Torben Juel Jensen
Associate professor, head of study board
Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics
Emil Holms Kanal 2, 2300 København S, Building: 22.3.60
Denmark
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.
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
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Generic 'du' in time and context: A study of intra-individual variation and change
Jensen, Torben Juel, 2017, Creativity and continuity: Perspectives on the dynamics of language conventionalization. Duncker, D. & Perregaard, B. (eds.). Copenhagen: U Press, p. 209-234Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter
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What do(es) you mean? The pragmatics of generic second person pronouns in modern spoken Danish
Jensen, Torben Juel & Gregersen, Frans, 1 Sep 2016, In : Pragmatics. 26, 3, p. 417-446 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Word order variation and foregrounding of complement clauses: Exploring the meaning of sentence adverbials as signals of word order
Christensen, Tanya Karoli & Jensen, Torben Juel, 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
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Promoting the demoted: The distribution and semantics of “main clause word order” in spoken Danish complement clauses
Jensen, Torben Juel & Christensen, Tanya Karoli, 2013, In : Lingua. 137, p. 38-58 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Diffusion of Language Change: Accommodation to a Moving Target
Maegaard, Marie, Jensen, Torben Juel, Kristiansen, Tore & 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
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Past participles in Jutland Danish: A real time study of regionalization and standardization
Jensen, Torben Juel & Maegaard, Marie, 2012, In : Nordic Journal of Linguistics. 35, 2, p. 169-195Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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From community to conversation - and back: Exploring the interpersonal potentials of two generic pronouns in Danish
Fosgerau, Christina Fogtmann, Jensen, Torben Juel & Nielsen, Søren Beck, 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
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Generic variation? Developments in use of generic pronouns in late 20th century spoken Danish
Jensen, Torben Juel, 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
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Betingelse, generalisering og realitet: Hvis-konstruktioner i dansk talesprog
Jensen, Torben Juel, 2008, København: Hans Reitzels Forlag. 280 p. (Traveaux du Cercle Linguistique de Copenhague; No. 33).Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Selected activities
New Ways of Analyzing Variation
Jensen, Torben Juel (Speaker)25 Oct 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference
International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 8)
Jensen, Torben Juel (Speaker)29 May 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference
SLE 2014
Jensen, Torben Juel (Speaker)11 Sep 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference
Methods in Dialectology XV
Jensen, Torben Juel (Speaker)12 Aug 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference
New Ways of Analyzing Variation
Jensen, Torben Juel (Speaker)25 Oct 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference
7th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe
Jensen, Torben Juel (Speaker)27 Jun 2013Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
NyS (Journal)
Jensen, Torben Juel (Editor)1 Jun 2005 → 1 Dec 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of Research journal › Research
N'CLAV - Nordic collaboration on language variation studies (External organisation)
Jensen, Torben Juel (Member)1 Jan 2010 → 31 Dec 2012Activity: Membership types › Membership in research network
New Ways of Analyzing Syntactic Variation
Jensen, Torben Juel (Speaker)16 Nov 2012Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Sociolinguistics Symposium
Jensen, Torben Juel (Speaker)23 Aug 2012Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
N'CLAV Grand Meeting
Jensen, Torben Juel (Speaker)15 Aug 2012Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Symposium on the Dynamics of Language Conventionalization
Jensen, Torben Juel (Speaker)25 Jan 2012Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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From Community to Conversation - and Back: Generic use of second person pronouns in Danish
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Irrealitetsmarkører i dansk talesprog: En korpuslingvistisk undersøgelse af hvis-konstruktioner og modalverber i medarbejdersamtaler og sociolingvistiske interview
Research output: Book/Report › Ph.D. thesis › Research
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Generic variation? Developments in use of generic pronouns in late 20th century spoken Danish
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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