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Primary fields of research

My primary research is about West Greenlandic grammar, especially about syntax, morphology and morphofonology. In this area I focus on aspectual and tense marking in West Greenlandic, and how tense and aspectual marking change over time. Within word formation I focus on the ordering of affixes and which affixes can be combined, especially the aspectual affixes.

Another research area is also withn word formation and syntax, and here I investigate how valency changing affixes alter the arguments of the verb and form passive or antipassive sentences and vice versa.

A third area is within space orientation, and here I investigate constructions where demonstratives and directional terms are combined.

Current research

1. Mood, aspect and tense in West Greenlandic. An investigation on if a inflectional mood marker influence the aspectual and tense marking in a simpel sentence.

2. Valency in the West Greenlandic language. An investigation on how (in)transitivizing affixes alter the arguments of the verbs and change the active sentence into a passive or antipassive sentence.    

3. Navigation and orientation in space investigates the use of demonstratives combined with directional terms in an archipelago area in West Greenland.

Fields of interest

Morphology, morphofonology in West Greenlandic Language  

Ordering of affixes in West Greenlandic

Tense and temporal marking

Valency

Orientation in space

Language policy

Dialects of Inuit Languages

Communication

Foreign language acquisition

Teaching

West Greenlandic language skills

West Greenlandic translation, grammar and communication A

West Greenlandic communication B

West Greenlandic communication C

West Greenlandic grammar with readings and West Greenlandic oral communication 1

West Greenlandic grammar with text production and West Greenlandic oral communication 2

West Greenlandic grammar with linguistics and West Greenlandic oral communication 3

External lecturer in linguistic topics in dept. of language, literature and Media, Ilisimatusarfik

External lecturer in linguistic topics for high school teachers in Greenland

Selected publications

1. Published

   Om at finde vej i skærgården i Upernavik i Nordgrønland

   Trondhjem, N. B., 1 Dec 2017, In : Tidsskriftet Grønland. 4, p. 330-339 10 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

2. Submitted

   Wayfinding through the archipelago in North Greenland

   Trondhjem, N. B., 1 Sep 2017, (Submitted) In : Acta Linguistica Hafniensia : international journal of linguistics. 20 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › Research › peer-review

3. Published

   Verbal aspects in West Greenlandic: lexical and grammatical aspects

   Trondhjem, N. B., 15 Jun 2017, Studies in Inuit Linguistics in honor of Michael Fortescue . Kaplan, L. & Berge, A. (eds.). Fairbanks, Alaska : Alaska Native Language Center, Fairbanks, Alaska , p. 67-90 23 p.

   Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

4. Published

   Valens i grønlandsk

   Trondhjem, N. B., 27 Sep 2016. 25 p.

   Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Communication

5. Published

   Distributive and collective aspect in Kalaallisut

   Trondhjem, N. B., 2016, In : Amerindia. 38, p. 129-144 16 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

6. Published

   How are emotions expressed in Kalaallisut

   Trondhjem, N. B., 2017, Le Langage de l'émotion : variations linguistiques et culturelles . Tersis, N. & Boyeldieu, P. (eds.). Paris: Peeters, p. 397-426 30 p.

   Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

7. Published

   Markers of futurity and aspect in West Greenlandic

   Trondhjem, N. B., 26 Jun 2014, Future Times, Future Tenses. De Brabanter, P., Kissine, M. & Sharifzadeh, S. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 114-137 24 p. (Oxford Studies of Time in Language and Thought, Vol. 2).

   Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

8. Published

   Repititive, iterative and habitual aspectual affixes in West Greenlandic

   Trondhjem, N. B., 2012, In : Acta Hafniensia Linguistica, International journal of linguistics. 44, 1 (2012), p. 64–76 13 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

9. Published

   Kallaallisut oqaasilerineq – sumut killippugut? Ilisimalikkat atuartitsinermi atulernissaat siunertaralugu Isumasioqatigiinneq Nuuk 27. april 2009

   Trondhjem, N. B., 1 Jan 2010, In : Kalaaleq . 1, p. 7-9 3 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal › Communication

10. Published

    Marking of past time in Kalaallisut, the Greenlandic language

    Trondhjem, N. B., 2009, In : Typological Studies in Language. 86, p. 171-182

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

11. Published

    Quantification as Reference: Evidence from Q-Verbs

    Bittner, M. & Trondhjem, N. B., 2008, Quantification: a Cross-linguistic Perspective. Matthewson, L. (ed.). First Edition ed. UK: Emerald Group Publishing, p. 7-66 60 p. (NORTH-HOLLAND LINGUISTIC SERIES:LINGUISTIC VARIATIONS, Vol. 64).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

12. Published

    Fra Nuuk til ...? Hvad betyder dansk for grønlændere?

    Trondhjem, N. B., 2005, Ordenes Slotte. Om sprog og litteratur i Norden: Hyldest til Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Íslands præsident 1980-1996. Kristmannsson, D. G. & Weiss, D. P. (eds.). Stofnun Vigdïsar Finnbogadóttur í erlendum tungumálum, p. 130-135 5 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Communication