Paweł Urbanik
About
I research on language in interaction. I am mainly interested in grammatical phenomena in conversations (such as negation and particles), social actions (e.g., requests), and the use of gestures and other resources to build meaning in spoken language. I also investigate language-specific features by comparing Norwegian and Polish and examining Norwegian as a second language in interaction. Another area I work in is forensic linguistics, with a focus on police interviews.
Research interests:
- Conversation analysis and interactional linguistics (grammar in interaction)
- Multimodality in interaction (bodily and material resources and the synchronization of their use with speech)
- Forensic linguistics (police interviews with suspects)
- Second language pragmatics (Norwegian as a second language in context)
- Comparative grammar and pragmatics (similarities and differences between languages)
- Social cognition and language
Research
Participation in research projects:
- Formidling av rettigheter i politiavhør
- NorPol: Andrespråkskommunikasjon blant polakker i Norge
- Exploring New Materialism for second language learning
- Across-domain Investigations in Multilingualism: Modeling L3 Acquisition in Diverse Settings (ADIM)
- Police investigative interviews in Norwegian as a Second Language – Communicative Challenges and Solutions
Publications
2025
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Lilja, Niina;
Svennevig, Jan;
Jokipohja, Anna-Kaisa;
Piirainen-Marsh, Arja;
Eilola, Laura;
Eskildsen, Søren Wind.
(2025)
Manual Interventions.
Research on Language and Social Interaction
Academic article
2024
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Svennevig, Jan;
Diepeveen, Aafke;
Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2024)
Slik kan etterforskere bli bedre til å formidle rettighetene i avhør.
Politiforum
Article in business/trade/industry journal
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Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2024)
Sharing procedural knowledge in manual work environments: Material-bodily actions as explanatory resources in construction-site interactions.
Language & Communication
Academic article
2023
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Svennevig, Jan;
Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz;
Diepeveen, Aafke.
(2023)
How police investigators seek to secure that suspects speaking a second language understand their rights in investigative interviews.
Police Practice & Research
Academic article
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Lilja, Niina;
Eskildsen, Søren Wind;
Svennevig, Jan;
Wagner, Johannes;
Eilola, Laura;
Jokipohja, Anna-Kaisa.
(2023)
A Nordic model for supporting language
learning in everyday contexts.
Briefs
2022
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Diepeveen, Aafke;
Svennevig, Jan;
Urbanik, Pawel.
(2022)
Suspects’ opportunities to claim their legal rights in police investigative interviews.
International Journal of Speech Language and The Law
Academic article
2021
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Urbanik, Pawel;
Pavlenko, Aneta.
(2021)
Securing Understanding in a Second Language: Communication of rights in investigative interviews in the USA and Norway.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Urbanik, Pawel;
Svennevig, Jan.
(2021)
Action-Depicting Gestures and Morphosyntax: The Function of Gesture-Speech Alignment in the Conversational Turn.
Frontiers in Psychology
Academic article
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Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2021)
Directives in the construction site: Grammatical design and work phases in second language interactions with crane operators.
Journal of Pragmatics
Academic article
2020
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Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2020)
Getting others to share goods in Polish and Norwegian: Material and moral anchors for request conventions.
Intercultural Pragmatics
Academic article
2019
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Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz;
Svennevig, Jan.
(2019)
Managing contingencies in requests: The role of negation in Norwegian interrogative directives.
Journal of Pragmatics
Academic article
2018
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Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2018)
Kan ikke du stå der, da?
En sosiokognitiv analyse av finalpartikkelen
da i interrogative kan-anmodninger.
NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift
Academic article
2017
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Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2017)
Requests in Polish and Norwegian informal conversation: A comparative study of grammatical and pragmatic patterns.
Det humanistiske fakultet
Doctoral dissertation
2014
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Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2014)
Grzeczność kultur, kultury grzeczności. Norweskie akty podziękowania w ujęciu kontrastywnym.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2013
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Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2013)
Norwegowie.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Journal publications
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Lilja, Niina;
Svennevig, Jan;
Jokipohja, Anna-Kaisa;
Piirainen-Marsh, Arja;
Eilola, Laura;
Eskildsen, Søren Wind.
(2025)
Manual Interventions.
Research on Language and Social Interaction
Academic article
-
Svennevig, Jan;
Diepeveen, Aafke;
Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2024)
Slik kan etterforskere bli bedre til å formidle rettighetene i avhør.
Politiforum
Article in business/trade/industry journal
-
Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2024)
Sharing procedural knowledge in manual work environments: Material-bodily actions as explanatory resources in construction-site interactions.
Language & Communication
Academic article
-
Svennevig, Jan;
Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz;
Diepeveen, Aafke.
(2023)
How police investigators seek to secure that suspects speaking a second language understand their rights in investigative interviews.
Police Practice & Research
Academic article
-
Diepeveen, Aafke;
Svennevig, Jan;
Urbanik, Pawel.
(2022)
Suspects’ opportunities to claim their legal rights in police investigative interviews.
International Journal of Speech Language and The Law
Academic article
-
Urbanik, Pawel;
Svennevig, Jan.
(2021)
Action-Depicting Gestures and Morphosyntax: The Function of Gesture-Speech Alignment in the Conversational Turn.
Frontiers in Psychology
Academic article
-
Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2021)
Directives in the construction site: Grammatical design and work phases in second language interactions with crane operators.
Journal of Pragmatics
Academic article
-
Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2020)
Getting others to share goods in Polish and Norwegian: Material and moral anchors for request conventions.
Intercultural Pragmatics
Academic article
-
Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz;
Svennevig, Jan.
(2019)
Managing contingencies in requests: The role of negation in Norwegian interrogative directives.
Journal of Pragmatics
Academic article
-
Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2018)
Kan ikke du stå der, da?
En sosiokognitiv analyse av finalpartikkelen
da i interrogative kan-anmodninger.
NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Urbanik, Pawel;
Pavlenko, Aneta.
(2021)
Securing Understanding in a Second Language: Communication of rights in investigative interviews in the USA and Norway.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2014)
Grzeczność kultur, kultury grzeczności. Norweskie akty podziękowania w ujęciu kontrastywnym.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2013)
Norwegowie.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
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Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2017)
Requests in Polish and Norwegian informal conversation: A comparative study of grammatical and pragmatic patterns.
Det humanistiske fakultet
Doctoral dissertation
Information material
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Lilja, Niina;
Eskildsen, Søren Wind;
Svennevig, Jan;
Wagner, Johannes;
Eilola, Laura;
Jokipohja, Anna-Kaisa.
(2023)
A Nordic model for supporting language
learning in everyday contexts.
Briefs
Teaching
SPRÅK3002 Theories in Linguistics (2025)
Outreach
2025
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2025) Forståelse i avhør med andrespråksmistenkte. Polithøgskolen Videreutdanning for politietterforskere , Oslo 2025-01-22 - 2025-01-22
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2025) Rettigheter i politiavhør. Polithøgskolen Videreutdanningskurs for politiet: avhør med barn og sårbare voksne , Stavern 2025-02-10 - 2025-02-14
2024
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Academic lectureSvennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2024) L2 doctors’ formulation of requests for immediate action during physical examination. Syd-dansk universitet SDU The 4th international conference on Interactional Competences and Practices in a Second Language (ICOP-L2) , Kolding 2024-06-05 - 2024-06-07
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2024) Rettigheter i avhør. Politihøgskolen KREATIV-workshop for politiinstruktører , Stavern 2024-03-18 - 2024-03-18
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2024) Formidling av rettigheter i politiavhør. Politihøgskolen KREATIV workshop , Stavern 2024-08-19 - 2024-08-19
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Academic lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz; Svennevig, Jan. (2024) Object use in explanation sequences on the construction site. Syd-dansk universitet SDU The 4th International Conference on Interactional Competences and Practices in a Second Language (ICOP-L2) , Kolding 2024-06-05 - 2024-06-07
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Academic lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2024) The organization of embodied resistance in object-centered sequences. Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) (Un-)Cooperative Behaviour in Social Interaction , Mannheim 2024-12-04 - 2024-12-06
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Academic lectureSvennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2024) Manuelle intervensjoner i bygningsarbeid. NTNU De norske interaksjonsdagene , Trondheim 2024-01-04 - 2024-01-05
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LectureSvennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2024) How doctors formulate requests to their patients. NorPol Closing Conference , Oslo 2024-10-24 -
2023
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PosterOpsahl, Toril; Garbacz, Piotr; Golden, Anne; Olszewska, Aleksandra Ita; Szymanska, Oliwia; Solarek-Gliniewicz, Magdalena. (2023) L2 Communication in workplace settings. The case of Polish migrants in Norway (NorPol). MultiLing MultiLing Closing Conference , Oslo 2023-10-19 - 2023-10-20
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Academic lectureDe Korne, Haley; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz; Pavlenko, Aneta; Valen-Sendstad, Ingvild Priyanka Badhwar; Lamb, Gavin Mitchell; Thingnes, Jorunn Simonsen. (2023) Multilingualism, politics, social justice and language activism. MultiLing MultiLing Closing Conference , Oslo 2023-10-18 - 2023-10-20
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Academic lectureOpsahl, Toril; Svennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz; Goncalves, Kellie; Pájaro, Verónica; Arum, Nuranindia Endah. (2023) Multilingualism in the workplace. MultiLing MultiLing Closing Conference , Oslo 2023-10-18 - 2023-10-20
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Popular scientific lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2023) Hva sier byggearbeideren? Norsk og polsk på byggeplassen. MultiLing, Universitetet i Oslo Morsmålsdagen 2023 , Oslo 2023-02-28 -
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2023) Språkvitenskapelig forskning på formidling av rettigheter. Tilnærminger og metoder. Politihøgskolen Seminar for masterstudenter , Oslo 2023-02-08 -
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Academic lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2023) Syntactic suspension and the spatio-temporal extension of gesture. Linköpings universitet Embodied Syntax Network Conference , Linköping 2023-09-07 - 2023-09-08
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Academic lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2023) Employing bodily and material resources to share procedural knowledge: The sequential and configurational properties of embodied depiction and object use in construction-site interactions. The University of Queensland International Conference on Conversation Analysis , Brisbane 2023-06-26 - 2023-07-02
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Academic lectureSikveland, Rein Ove; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2023) Exposing actions based on their delivery: How police professionals face efforts to undermine their agenda. The University of Queensland International Conference on Conversation Analysis , Brisbane 2023-06-26 - 2023-07-02
2022
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Academic lectureUrbanik, Pawel. (2022) When suspects talk when they should not: Early explanations and investigators’ interventions in the initial phase of police interviews in Norway. University of Porto 4TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORENSIC AND LEGAL LINGUISTICS , Porto 2022-07-18 - 2022-07-21
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Academic lectureUrbanik, Pawel. (2022) The projective role of syntax in the alignment of pre-verbal action-depicting gestures and speech. University of Bucharest 55th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea , București 2022-08-24 - 2022-08-27
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Academic lectureSvennevig, Jan; Diepeveen, Aafke; Urbanik, Pawel. (2022) Securing understanding of the suspect’s rights in police investigative interviews. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR FORENSIC AND LEGAL LINGUISTICS 4th European Conference of the IAFLL , Porto 2022-07-18 - 2022-07-21
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2022) Avhør med andrespråksmistenkte. Rettigheter. Politihøgskolen KREATIV-kurs for politietterforskere , Stavern 2022-09-12 - 2022-09-12
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel. (2022) Politiavhør med andrespråksmistenkte. Polithøgskolen KREATIV-kurs for instruktører , Stavern 2022-01-24 - 2022-01-28
2021
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Academic lectureSvennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel. (2021) Comprehension strategies in the communication of rights to L2 suspects in Norwegian investigative interviews. International Pragmatics Association International Pragmatics Conference 2021-06-28 - 2021-07-02
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InterviewUrbanik, Pawel; Opsahl, Toril; Lilleslåtten, Mari. (2021) Polske anleggsarbeidere bruker norsk språk målrettet for å løse oppgaver. HF-aktuelt HF-aktuelt [Internet] 2021-08-11
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel. (2021) Å informere mistenkte om deres rettigheter på en forståelig måte. Videreutdanning i avhør av voksne (Politihøgskolen) , Stavern 2021-08-16 - 2021-08-20
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel. (2021) Å informere mistenkte om deres rettigheter på en forståelig måte. Videreutdanning i avhør av voksne (Politihøgskolen) , Stavern 2021-10-20 - 2021-10-24
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Academic lectureDiepeveen, Aafke; Svennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel. (2021) Suspects’ opportunities to claim their legal rights in police investigative interviews. 17th International Pragmatics Conference 2021-06-27 - 2021-07-02
2020
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2020) Formidling av rettigheter i politiavhør i Norge. KRIPOS Foredrag for politiinstruktører , Oslo 2020-12-10 -
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2020) Hvordan informerer politiet de mistenkte om deres rettigheter og plikter. OsloMet Foredrag for tolker , Oslo 2020-03-06 -
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2020) Hvordan informere om rettigheter og plikter på en forståelig måte og når bruke tolk? . Politihøgskolen KREATIV workshop , Stavern 2020-01-20 -
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Academic lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2020) Comprehension strategies in the communication of rights to L2 suspects in Norwegian investigative interviews. Georegetown University Georgetown Roundtable of Linguistics , Georgetown 2020-03-04 - 2020-03-05
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Academic lectureSvennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2020) Comprehension strategies in the communication of rights to L2 suspects in Norwegian investigative interviews. NTNU Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice , Trondheim 2020-09-16 - 2020-09-17
2019
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Academic lectureSvennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2019) Forståelsesstrategier i politiavhør med mistenkte med andrespråksbakgrunn. Univ i Sørøst-Norge OFTI37 , Bakkenteigen 2019-09-19 - 2019-09-20
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Academic lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz; Svennevig, Jan. (2019) Directives in the multilingual construction site. Mälardalens universitet Interactional competences and practices in a second language , Eskilstuna 2019-05-29 - 2019-05-31
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Academic lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz; Svennevig, Jan. (2019) Directives in the multilingual construction site. International Pragmatic Association International Pragmatic Association Conference , Hong Kong 2019-07-09 - 2019-07-14
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2019) Strategies for Securing Comprehension of Rights in Police Investigative Interviews in Norway. Georgetown University Social Justice, Language Diversity, and Globalization , Washington, D.C. 2019-10-11 - 2019-10-13
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LectureSvennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2019) Comprehension strategies in the communication of rights to L2 suspects in Norwegian investigative interviews. Georgetown University Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 2020 - Multilingualism: Global South and Global North Perspectives – Virtual Event , Washington, D.C. 2019-03-15 - 2019-03-15
2018
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Academic lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2018) An alternative means more: The role of conventionalized grammatical variants in requestive directives . 20th International Congress of Linguists 2018-07-02 - 2018-07-06
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Academic lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2018) In/directness, action formation and the grammar of requesting. 8th Intercultural Pragmatics Conference INPRA , Nicosia 2018-06-08 - 2018-06-10
2017
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Academic lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2017) Når grammatikk og kultur gjør forskjell. Bruk av imperative og interrogative anmodninger i norsk og polsk. Universitetet i Bergen Møte om norsk språk , Solstrand 2017-11-22 - 2017-11-24
2015
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Academic lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2015) Politeness untamed: The case of Polish requests in the Big Brother series. The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 9th International Im/Politeness Conference , Athen 2015-07-01 - 2015-07-03
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Academic lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2015) Politeness and Interactional (In)equality: Polish and Norwegian Acts of Requesting in Symmetrical, Non-Distanced Relations. University of California (Los Angeles & Santa Barbara) LISO - Language, Interaction and Social Organization , Santa Barbara 2015-05-30 - 2015-05-31