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
2025
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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
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
Language Acquisition and Language Disorders (70)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
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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.
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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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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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
UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Doctoral dissertation
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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
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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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
-
Velnić, Marta.
(2024)
The acquisition of grammatical alternates: a comparison of Italian and Norwegian possessives.
Journal of Comparative Germanic 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
-
Velnić, Marta.
(2020)
Acquisition of a Transparent Gender System: A Comparison of Italian and Croatian.
Frontiers in Psychology
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.
(2018)
The effects of discourse topic on global and local markers in Croatian ditransitives.
Glossa: a journal of general linguistics
Academic article
-
Velnic, Marta.
(2018)
The Influence of Animacy, Givenness, and Focus on Object Order in Croatian Ditransitives.
Studia Linguistica
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
Language Acquisition and Language Disorders (70)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Part of book/report
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Dahl, Anne;
Velnić, Marta;
Listhaug, Kjersti Faldet.
(2024)
Introduction.
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
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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
UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Doctoral dissertation
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2024
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Academic lectureVelnić, Marta; Slabakova, Roumyana. (2024) Expressing genericity in L3 Norwegian. . University of Illinois Generative Approaches to second Language Acquisition- GASLA 17 , Urbana-Chapagne 2024-05-02 - 2024-05-05
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Academic lectureAnderssen, Merete Brendeford; Velnić, Marta. (2024) Hva kan reaksjonstid fortelle oss om objektsveksling i norsk?. UiO MONS: Møte om Norsk Språk , Oslo 2024-11-27 - 2024-11-29
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Academic 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. NTNU SALC 9: The 9th Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition. , Trondheim 2024-06-05 - 2024-06-07
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Academic lectureVelnić, Marta; Slabakova, Roumyana; Dahl, Anne. (2024) Acquisition of genericity in L2 English- The effect of multilingualism. University of Illinois GASLA , Urbana-Champaigne 2024-05-02 - 2024-05-04
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Academic lectureVelnić, Marta; Slabakova, Roumyana; Dahl, Anne; Listhaug, Kjersti Faldet. (2024) Form og betydning i generiske entallsformer i norsk. Universitetet i Oslo Møter om norsk språk (MONS) , Oslo 2024-11-27 - 2024-11-29
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Academic lectureVelnić, Marta. (2024) Cross-linguistic influence in acceptability: possessive structures in Norwegian-Italian bilingual children. University of Florence NordLang: Coherence and Fragmentation: The Languages of the Nordic Countries and their Interrelations today, Florence (Italy) , Florence 2024-11-14 - 2024-11-16
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Academic lectureVelnić, Marta; Slabakova, Roumyana. (2024) Acquisition of gradient semantics in L3Norwegian -singular generic statements. . Chuo University L3 Workshop on Multilingual Processing and Use , Tokyo 2024-05-17 - 2024-05-19
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Academic lectureVelnić, Marta; Slabakova, Roumyana; Dahl, Anne. (2024) Plural generic statements in L3 Norwegian. University of Tokyo L3 Workshop on Multilingual Processing and Use , Tokyo 2024-05-17 - 2024-05-19
2023
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Academic lectureVelnić, Marta; Slabakova, Roumyana; Dahl, Anne. (2023) Singular generic noun phrases in L3 Norwegian. University of Rijeka CLARC- Language and Language Data Conference , Rijeka 2023-09-27 - 2023-09-29
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Popular scientific 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?. Centre for Multilingualism across the Lifespan, UiO Morsmålsdagen 2023: Møter mellom polsk og norsk: Språkforskere forteller , Oslo 2023-02-28 -
2022
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Academic lectureVelnić, Marta; Slabakova, Roumyana; Dahl, Anne. (2022) Genericity in second third language acquisition. Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan Linguistic Meeting , Poznan 2022-09-08 - 2022-09-10
2018
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Academic lectureVelnić, Marta. (2018) Effects of discourse topic on global and local markings in Croatian ditransitives. UniRi CLARC 2018 , Rijeka 2018-06-08 - 2018-06-10
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PosterVelnić, Marta. (2018) Effects of discourse topic on global and local markings in Croatian ditransitives. Univeristy of Reading CLS Reading , Reading 2018-06-25 - 2018-06-26
2017
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PosterVelnić, Marta. (2017) The influence of animacy, givenness, and focus on object order in Croatian ditransitives. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki ISTAL 23 , Thessaloniki 2017-03-31 - 2017-04-02
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Academic lectureVelnić, Marta. (2017) The effect of givenness on word order in ditransitive structures in Croatian child language. University of Illinois FASL 26 , Urbana Champagne 2017-05-18 - 2017-05-20
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PosterVelnić, Marta. (2017) The Effect of Givenness on Object Order in Croatian Monolingual Children. IASCL 2017 , Lyon 2017-07-17 - 2017-07-21
2016
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Academic lectureVelnić, Marta. (2016) An analysis of the influence of animacy, givenness, and focus in Croatian ditransitives. LingPhIL NoSLiP 2016 , Trondheim 2016-10-06 - 2016-10-07
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PosterVelnić, Marta. (2016) Acquisition of Ditransitive Structures in Croatian Child Language A Corpus Study. . LingPhIL NoSLiP 2016 , Trondheim 2016-10-06 - 2016-10-07
2014
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Academic lectureVelnić, Marta; Slabakova, Roumyana; Dahl, Anne. (2014) Acquisition of gradient semantics in L3Norwegian -singular generic statements. . University of Tokyo L3 Workshop on Multilingual Processing and Use , Tokyo 2014-05-17 - 2024-05-19
2013
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Academic lectureVelnić, Marta. (2013) The acquisition of noun-adjective gender agreement in Italian and Croatian, A comparative study. Child Language Seminar , Manchester 2013-06-24 - 2013-06-25