Ragnhild Eik
About
I am an associate professor of Nordic linguistics in the Department og Language and Literature. I am a member of the AcqVA research group and the GenVAC research project. The GenVAC project investigates variation, acquisition and change in the grammatical gender of Norwegian nouns, especially with respect to the feminine gender, which is currently undergoing language change.
I received my PhD in Nordic linguistics in 2019 from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), supervised by professor Tor A. Åfarli and professor Terje Lohndal. In my dissertation I study the grammar of Norwegian compound words.
I have teaching experience from NTNU and UiO, where I have taught on a range of subjects related to grammar, Norwegian as a second language, dialectal variation and theories of science. I supervise students on BA, MA and PhD level.
Courses autumn 2022
- SPRÅK3002 - Språkvitskaplege teoriar
- NORD1102 - Grammatikk og pragmatikk
- NORD1001 - Innføring i nordisk språk og litteratur
Courses spring 2022
Research interests
- Grammar of Norwegian
- Syntax and morphology
- Dialectal variation
- Argument structure
- Grammatical gender
- Sami languages
- Multilingualism and code switching
- Theories of science
Publications
2022
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Eik, Ragnhild;
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2022)
Compound-Internal Language Mixing in American Norwegian.
Languages.
volum 7 (2).
Academic article
2021
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Eik, Ragnhild;
Laanemets, Anu.
(2021)
Å være eller å bli - det er spørsmålet. Ei sammenligning av verbene VÆRE og BLI i amerikanorsk og norgenorsk.
Språk i arkiva. Ny forsking om eldre talemål frå LIA-prosjektet.
Academic chapter/article
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Eik, Ragnhild;
van Baal, Yvonne;
Lohndal, Terje.
(2021)
Sier du "en bok" eller "ei bok"?.
NTNU Samfunn, språk og kultur blogg.
Popular scientific article
2019
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Eik, Ragnhild;
Lohndal, Terje;
Åfarli, Tor Anders.
(2019)
The morphosyntax of compounding in Norwegian.
2019. ISBN 978-82-326-3840-6. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (121).
PhD thesis
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Kush, Dave Whitney;
Eik, Ragnhild.
(2019)
Antecedent accessibility and exceptional covariation: Evidence from Norwegian Donkey Pronouns.
Glossa: a journal of general linguistics.
volum 4 (1).
Academic article
2018
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Kush, Dave Whitney;
Dillon, Brian;
Eik, Ragnhild;
Staub, Adrian.
(2018)
Processing of Norwegian complex verbs: Evidence for early decomposition.
Memory & Cognition.
Academic article
2014
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Eik, Ragnhild;
Åfarli, Tor Anders.
(2014)
Setningar med possessivt objekt i norsk: Ein nykonstruksjonistisk analyse av setningar som "ho trakka han på foten".
2014.
Master thesis
Scientific articles
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Eik, Ragnhild;
Riksem, Brita Ramsevik.
(2022)
Compound-Internal Language Mixing in American Norwegian.
Languages.
volum 7 (2).
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Eik, Ragnhild.
(2019)
Antecedent accessibility and exceptional covariation: Evidence from Norwegian Donkey Pronouns.
Glossa: a journal of general linguistics.
volum 4 (1).
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Dillon, Brian;
Eik, Ragnhild;
Staub, Adrian.
(2018)
Processing of Norwegian complex verbs: Evidence for early decomposition.
Memory & Cognition.
Academic article
Journal publications
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Eik, Ragnhild;
van Baal, Yvonne;
Lohndal, Terje.
(2021)
Sier du "en bok" eller "ei bok"?.
NTNU Samfunn, språk og kultur blogg.
Popular scientific article
Part of book/report
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Eik, Ragnhild;
Laanemets, Anu.
(2021)
Å være eller å bli - det er spørsmålet. Ei sammenligning av verbene VÆRE og BLI i amerikanorsk og norgenorsk.
Språk i arkiva. Ny forsking om eldre talemål frå LIA-prosjektet.
Academic chapter/article
Report
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Eik, Ragnhild;
Lohndal, Terje;
Åfarli, Tor Anders.
(2019)
The morphosyntax of compounding in Norwegian.
2019. ISBN 978-82-326-3840-6. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (121).
PhD thesis
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Eik, Ragnhild;
Åfarli, Tor Anders.
(2014)
Setningar med possessivt objekt i norsk: Ein nykonstruksjonistisk analyse av setningar som "ho trakka han på foten".
2014.
Master thesis
Teaching
Courses
Media
2022
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LectureSolbakken, Hedda; van Baal, Yvonne; Eik, Ragnhild; Lohndal, Terje. (2022) Feminine gender across Norwegian dialects: Articles and possessives. AcqVA Retreat . UiT & NTNU; Jeløya. 2022-04-27 - 2022-04-29.
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Lecturevan Baal, Yvonne; Solbakken, Hedda; Eik, Ragnhild; Lohndal, Terje. (2022) Change in grammatical gender: First results from Trondheim and Kristiansand. AcqVA lunch . NTNU; Trondheim. 2022-03-02 - 2022-03-02.
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Lecturevan Baal, Yvonne; Solbakken, Hedda; Eik, Ragnhild; Lohndal, Terje. (2022) "Et flagg - den står på stranda". Funny pronouns and how we (not yet) understand them. Skogselskapet . NTNU; Trondheim. 2022-04-26 - 2022-04-26.
2017
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Academic lectureEik, Ragnhild. (2017) Deverbal ing-compounds in Norwegian. Aqcva-lunsj . NTNU; Trondheim. 2017-10-17.
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Academic lectureEik, Ragnhild. (2017) Korleis set ein saman ord? Strukturelle analysar. MONS 17 ; 2017-11-22 - 2017-11-24.
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Academic lectureEik, Ragnhild. (2017) Norwegian compounds: the category of non-heads. Meeting of the Research Group on (Experimental) Syntax and Heritage Languages . Research Group on (Experimental) Syntax and Heritage Languag; Berlin. 2017-01-18.
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Academic lectureEik, Ragnhild. (2017) Norwegian compounds: the category of non-heads. ConSOLE XXV ; Leipzig. 2017-01-04 - 2017-01-06.
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Academic lectureEik, Ragnhild. (2017) On synthetic compounds in Norwegian. Workshop on compounds . Humboldt Universität zu Berlin; Berlin. 2017-02-20.
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Academic lectureEik, Ragnhild. (2017) When two become one. How to build compounds. Indo-Norwegian Syntax Workshop 2 . NTNU; Trondheim. 2017-09-11 - 2017-09-12.
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Academic lectureKush, Dave Whitney; Eik, Ragnhild. (2017) Prosessering av partikkelverb i norsk: evidens for hybridrepresentasjonar. MoNS 17: Møte om norsk språk 2017 ; 2017-11-22 - 2017-11-24.
2016
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Academic lectureEik, Ragnhild. (2016) Norwegian compounds: linkers and categories. Indo-Norwegian Syntax Workshop ; 2016-09-12 - 2016-09-13.
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Academic lectureEik, Ragnhild. (2016) The possessor raising construction in Norwegian. An exoskeletal account. SynVar3 ; Delhi. 2016-10-10 - 2016-10-14.
2015
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LectureEik, Ragnhild. (2015) Compounding in Norwegian. Departmental seminar ; 2015-11-16.
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LectureEik, Ragnhild. (2015) Grammatisk analyse av setningar med possessivt objekt. MONS 16 (Møte om norsk språk) . Universitetet i Agder; Kristiansand. 2015-11-25 - 2015-11-27.