Signe Rix Berthelin
Background and activities
Academic interests:
- Saami language in a mainstream school context
- Metaphors
- 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
- Research methods, linguistic fieldwork, (intercultural) 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
Teaching:
- 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)
Projects:
► The Meaning and Function of Norwegian Tags
Disciplines: Pragmatics, semantics, corpus linguistics
PI: Kaja Borten (NTNU)
Funding: The Research Council of Norway (NFR)
► 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)
Scientific, academic and artistic work
Displaying a selection of activities. See all publications in the database
2020
- (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 . Høgskolen i Innlandet; Hamar. 2020-06-18 - 2020-06-21.
- (2020) Semantic elicitation — A discussion of elicitation frames and their application. Semantic Fieldwork Methods. vol. 2 (1).
2019
- (2019) Ekkoer av språk og ekkoer av fornorskning. RISS : magasin for studentar og tilsette ved Institutt for nordistikk og litteraturvitskap, Universitetet i Trondheim. vol. 1.
- (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.
- (2019) The semantics and pragmatics of Norwegian sentence-internal jo. Nordic Journal of Linguistics. vol. 42 (1).
2018
- (2018) Midtstilt da - en semantisk-pragmatisk redegjørelse og en sammenlikning med etterstilt da. NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift. vol. 36 (2).
- (2018) Norske småord. Signe Rix Berthelin, https://norskesmaaord.wixsite.com/lesdavel. 2018.
- (2018) Trusler mot språk. Temakveld: Er språket i forfall? . Linjeforeningen Gengangere; Ni muser. 2018-04-04 - 2018-04-04.
2017
- (2017) Modal suffixes in Uummarmiutun – meanings and distinctions. Inuktitut Language and Linguistics Workshop . Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto; University of Toronto. 2017-05-30 - 2017-05-31.
- (2017) The Semantics and Pragmatics of Uummarmiutun Modals. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet. 2017. ISBN 978-82-326-2758-5.
- (2017) Towards a Relevance-Theoretic Account of the Iñupiaq Hearsay Evidential Guuq. Applications of Relevance Theory From Discourse to Morphemes.
- (2017) Two Uummarmiutun modals – including a brief comparison with Utkuhikšalingmiutut cognates. TORONTO WORKING PAPERS IN LINGUISTICS. vol. 39.
2016
- (2016) Modality in Relevance Theory - Papafragou’s (2000) model and Uummarmiutun modals. BETWEEN (STABLE) MEANINGS AND (UNSTABLE) INTERPRETATIONS . Department of Linguistic Pragmatics and Theory of Translatio; Krakow. 2016-09-15 - 2016-09-16.
- (2016) On two Inupiatun hearsay expressions. 19th Annual Workshop on Amarican Indigenous Languages . University of California Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara. 2016-05-07 - 2016-05-08.
- (2016) Semantic and pragmatic fieldwork data and types of linguistic meaning. Language Documentation and Linguistic Theory 5 . School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; London. 2016-12-03 - 2016-12-04.
- (2016) Hvorfor forsvinner så mange av verdens språk?. Forskning.no [Internett]. 2016-04-07.
2015
- (2015) How do you say 'must' in Inuvialuktun?. Public presentation. Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. . Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre; Yellowknife, NWT. 2015-12-10 - 2015-12-10.
- (2015) [Interview]. Trail's End. CBC North. Yellowknife, NWT Canada [Radio]. 2015-12-10.
2014
- (2014) How do you say 'must' in Uummarmiutun?. Aurora Research Institute 50th Aniversary Speaker Series . Aurora Research Institute; Inuvik. 2014-11-10.
- (2014) Language. Presentation for High School class. East Three Secondary School . East Three Secondary School; Inuvik. 2014-10-09 - 2014-10-09.
- (2014) On the modality of modal particles - the case of Norwegian 'jo'. Chronos 11 11th International Conference on Actionality, Tense, Aspect, Modality/Evidentiality . Scuola Normale Superiore; Pisa. 2014-06-16 - 2014-06-18.
2012
- (2012) The epistemic postbase niq in North Slope Iñupiaq. 11th International Conference of Nordic and General Linguistics . Nordic Association of Linguists; Freiburg. 2012-04-18 - 2012-04-20.
- (2012) Towards a relevance theoretic account of the Iñupiaq hearsay evidential guuq. Interpreting for Relevance: Discourse and Translation . Institute of English Studies University of Warsaw; Waraw. 2012-09-25 - 2012-09-26.
- (2012) Om det uuttalte - det relevansteoretiske implikaturbegrepet i møte med autentiske data. NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift. vol. 30 (1).
2011
- (2011) Evidentiality and Field methods. Lecture (Department of Linguistics/Alaska Native Language Center) . Alaska Native Language Center; University of Alaska, Fairbanks. 2011-11-21 - 2011-11-21.
- (2011) Linguistics – the Study of Language. Class visit at Barrow High School . Barrow Arctic Science Consortium; Barrow High School, Alaska. 2011-11-16.