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.
I am a Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Norsk Lingvistisk Tidsskrift (NLT).
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
- Interaction-Regulating Particles in Scandinavian Languages (Centre for Advanced Study at The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters)
- Uncooperativeness and Second Language Acquisition: Conversation-Analytic Perspectives
Police investigative interviews in Norwegian as a Second Language – Communicative Challenges and Solutions
The overarching aim of this project is to identify sources of communication problems in interviews conducted in Norwegian as L2, and to identify solutions that prove effective in averting and repairing them.
Uncooperativeness and Second Language Acquisition: Conversation-Analytic Perspectives
The scientific network Uncooperativeness and Second Language Acquisition: Conversation analytic perspectives investigates uncooperative behavior in interactions involving L2 speakers.
Interaction-Regulating Particles in Scandinavian Languages
This project aims to conduct a systematic investigation into pragmatic particles that are characteristic of conversational language and central to organizing the interaction between parties to a conversation.
Publications
2026
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Pae, Hye K.;
Xia, Detong;
Sun, Hanzhong;
Chen, Yudi;
Yi, Kwangoh;
Song, Minjeong;
Sato, Eriko;
Abasi, Ali R.;
Ballah, Jody;
Babarczy, Anna.
(2026)
Translation and Cross‐Cultural Adaptation of the Chronic Rhinosinusitis Control Test for Global Use.
International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology
Academic article
2025
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Lilja, Niina;
Svennevig, Jan;
Jokipohja, Anna-Kaisa;
Piirainen-Marsh, Arja;
Eilola, Laura;
Eskildsen, Søren Wind;
Gudmundsen, Jenny;
Härmävaara, Hanna-Ilona;
Poikonen, Joona;
Schümchen, Nathalie.
(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
Professional article
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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;
Wagner, Johannes;
Eilola, Laura;
Gudmundsen, Jenny;
Härmävaara, Hanna-Ilona;
Piirainen-Marsh, Arja;
Svennevig, Jan;
Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz;
Schümchen, Nathalie.
(2023)
A Nordic model for supporting language learning in everyday contexts.
Fast Track to Vision 2030
Professional article
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 Kazimierz.
(2021)
Directives in the construction site: Grammatical design and work phases in second language interactions with crane operators.
Journal of Pragmatics
Academic article
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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.
Academic chapter
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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
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 thesis
2014
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Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2014)
Grzeczność kultur, kultury grzeczności. Norweskie akty podziękowania w ujęciu kontrastywnym.
Academic chapter
2013
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Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2013)
Norwegowie.
Academic chapter
Journal publications
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Pae, Hye K.;
Xia, Detong;
Sun, Hanzhong;
Chen, Yudi;
Yi, Kwangoh;
Song, Minjeong;
Sato, Eriko;
Abasi, Ali R.;
Ballah, Jody;
Babarczy, Anna.
(2026)
Translation and Cross‐Cultural Adaptation of the Chronic Rhinosinusitis Control Test for Global Use.
International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology
Academic article
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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
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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
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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
-
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
-
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;
Wagner, Johannes;
Eilola, Laura;
Gudmundsen, Jenny;
Härmävaara, Hanna-Ilona;
Piirainen-Marsh, Arja;
Svennevig, Jan;
Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz;
Schümchen, Nathalie.
(2023)
A Nordic model for supporting language learning in everyday contexts.
Fast Track to Vision 2030
Professional 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
-
Svennevig, Jan;
Diepeveen, Aafke;
Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2024)
Slik kan etterforskere bli bedre til å formidle rettighetene i avhør.
Politiforum
Professional 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.
(2024)
Sharing procedural knowledge in manual work environments: Material-bodily actions as explanatory resources in construction-site interactions.
Language & Communication
Academic article
-
Lilja, Niina;
Svennevig, Jan;
Jokipohja, Anna-Kaisa;
Piirainen-Marsh, Arja;
Eilola, Laura;
Eskildsen, Søren Wind;
Gudmundsen, Jenny;
Härmävaara, Hanna-Ilona;
Poikonen, Joona;
Schümchen, Nathalie.
(2025)
Manual Interventions.
Research on Language and Social Interaction
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2014)
Grzeczność kultur, kultury grzeczności. Norweskie akty podziękowania w ujęciu kontrastywnym.
Academic chapter
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Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz.
(2013)
Norwegowie.
Academic chapter
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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.
Academic chapter
Student thesis or dissertation
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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 thesis
Teaching
SPRÅK3002 Theories in Linguistics (2025)
Outreach
2026
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Conference lectureWeidner, Matylda; Urbanik, Paweł. (2026) ‚Verbal pointing‘ with Polish o [ʔɔ]. International Conference on Conversation Analysis
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Conference lectureUrbanik, Paweł. (2026) The multimodal organization of resistant actions in police interviews. International Conference on Conversation Analysis
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Conference lectureUrbanik, Paweł; Bersås, Marit Ping. (2026) Andrespråksbrukeres forståelse av juridiske begreper brukt i politiavhør. NORDAND - Konferanse om Nordens språk som andrespråk
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LectureUrbanik, Paweł. (2026) Formidling av rettigheter. Kommunikative utfordringer og løsninger. KREATIV-kurs for politiinstruktører
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LectureUrbanik, Paweł. (2026) Forståelse av rettigheter i avhør med mistenkte barn. Studiesamling: Avhør av barn
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LectureUrbanik, Paweł. (2026) Forståelse i avhør med andrespråksmistenkte. Studium i kulturforståelse (videreutdanning for politietterforskere)
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LectureUrbanik, Paweł. (2026) Avhør med voksne mistenkte – kommunikative utførdringer og løsninger. Studiesamling: Avhør av voksne
2025
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Conference lectureUrbanik, Paweł. (2025) Dealing with suspects’ procedural misunderstandings and non-understandings in police interviews. The 8th Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference on Discourse and Interaction (NORDISCO)
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Conference lectureUrbanik, Paweł; Weidner, Matylda; Zinken, Jörg. (2025) 'Free infinitives' in German and Polish. The 8th Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference on Discourse and Interaction (NORDISCO)
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2025) Forståelse i avhør med andrespråksmistenkte. Videreutdanning for politietterforskere
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2025) Rettigheter i politiavhør. Videreutdanningskurs for politiet: avhør med barn og sårbare voksne
2024
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Conference lectureSvennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Paweł; Sørensen, Søren Sandager. (2024) Securing understanding of the suspects' rights in investigative interviews. 9th Regional IAFLL Conference,
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LectureSvennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2024) How doctors formulate requests to their patients. NorPol Closing Conference
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Conference lectureSvennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2024) Manuelle intervensjoner i bygningsarbeid. De norske interaksjonsdagene
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Conference lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2024) The organization of embodied resistance in object-centered sequences. (Un-)Cooperative Behaviour in Social Interaction
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Lecture
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Conference lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz; Svennevig, Jan. (2024) Object use in explanation sequences on the construction site. The 4th International Conference on Interactional Competences and Practices in a Second Language (ICOP-L2)
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Lecture
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Conference lectureSvennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2024) L2 doctors’ formulation of requests for immediate action during physical examination. The 4th international conference on Interactional Competences and Practices in a Second Language (ICOP-L2)
2023
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Conference posterOpsahl, Toril; Garbacz, Piotr; Golden, Anne; Olszewska, Aleksandra Ita; Szymanska, Oliwia; Solarek-Gliniewicz, Magdalena; Svennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2023) L2 Communication in workplace settings. The case of Polish migrants in Norway (NorPol). MultiLing Closing Conference
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Conference 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. International Conference on Conversation Analysis
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Conference lectureSikveland, Rein Ove; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2023) Exposing actions based on their delivery: How police professionals face efforts to undermine their agenda. International Conference on Conversation Analysis
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Conference lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2023) Syntactic suspension and the spatio-temporal extension of gesture. Embodied Syntax Network Conference
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Conference lectureOpsahl, Toril; Svennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz; Goncalves, Kellie; Pájaro, Verónica; Arum, Nuranindia Endah. (2023) Multilingualism in the workplace. MultiLing Closing Conference
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Conference lectureDe Korne, Haley; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz; Pavlenko, Aneta; Valen-Sendstad, Ingvild Priyanka Badhwar; Lamb, Gavin Mitchell; Thingnes, Jorunn Simonsen; Pennycook, Alastair; Røyneland, Unn. (2023) Multilingualism, politics, social justice and language activism. MultiLing Closing Conference
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2023) Hva sier byggearbeideren? Norsk og polsk på byggeplassen. Morsmålsdagen 2023
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2023) Språkvitenskapelig forskning på formidling av rettigheter. Tilnærminger og metoder. Seminar for masterstudenter
2022
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Lecture
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Conference lectureUrbanik, Pawel. (2022) The projective role of syntax in the alignment of pre-verbal action-depicting gestures and speech. 55th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea
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Conference lectureUrbanik, Pawel. (2022) When suspects talk when they should not: Early explanations and investigators’ interventions in the initial phase of police interviews in Norway. 4TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORENSIC AND LEGAL LINGUISTICS
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Conference lectureSvennevig, Jan; Diepeveen, Aafke; Urbanik, Pawel. (2022) Securing understanding of the suspect’s rights in police investigative interviews. 4th European Conference of the IAFLL
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2022) Avhør med andrespråksmistenkte. Rettigheter. KREATIV-kurs for politietterforskere
2021
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel. (2021) Å informere mistenkte om deres rettigheter på en forståelig måte. Videreutdanning i avhør av voksne (Politihøgskolen)
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Conference lectureDiepeveen, Aafke; Svennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel. (2021) Suspects’ opportunities to claim their legal rights in police investigative interviews. 17th International Pragmatics Conference
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InterviewUrbanik, Pawel; Opsahl, Toril; Lilleslåtten, Mari. (2021) Polske anleggsarbeidere bruker norsk språk målrettet for å løse oppgaver.
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel. (2021) Å informere mistenkte om deres rettigheter på en forståelig måte. Videreutdanning i avhør av voksne (Politihøgskolen)
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Feature articleGarbacz, Piotr; Golden, Anne; Opsahl, Toril; Solarek-Gliniewicz, Magdalena; Svennevig, Jan; Szymanska, Oliwia; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2021) Hva hemmer og fremmer kommunikasjon mellom nordmenn og polakker?.
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Conference lectureSvennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel. (2021) Comprehension strategies in the communication of rights to L2 suspects in Norwegian investigative interviews. International Pragmatics Conference
2020
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Conference lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2020) Comprehension strategies in the communication of rights to L2 suspects in Norwegian investigative interviews. Georgetown Roundtable of Linguistics
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Conference lectureSvennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2020) Comprehension strategies in the communication of rights to L2 suspects in Norwegian investigative interviews. Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2020) Hvordan informerer politiet de mistenkte om deres rettigheter og plikter. Foredrag for tolker
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2020) Hvordan informere om rettigheter og plikter på en forståelig måte og når bruke tolk?. KREATIV workshop
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2020) Formidling av rettigheter i politiavhør i Norge. Foredrag for politiinstruktører
2019
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Conference lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz; Svennevig, Jan. (2019) Directives in the multilingual construction site. Interactional competences and practices in a second language
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Conference lectureSvennevig, Jan; Urbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2019) Forståelsesstrategier i politiavhør med mistenkte med andrespråksbakgrunn. OFTI37
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Conference lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz; Svennevig, Jan. (2019) Directives in the multilingual construction site. International Pragmatic Association Conference
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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 Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 2020 - Multilingualism: Global South and Global North Perspectives – Virtual Event
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LectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2019) Strategies for Securing Comprehension of Rights in Police Investigative Interviews in Norway. Social Justice, Language Diversity, and Globalization
2018
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Conference lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2018) An alternative means more: The role of conventionalized grammatical variants in requestive directives. 20th International Congress of Linguists
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Conference lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2018) In/directness, action formation and the grammar of requesting. 8th Intercultural Pragmatics Conference INPRA
2017
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Conference lectureUrbanik, Pawel Kazimierz. (2017) Når grammatikk og kultur gjør forskjell. Bruk av imperative og interrogative anmodninger i norsk og polsk. Møte om norsk språk