Yvonne Wilhelmina Henriette van Baal
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
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Syntax and morphology
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Multilingualism
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Dialect variation
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Language acquisition
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Heritage languages including American Norwegian
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Definiteness
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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
2023
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Lohndal, Terje;
van Baal, Yvonne Wilhelmina Henriette;
Eik, Ragnhild;
Solbakken, Hedda.
(2023)
"Replication Data for Grammatical Gender in Norwegian Dialects: Variation, Acquisition and Change (GenVAC)".
Database
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van Baal, Yvonne Wilhelmina Henriette;
Solbakken, Hedda;
Eik, Ragnhild;
Lohndal, Terje.
(2023)
Endringer i grammatisk kjønn på tvers av dialekter: Et eksperimentelt paradigme.
NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift
Academic article
2022
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Natvig, David Albert;
van Baal, Yvonne.
(2022)
American Norwegian derivational morphology in contact.
Bergen Language and Linguistics Studies (BeLLS)
Academic article
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van Baal, Yvonne.
(2022)
New data on language change: Compositional definiteness in American Norwegian.
Heritage Language Journal
Academic article
2021
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van Baal, Yvonne;
Natvig, David.
(2021)
Introduction to the special issue on Heritage languages & Bilingualism.
Nordic Journal of Linguistics
Editorial
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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
2020
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van Baal, Yvonne.
(2020)
Compositional Definiteness in American Heritage Norwegian.
07 Gruppen
07 Gruppen
Doctoral dissertation
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Natvig, David Albert;
van Baal, Yvonne.
(2020)
Crossing borders to enhance our understanding of variation in heritage languages.
Oslo Studies in Language (OSLa)
Academic article
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van Baal, Yvonne;
Natvig, David.
(2020)
Call for Papers: NJL Special Issue: Heritage Languages and Bilingualism.
Nordic Journal of Linguistics
Short communication
2018
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van Baal, Yvonne;
Don, Jan.
(2018)
Universals in possessive morphology.
Glossa: a journal of general linguistics
Academic article
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van Baal, Yvonne.
(2018)
Compositional Definiteness in Heritage Norwegian: Production Studied in a Translation Experiment.
Cascadilla Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Journal publications
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van Baal, Yvonne Wilhelmina Henriette;
Solbakken, Hedda;
Eik, Ragnhild;
Lohndal, Terje.
(2023)
Endringer i grammatisk kjønn på tvers av dialekter: Et eksperimentelt paradigme.
NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift
Academic article
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Natvig, David Albert;
van Baal, Yvonne.
(2022)
American Norwegian derivational morphology in contact.
Bergen Language and Linguistics Studies (BeLLS)
Academic article
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van Baal, Yvonne.
(2022)
New data on language change: Compositional definiteness in American Norwegian.
Heritage Language Journal
Academic article
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van Baal, Yvonne;
Natvig, David.
(2021)
Introduction to the special issue on Heritage languages & Bilingualism.
Nordic Journal of Linguistics
Editorial
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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
-
Natvig, David Albert;
van Baal, Yvonne.
(2020)
Crossing borders to enhance our understanding of variation in heritage languages.
Oslo Studies in Language (OSLa)
Academic article
-
van Baal, Yvonne;
Natvig, David.
(2020)
Call for Papers: NJL Special Issue: Heritage Languages and Bilingualism.
Nordic Journal of Linguistics
Short communication
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van Baal, Yvonne;
Don, Jan.
(2018)
Universals in possessive morphology.
Glossa: a journal of general linguistics
Academic article
Part of book/report
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van Baal, Yvonne.
(2018)
Compositional Definiteness in Heritage Norwegian: Production Studied in a Translation Experiment.
Cascadilla Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
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van Baal, Yvonne.
(2020)
Compositional Definiteness in American Heritage Norwegian.
07 Gruppen
07 Gruppen
Doctoral dissertation
PRODUKT
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Lohndal, Terje;
van Baal, Yvonne Wilhelmina Henriette;
Eik, Ragnhild;
Solbakken, Hedda.
(2023)
"Replication Data for Grammatical Gender in Norwegian Dialects: Variation, Acquisition and Change (GenVAC)".
Database
Media
2023
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Popular scientific lectureSolbakken, Hedda; van Baal, Yvonne Wilhelmina Henriette. (2023) Språk i endring: Hvordan og hvorfor?. Thora Storm videregående skole Gjesteforelesning , Trondheim 2023-01-31 - 2023-01-31
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Popular scientific lecturevan Baal, Yvonne Wilhelmina Henriette. (2023) The linguistic perspective: Gender as a grammatical category. Institutt for sosiologi og statsvitenskap, NTNU 8. mars ved Institutt for sosiologi og statsvitenskap , Trondheim 2023-03-08 - 2023-03-08
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Academic lectureVan Baal, Yvonne Wilhelmina Henriette. (2023) Acceptability judgments in moribund heritage languages: mitigating the challenges. 14th Workshop on Immigrant Languages in the Americas (WILA) , Flensburg 2023-10-05 - 2023-10-07
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Academic lectureSolbakken, Hedda; Van Baal, Yvonne Wilhelmina Henriette; Eik, Ragnhild; Lohndal, Terje. (2023) Loss of feminine gender forms: A cross-dialectal study of Norwegian determiners and possessives. CreteLing CreteLing Poster Conference , Rethymno, Crete 2023-07-20 - 2023-07-20
2022
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Academic lecturevan Baal, Yvonne; Solbakken, Hedda; Eik, Ragnhild; Lohndal, Terje. (2022) Endring i grammatisk kjønn på tvers av generasjoner og steder. UiT Norges arktiske universitet Møte om norsk språk (MONS) 19 , Tromsø 2022-11-23 - 2022-11-25
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Popular scientific lecturevan Baal, Yvonne; Solbakken, Hedda. (2022) Språk i endring: Hvordan og hvorfor?. Thora Storm videregående skole Gjesteforelesning , Trondheim 2022-01-21 - 2022-01-21
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Popular scientific lectureSolbakken, Hedda; van Baal, Yvonne. (2022) Språk i endring: Hvordan og hvorfor?. Thora Storm videregående skole Gjesteforelesning , Trondheim 2022-01-28 - 2022-01-28
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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. NTNU Skogselskapet , Trondheim 2022-04-26 - 2022-04-26
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LectureSolbakken, Hedda; van Baal, Yvonne; Eik, Ragnhild; Lohndal, Terje. (2022) Feminine gender across Norwegian dialects: Articles and possessives. UiT & NTNU AcqVA Retreat , 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. NTNU AcqVA lunch , Trondheim 2022-03-02 - 2022-03-02
2021
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Academic lecturevan Baal, Yvonne; Natvig, David Albert. (2021) Ka e de mot avleiing: Derivational morphology in American Norwegian. University of Helsinki Workshop on Immigrant Languages in the Americas , Helsinki 2021-10-06 - 2021-10-09
2017
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Academic lectureVan Baal, Yvonne Wilhelmina Henriëtte. (2017) Compositional Definiteness in Heritage Norwegian: Insights from a translation task. University of Copenhagen 8th Workshop on Immigrant Languages in the Americas , Copenhagen 2017-10-12 - 2017-10-14
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PosterVan Baal, Yvonne Wilhelmina Henriëtte. (2017) Compositional Definiteness in Heritage Norwegian. AILA-Europe, University of Vienna AILA-Europe Junior Researcher Meeting in Applied Linguistics , Vienna 2017-09-06 - 2017-09-08