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Fields of interest

Sociolinguistics, functional/cognitive grammar, corpus linguistics, language variation and change

Teaching

Danish morphology, syntax and text linguistics

Language variation and change

Primary fields of research

Danish grammar, variation and change in 20th century Danish

Current research

My current research is part of the LANCHART Centre's project on variation and change in 20th century Danish - aiming at formulating and testing a model of language change. My part of the project concerns Danish grammar, and at present this includes studies of developments in the use of personal pronouns, participles and word order in dependent clauses in spoken Danish during the last four decades. The focus in these studies is diffusion of linguistic innovations in space and time,
intra-individual variation (in lifespan perspective as well within an
individual conversation), and the interplay between social/interactional and functional/semantic factors in explaining linguistic variation and change.

I also participate in the project Creativity and Dynamics in the Processes of Language Conventionalization. The aim of this project is to demonstrate the mechanisms behind language creativity and diversity and to develop theory and methods to investigate how language conventions are created, sustained and changed through concrete communication processes.

Impact

At the Faculty of Humanities my research is used as an example of the impact the humanities researchers have on society.
Read the case: Spoken language is a dynamic entity.

Selected publications

1. Published

   Generic 'du' in time and context: A study of intra-individual variation and change

   Jensen, T. J., 2017, Creativity and continuity: Perspectives on the dynamics of language conventionalization. Duncker, D. & Perregaard, B. (eds.). Copenhagen: U Press, p. 209-234

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

2. Published

   What do(es) you mean? The pragmatics of generic second person pronouns in modern spoken Danish

   Jensen, T. J. & Gregersen, F., 1 Sep 2016, In : Pragmatics. 26, 3, p. 417-446 30 p.

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

3. Published

   Word order variation and foregrounding of complement clauses: Exploring the meaning of sentence adverbials as signals of word order

   Christensen, T. K. & Jensen, T. J., 2015, Language variation - European Perspectives: Selected papers from the Seventh International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 7), Trondheim, June 2013. Thorgersen, E., Hårstad, S., Mæhlum, B. & Røyneland, U. (eds.). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, Vol. V. p. 69–86 18 p. (Studies in Language Variation).

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

4. Published

   Promoting the demoted: The distribution and semantics of “main clause word order” in spoken Danish complement clauses

   Jensen, T. J. & Christensen, T. K., 2013, In : Lingua. 137, p. 38-58 21 p.

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

5. Published

   Diffusion of Language Change: Accommodation to a Moving Target

   Maegaard, M., Jensen, T. J., Kristiansen, T. & Jørgensen, J. N., 2013, In : Journal of Sociolinguistics. 17, 1, p. 3-36 34 p.

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

6. Published

   Past participles in Jutland Danish: A real time study of regionalization and standardization

   Jensen, T. J. & Maegaard, M., 2012, In : Nordic Journal of Linguistics. 35, 2, p. 169-195

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

7. Published

   From community to conversation - and back: Exploring the interpersonal potentials of two generic pronouns in Danish

   Fosgerau, C. F., Jensen, T. J. & Nielsen, S. B., 2009, In : Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: International Journal of Linguistics . 41, p. 116-142 28 p.

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

8. Published

   Generic variation? Developments in use of generic pronouns in late 20^th century spoken Danish

   Jensen, T. J., 2009, In : Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: International Journal of Linguistics . 41, p. 83-115 23 p.

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

9. Published

   Betingelse, generalisering og realitet: Hvis-konstruktioner i dansk talesprog

   Jensen, T. J., 2008, København: Hans Reitzels Forlag. 280 p. (Traveaux du Cercle Linguistique de Copenhague; No. 33).

   Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review

10. Published

    Irrealitetsmarkører i dansk talesprog: En korpuslingvistisk undersøgelse af hvis-konstruktioner og modalverber i medarbejdersamtaler og sociolingvistiske interview

    Jensen, T. J., 2005, 550 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Ph.D. thesis › Research

Selected activities

1. New Ways of Analyzing Variation

   Torben Juel Jensen (Speaker)

   25 Oct 2015

   Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference

2. International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 8)

   Torben Juel Jensen (Speaker)

   29 May 2015

   Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference

3. SLE 2014

   Torben Juel Jensen (Speaker)

   11 Sep 2014

   Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference

4. Methods in Dialectology XV

   Torben Juel Jensen (Speaker)

   12 Aug 2014

   Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference

5. New Ways of Analyzing Variation

   Torben Juel Jensen (Speaker)

   25 Oct 2014

   Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference

6. 7th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe

   Torben Juel Jensen (Speaker)

   27 Jun 2013

   Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course

7. NyS (Journal)

   Torben Juel Jensen (Editor)

   1 Jun 2005 → 1 Dec 2017

   Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of Research journal › Research

8. N'CLAV - Nordic collaboration on language variation studies (External organisation)

   Torben Juel Jensen (Member)

   1 Jan 2010 → 31 Dec 2012

   Activity: Membership types › Membership in research network

9. New Ways of Analyzing Syntactic Variation

   Torben Juel Jensen (Speaker)

   16 Nov 2012

   Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course

10. Sociolinguistics Symposium

    Torben Juel Jensen (Speaker)

    23 Aug 2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course

11. N'CLAV Grand Meeting

    Torben Juel Jensen (Speaker)

    15 Aug 2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course

12. Symposium on the Dynamics of Language Conventionalization

    Torben Juel Jensen (Speaker)

    25 Jan 2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course