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Yvonne van Baal

Yvonne van Baal

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Language and Literature

yvonne.van.baal@ntnu.no
+4773412863 Bygg 5, 5557B, Dragvoll
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About

I am a postdoc researcher at the Department of Language and Literature and a member of the AcqVA research group. I received my PhD in Linguistics at the University of Oslo (spring 2020), supervised by professor Janne Bondi Johannessen and professor Ida Larsson. Before that, I completed my MA in linguistics (2015) and my BA in Dutch language and literature (2013) at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Currently, I am a postdoc at the GenVAC project, where we investigate grammatical gender in Norwegian dialects. The project studies variation, acquisition and change in gender, especially with respect to the feminine gender.

Research interests

  • Syntax and morphology
  • Multilingualism
  • Dialect variation
  • Language acquisition
  • Heritage languages including American Norwegian
  • Definiteness
  • Grammatical gender

Other academic activities

Member, Steering Committee Workshop on Immigrant Languages in the Americas (WILA), 2020-2022.

Guest editor, Nordic Journal of Linguistics, special issue on Heritage Languages & Bilingualism, published October 2021.

Publications

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2022

  • Natvig, David Albert; van Baal, Yvonne. (2022) American Norwegian derivational morphology in contact. Bergen Language and Linguistics Studies (BeLLS). volum 12 (2).
    Academic article
  • van Baal, Yvonne. (2022) New data on language change: Compositional definiteness in American Norwegian. Heritage Language Journal. volum 19.
    Academic article

2021

  • Eik, Ragnhild; van Baal, Yvonne; Lohndal, Terje. (2021) Sier du "en bok" eller "ei bok"?. NTNU Samfunn, språk og kultur blogg.
    Popular scientific article
  • van Baal, Yvonne; Natvig, David. (2021) Introduction to the special issue on Heritage languages & Bilingualism. Nordic Journal of Linguistics. volum 44 (2).
    Editorial

2020

  • Natvig, David Albert; van Baal, Yvonne. (2020) Crossing borders to enhance our understanding of variation in heritage languages. Oslo Studies in Language (OSLa). volum 11 (2).
    Academic article
  • van Baal, Yvonne. (2020) Compositional Definiteness in American Heritage Norwegian. 2020.
    PhD thesis
  • van Baal, Yvonne; Natvig, David. (2020) Call for Papers: NJL Special Issue: Heritage Languages and Bilingualism. Nordic Journal of Linguistics. volum 43 (1).
    Short communication

2018

  • van Baal, Yvonne. (2018) Compositional Definiteness in Heritage Norwegian: Production Studied in a Translation Experiment. Selected Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Immigrant Languages in the Americas (WILA 8).
    Academic chapter/article
  • van Baal, Yvonne; Don, Jan. (2018) Universals in possessive morphology. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics. volum 3 (1).
    Academic article

Scientific articles

  • Natvig, David Albert; van Baal, Yvonne. (2022) American Norwegian derivational morphology in contact. Bergen Language and Linguistics Studies (BeLLS). volum 12 (2).
    Academic article
  • van Baal, Yvonne. (2022) New data on language change: Compositional definiteness in American Norwegian. Heritage Language Journal. volum 19.
    Academic article
  • Natvig, David Albert; van Baal, Yvonne. (2020) Crossing borders to enhance our understanding of variation in heritage languages. Oslo Studies in Language (OSLa). volum 11 (2).
    Academic article
  • van Baal, Yvonne; Don, Jan. (2018) Universals in possessive morphology. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics. volum 3 (1).
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Eik, Ragnhild; van Baal, Yvonne; Lohndal, Terje. (2021) Sier du "en bok" eller "ei bok"?. NTNU Samfunn, språk og kultur blogg.
    Popular scientific article
  • van Baal, Yvonne; Natvig, David. (2021) Introduction to the special issue on Heritage languages & Bilingualism. Nordic Journal of Linguistics. volum 44 (2).
    Editorial
  • van Baal, Yvonne; Natvig, David. (2020) Call for Papers: NJL Special Issue: Heritage Languages and Bilingualism. Nordic Journal of Linguistics. volum 43 (1).
    Short communication

Part of book/report

  • van Baal, Yvonne. (2018) Compositional Definiteness in Heritage Norwegian: Production Studied in a Translation Experiment. Selected Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Immigrant Languages in the Americas (WILA 8).
    Academic chapter/article

Report

  • van Baal, Yvonne. (2020) Compositional Definiteness in American Heritage Norwegian. 2020.
    PhD thesis

Media

2022

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Solbakken, Hedda; van Baal, Yvonne. (2022) Språk i endring: Hvordan og hvorfor?. Gjesteforelesning . Thora Storm videregående skole; Trondheim. 2022-01-28 - 2022-01-28.
  • Lecture
    Solbakken, 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.
  • Popular scientific lecture
    van Baal, Yvonne; Solbakken, Hedda. (2022) Språk i endring: Hvordan og hvorfor?. Gjesteforelesning . Thora Storm videregående skole; Trondheim. 2022-01-21 - 2022-01-21.
  • Lecture
    van 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.
  • Academic lecture
    van Baal, Yvonne; Solbakken, Hedda; Eik, Ragnhild; Lohndal, Terje. (2022) Endring i grammatisk kjønn på tvers av generasjoner og steder. Møte om norsk språk (MONS) 19 . UiT Norges arktiske universitet; Tromsø. 2022-11-23 - 2022-11-25.
  • Lecture
    van 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.

2021

  • Academic lecture
    van Baal, Yvonne; Natvig, David Albert. (2021) Ka e de mot avleiing: Derivational morphology in American Norwegian. Workshop on Immigrant Languages in the Americas . University of Helsinki; Helsinki. 2021-10-06 - 2021-10-09.

2017

  • Poster
    Van Baal, Yvonne Wilhelmina Henriëtte. (2017) Compositional Definiteness in Heritage Norwegian. AILA-Europe Junior Researcher Meeting in Applied Linguistics . AILA-Europe, University of Vienna; Vienna. 2017-09-06 - 2017-09-08.
  • Academic lecture
    Van Baal, Yvonne Wilhelmina Henriëtte. (2017) Compositional Definiteness in Heritage Norwegian: Insights from a translation task. 8th Workshop on Immigrant Languages in the Americas . University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen. 2017-10-12 - 2017-10-14.
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