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Signe Rix Berthelin

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Signe Rix Berthelin

Associate Professor of Norwegian Didactics
Department of Teacher Education

signe.rix.berthelin@ntnu.no
+4794297911 Akrinn, T04.408, Kalvskinnet
Webpage with Inuvialuktun stories and grammar Undervisningsmateriell
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About

Academic interests:

  • Saami language in a mainstream school context
  • Translanguaging
  • Metaphors
  • Creative figurative language use
  • Multilingualism, translanguaging
  • Semantics and pragmatics (linguistic meaning and meaning in context)
  • Pragmatic particles (e.g. jo 'after all/ as you know')
  • Language revitalization and language learning materials
  • Practice based MAresearch
  • Research methods and research ethics
  • Inuit language; Alaskan Iñupiaq and Inuvialuktun
  • Relevance theory
  • Modality and evidentiality

Member of Språklig mangfold i skole og samfunn ('Linguistic diversity in school and society') and Indigenous Topics in Education

 

Research groups

Språklig mangfold i skole og samfunn 
Indigenous Topics in Education
Estetikk på tvers og Lydrik(k)
EduDEAF - Undervisning av hørselshemmede elever
PRANO
 
Network
Nabosprogsdidaktik og Nabosprogskommunikation i Læreruddannelserne 

 

Previous projects:

► The Meaning and Function of Norwegian Tags 

Disciplines: Pragmatics, semantics, corpus linguistics
PI: Kaja Borten (NTNU) 
Funding: The Research Council of Norway (NFR)
Publications and description of the project

 

► The Semantics and Pragmatics of Uummarmiutun Modals

PhD thesis defended December 11th, 2017. Available for download here
 
Main supervisor: Kaja Borthen (NTNU)
Co-supervisors: Kasper Boye (University of Copenhagen) and Alana Johns (University of Toronto).

The study is based on knowledge shared by Inuvialuit Elders Panigavluk, Mangilaluk, Kavakluk, Agnagullak, Suvvatchiaq and Mimirlina.  

The project was kindly supported by the Faculty of Humanities and the Department of Language and Literature at NTNU and by the Aurora Research Institute, and LingPhil
                              

► Uummarmiutun language learning materials

Webpage with Inuvialuktun stories and grammar 
In collaboration with Panigavluk, Mangilaluk, Kavakłuk, Agnagullak, Suvvatchiaq and Mimirlina.
Funding: Aurora Research Institute and HF NTNU.
Download booklets here
Download pedagogical grammar explanations here

 

► The Semantics and Pragmatics of the North Slope Iñupiaq Postbase niq

MA Thesis (2012)
Available for download here
Popular scientific version available for download here 
Partially funded by Nordic Association of Linguists

 

► Relevance teory and/or authentic communication 

PI: Kaja Borthen
Funding: Department of Language and Communication studies (NTNU) 
Download publication here

 

Positions of trust:

  • Member of NOKUT's expert panel for quality assessment of Sámi Allaskuvla's PhD program in Sámi Language and Literautre.
  • Member of organizing committee Språkdagen ('The Language Day') at Dragvoll, 2015
  • Head of organizing committee Språkdagen ('The Language Day') at Dragvoll, 2014
  • Reviewer for Nordic Journal of Linguistics, Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift (‘Norwegian Journal of Linguistics’), Color Language and Color Categorization, edited by Geda Paulsen, Mari Uusküla and Jonathan Brindle, and Contemporary Journal of African Studies

 

Grants:

  • Aurora Research Institute Research Fellowship Grant, 2015
  • Aurora Research Institute Research Assistant Grant, 2015
  • Travel and research grant from Nordic Association of Linguists, 2011

 

Fieldwork:

  • Utqiagvik, 2011 (Alaska, USA)
  • Inuvik, 2014, 2015 (Northwest Territories, Canada)

 

Competencies

  • Fieldwork
  • Indigenous languages
  • Inuit languages
  • Language documentation and description
  • Language endangerment
  • Language revitalization
  • Metaphors
  • Mother tongue didactics
  • Multilingualism in education
  • Pragmatics
  • Research ethics
  • Semantics
  • Translanguaging

Research

Projects:

Metaphors and creativity

PRANO

Lydrik(k)

 

Research groups:

Indigenous Topics in Education 

PRANO: Practice based master's projects in Norwegian didactics

Linguistic diversity in school and education

Estetikk på tvers

 

Lydrik(k)

Lydrik(k) er et samarbeidsprosjek, hvor lærerstudenter, elever, profesjonelle artister og lærerutdannere årlig utforsker forbindelser mellom musikk og lyrikk gjennom låtskaping og arbeid med sanglyrikk og musikkproduksjon.

PRANO: Praksisforankrede norskfaglige masteroppgaver

I PRANO samarbeider skole og lærerutdanning om å legge til rette for at arbeidet med masteroppgaver knyttes til praksis i klasserommet. Hovedmålet er å utvikle gode modeller for samarbeid mellom praksisskoler/praksislærere og universitet/veiledere.

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category
  • All publications registered in NVA

2025

  • Borthen, Kaja; Falkum, Ingrid Lossius; Allott, Nicholas Elwyn; Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2025) Kommunikasjon, ass! Innføringsbok i pragmatikk. Fagbokforlaget Fagbokforlaget
    Textbook

2024

  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2024) Translanguaging pedagogy in a writing project - linguistic freedom and textual qualities. Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO)
    Academic article
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix; Larsen, Ann Sylvi; Nygård, Mari. (2024) Forskningsbasert og erfaringsbasert kunnskap i utvikling av lærerstudenters norskfaglige masterprosjekt. Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO)
    Academic article

2023

  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2023) Kreative språklige bilder i elevtekster.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix; Raanes, Eli; Torvatn, Anne Charlotte. (2023) Begrepslæring og tekstskaping i en tegnspråklig klasse – utfordringer og muligheter.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2022

  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2022) Strategier for bruk av metaforer fra andre språk. Nordand – Nordisk tidsskrift for andrespråksforskning
    Academic article
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2022) Transspråking i læringsarbeidet - å åpne muligheter ved å skape rom for språk.
    Chapter

2021

  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2021) Samisk språk og tekst i norskdidaktikken – oppdagelse og opplevelse. Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO)
    Academic article

2020

  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2020) Semantic elicitation — A discussion of elicitation frames and their application. Semantic Fieldwork Methods
    Academic article

2019

  • Berthelin, Signe Rix; Borthen, Kaja. (2019) The semantics and pragmatics of Norwegian sentence-internal jo. Nordic Journal of Linguistics
    Academic article
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2019) Ekkoer av språk og ekkoer av fornorskning. RISS : magasin for studentar og tilsette ved Institutt for nordistikk og litteraturvitskap, Universitetet i Trondheim
    Popular scientific article

2018

  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2018) Midtstilt da - en semantisk-pragmatisk redegjørelse og en sammenlikning med etterstilt da. NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift
    Academic article

2017

  • Berthelin, Signe Rix; Borthen, Kaja; Boye, Kasper. (2017) The Semantics and Pragmatics of Uummarmiutun Modals. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2017) Two Uummarmiutun modals – including a brief comparison with Utkuhikšalingmiutut cognates. TORONTO WORKING PAPERS IN LINGUISTICS
    Academic article
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2017) Towards a Relevance-Theoretic Account of the Iñupiaq Hearsay Evidential Guuq.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2012

  • Berthelin, Signe Rix; Borthen, Kaja. (2012) The Semantics and Pragmatics of the North Slope Iñupiaq postbase niq. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Masters thesis
  • Borthen, Kaja; Berthelin, Signe Rix; Thomassen, Gøril. (2012) Om det uuttalte - det relevansteoretiske implikaturbegrepet i møte med autentiske data. NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2024) Translanguaging pedagogy in a writing project - linguistic freedom and textual qualities. Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO)
    Academic article
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix; Larsen, Ann Sylvi; Nygård, Mari. (2024) Forskningsbasert og erfaringsbasert kunnskap i utvikling av lærerstudenters norskfaglige masterprosjekt. Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO)
    Academic article
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2022) Strategier for bruk av metaforer fra andre språk. Nordand – Nordisk tidsskrift for andrespråksforskning
    Academic article
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2021) Samisk språk og tekst i norskdidaktikken – oppdagelse og opplevelse. Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO)
    Academic article
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2020) Semantic elicitation — A discussion of elicitation frames and their application. Semantic Fieldwork Methods
    Academic article
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix; Borthen, Kaja. (2019) The semantics and pragmatics of Norwegian sentence-internal jo. Nordic Journal of Linguistics
    Academic article
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2019) Ekkoer av språk og ekkoer av fornorskning. RISS : magasin for studentar og tilsette ved Institutt for nordistikk og litteraturvitskap, Universitetet i Trondheim
    Popular scientific article
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2018) Midtstilt da - en semantisk-pragmatisk redegjørelse og en sammenlikning med etterstilt da. NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2017) Two Uummarmiutun modals – including a brief comparison with Utkuhikšalingmiutut cognates. TORONTO WORKING PAPERS IN LINGUISTICS
    Academic article
  • Borthen, Kaja; Berthelin, Signe Rix; Thomassen, Gøril. (2012) Om det uuttalte - det relevansteoretiske implikaturbegrepet i møte med autentiske data. NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift
    Academic article

Books

  • Borthen, Kaja; Falkum, Ingrid Lossius; Allott, Nicholas Elwyn; Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2025) Kommunikasjon, ass! Innføringsbok i pragmatikk. Fagbokforlaget Fagbokforlaget
    Textbook

Part of book/report

  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2023) Kreative språklige bilder i elevtekster.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix; Raanes, Eli; Torvatn, Anne Charlotte. (2023) Begrepslæring og tekstskaping i en tegnspråklig klasse – utfordringer og muligheter.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2022) Transspråking i læringsarbeidet - å åpne muligheter ved å skape rom for språk.
    Chapter
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2017) Towards a Relevance-Theoretic Account of the Iñupiaq Hearsay Evidential Guuq.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Berthelin, Signe Rix; Borthen, Kaja; Boye, Kasper. (2017) The Semantics and Pragmatics of Uummarmiutun Modals. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Berthelin, Signe Rix; Borthen, Kaja. (2012) The Semantics and Pragmatics of the North Slope Iñupiaq postbase niq. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Masters thesis

Teaching

Supervision

  • Teacher Education (current): Reading and writing in multilingual class rooms, rethoric, multilingualism, language attitudes, language change, semantics and pragmatics, metalinguistic awareness, language typology, Norwegian as a second language, Saami topics
  • Previous: EXFAC0017 - Introduction to the Humanities, Language and Literature studies, LING1114 - Pragmatikk (BA), LING 3309 - Pragmatics (MA), LING 1115 - Introduction to Phonology and General Linguistic Tools (morphology lectures), Mini Course in Semantic Field Methods, HUMSTART - Introduction to academic writing (seminars)

Outreach

2024

  • Academic lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix; Aa, Leiv Inge. (2024) Hender, planeter og graviditet – om metaforbruk i undervisninga for å forstå grammatiske storsystem. 20. møte om norsk språk (MONS 20) 2024-11-27 - 2024-11-29

2023

  • Academic lecture
    Diesen, Even Igland; Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2023) Creative, figurative language in rap lyrics written by multilingual pupils in lower secondary school. WRAB 2023 - Conference theme: From early literacy learning to writing in professional life 2023-02-18 - 2024-02-22

2022

  • Lecture
    Larsen, Ann Sylvi; Berthelin, Signe Rix; Myren-Svelstad, Per Esben. (2022) PRANO - praksisforankrede norskfaglige masteroppgaver. Praksiskonferansen 2022 - Nasjonal konferanse for praksis i lærerutdanningene , Trondheim 2022-05-23 - 2022-05-25
  • Lecture
    Reistadbakk, Egil; Diesen, Even Igland; Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2022) LydRik(k) - Pedagogical Practices. People On the Move - Dialogue About Pedagogical Practices 2022-11-30 - 2022-11-30
  • Poster
    Larsen, Ann Sylvi; Berthelin, Signe Rix; Kopreitan, Ane; Nygård, Mari; Wicklund, Beret. (2022) Opportunities for interaction between research and the field of practice in a collaborative master’s supervision project. European Conference on Educational research (ECER) , Yerevan 2022-08-23 - 2022-08-25
  • Poster
    Larsen, Ann Sylvi; Berthelin, Signe Rix; Nygård, Mari; Wicklund, Beret. (2022) PRANO - Praksisforankrede norskfaglige masteroppgaver. Lærerutdanningen 100 år. Jubileumskonferanse , Trondheim 2022-10-03 - 2022-10-07
  • Poster
    Larsen, Ann Sylvi; Berthelin, Signe Rix; Wicklund, Beret; Grøntvedt, Anne; Kopreitan, Ane; Moen, Andreas. (2022) Integrating practice-based and research-based knowledge in a collaborative master’s supervision project. Perspectives from students, schoolteachers and university professors. Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA) , Reykjavik 2022-06-01 - 2022-06-03

2021

  • Academic lecture
    Raanes, Eli; Berthelin, Signe Rix; Torvatn, Anne Charlotte. (2021) Bruk av flere språklige ressurser i en tegnspråklig klasse. NNMF8 2021 Nordiska konferensen för modersmålsdidaktisk forskning , Uppsala 2021-11-24 - 2021-11-25

2020

  • Academic lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2020) Facilitating metaphorical creativity in multilinguals’ Norwegian writing. The 13th conference for the Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM) - Conference theme: Metaphorical creativity in a multilingual world , Hamar 2020-06-18 - 2020-06-21

2019

  • Academic lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2019) Metaforisk mangfold i elevers skriving. Møte om norsk språk – MONS 18 , Trondheim 2019-11-27 - 2019-11-29
  • Academic lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2019) Metaforer og muligheter. Et bidrag fra teoretisk pragmatikk til undervisning i kreativ metaforbruk. NNMF 7: Morsmålsfaget som fag og forskningsfelt , Trondheim 2019-10-23 - 2019-10-24

2018

  • Lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2018) Trusler mot språk. Temakveld: Er språket i forfall? , Ni muser 2018-04-04 - 2018-04-04

2017

  • Lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2017) Linguistic Fieldwork, bonuses and challenges (PECHA KUCHA). Masterkveld (Master students' evening) , NTNU 2017-11-15 - 2017-11-15
  • Academic lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2017) Modal suffixes in Uummarmiutun – meanings and distinctions. Inuktitut Language and Linguistics Workshop , University of Toronto 2017-05-30 - 2017-05-31

2016

  • Interview
    Berthelin, Signe Rix; Steinar, Brandslet. (2016) Hvorfor forsvinner så mange av verdens språk?. Forskning.no Forskning.no [Internet] 2016-04-07
  • Academic lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2016) On two Inupiatun hearsay expressions. 19th Annual Workshop on Amarican Indigenous Languages , Santa Barbara 2016-05-07 - 2016-05-08
  • Academic lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2016) Semantic and pragmatic fieldwork data and types of linguistic meaning. Language Documentation and Linguistic Theory 5 , London 2016-12-03 - 2016-12-04
  • Academic lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2016) Modality in Relevance Theory - Papafragou’s (2000) model and Uummarmiutun modals. BETWEEN (STABLE) MEANINGS AND (UNSTABLE) INTERPRETATIONS , Krakow 2016-09-15 - 2016-09-16

2015

  • Lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2015) How do you say 'must' in Inuvialuktun?. Public presentation. Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. , Yellowknife, NWT 2015-12-10 - 2015-12-10
  • Interview
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2015) [Interview]. Trail's End. CBC North. Yellowknife, NWT Canada Trail's End. CBC North. Yellowknife, NWT Canada [Radio] 2015-12-10
  • Lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2015) [Presentation of Inuvialuktun language learning materials]. Language Gathering. Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre , Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Center, Inuvik 2015-11-27 - 2015-11-27

2014

  • Lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2014) How do you say 'must' in Uummarmiutun?. Aurora Research Institute 50th Aniversary Speaker Series , Inuvik 2014-11-10 -
  • Lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2014) Language. Presentation for High School class. East Three Secondary School , Inuvik 2014-10-09 - 2014-10-09
  • Academic lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2014) On the modality of modal particles - the case of Norwegian 'jo'. Chronos 11 11th International Conference on Actionality, Tense, Aspect, Modality/Evidentiality , Pisa 2014-06-16 - 2014-06-18

2013

  • Academic lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix; Borthen, Kaja; Knudsen, Cecilie Slinning. (2013) Midtstillet 'jo' - semantiske og pragmatiske aspekter. Møter om norsk språk (MONS) , Oslo 2013-11-21 - 2013-11-23

2012

  • Academic lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2012) The epistemic postbase niq in North Slope Iñupiaq. 11th International Conference of Nordic and General Linguistics , Freiburg 2012-04-18 - 2012-04-20
  • Academic lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2012) Towards a relevance theoretic account of the Iñupiaq hearsay evidential guuq. Interpreting for Relevance: Discourse and Translation , Waraw 2012-09-25 - 2012-09-26

2011

  • Lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2011) The Joys of Linguistics and the Study of Iñupiaq Language. Saturday Talk , Barrow, Alaska 2011-10-15 -
  • Lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2011) Linguistics – the Study of Language. Class visit at Barrow High School , Barrow High School, Alaska 2011-11-16 -
  • Academic lecture
    Berthelin, Signe Rix. (2011) Evidentiality and Field methods. Lecture (Department of Linguistics/Alaska Native Language Center) , University of Alaska, Fairbanks 2011-11-21 - 2011-11-21

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