second third language acquisition. Poznan Linguistic Meeting
2018
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Conference lectureVelnić, Marta. (2018) Effects of discourse topic on global and local markings in Croatian ditransitives. CLARC 2018
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Conference posterVelnić, Marta. (2018) Effects of discourse topic on global and local markings in Croatian ditransitives. CLS Reading
2017
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Conference lectureVelnić, Marta. (2017) The effect of givenness on word order in ditransitive structures in Croatian child language. FASL 26
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Conference posterVelnić, Marta. (2017) The influence of animacy, givenness, and focus on object order in Croatian ditransitives. ISTAL 23
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Conference posterVelnić, Marta. (2017) The Effect of Givenness on Object Order in Croatian Monolingual Children. IASCL 2017
2016
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Conference lectureVelnić, Marta. (2016) An analysis of the influence of animacy, givenness, and focus in Croatian ditransitives. NoSLiP 2016
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Conference posterVelnić, Marta. (2016) Acquisition of Ditransitive Structures in Croatian Child Language A Corpus Study. NoSLiP 2016
2014
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Conference lectureVelnić, Marta; Slabakova, Roumyana; Dahl, Anne. (2014) Acquisition of gradient semantics in L3Norwegian -singular generic statements. L3 Workshop on Multilingual Processing and Use
2013
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Conference lectureVelnić, Marta. (2013) The acquisition of noun-adjective gender agreement in Italian and Croatian, A comparative study. Child Language Seminar