Hroarsdottir, Thorbjørg

- Seniorrådgiver & koordinator for EU-forskning
- LEAR (Legal Entity Appointed Representative) for UiT
Education:
1999 Doctor artium (PhD) in General Linguistics, University of Tromsø
1995 MA in (general and Icelandic) Linguistics, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
1992 BA in Icelandic Linguistics and Literature, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
1992 BS in Mathematics, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
Positions held:
Senior Researcher, Linguistics, University of Tromsø, 2005-2009
Visiting Professor, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, 2007-2008
Professor, Linguistics, University of Tromsø, 2003-2004
Visiting Scholar, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA, 2002-2003
Postdoctoral Scholar, Linguistics, University of Tromsø, 2000-2005
Associate Professor, Linguistics, University of Tromsø, 1999-2000
Visiting Scholar, City University New York, USA, Fall 1996
Research Scholar (PhD student), Linguistics, University of Tromsø, 1996-1999
Arbeider i CRIStin
- Wiklund, Anna-Lena; Bentzen, Kristine; Hrafnbjargarson, Gunnar Hrafn; Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. On the distribution and illocution of V2 in Scandinavian that-clauses. Lingua 2009; Volum 119 (12). ISSN 0024-3841.s 1914 - 1938.s doi: 10.1016/j.lingua.2009.03.006.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Restructuring and OV order. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 2009. ISSN 1100-097X.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. OV languages: Expressions of cues. Mouton de Gruyter 2009 (202) ISBN 3110205912. ISSN 1861-4302.s 67 - 90.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Information structure and OV order. Oxford University Press 2009 ISBN 978-0-19-957095-9.s 258 - 281.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Notes on language change and grammar change. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 2009. ISSN 1100-097X.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Types of DPs in OV order. Studia Linguistica 2008; Volum 62 (3). ISSN 0039-3193.s 261 - 286.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Verb particles in Older Icelandic. Nordlyd 2008; Volum 35 (1). ISSN 0332-7531.s 213 - 243.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Verb particles in OV/VO word order in Older Icelandic. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 2008; Volum 82. ISSN 1100-097X.s 43 - 81.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. TYPES OF DPS IN OV ORDER. Studia Linguistica 2008; Volum 62 (3). ISSN 0039-3193.s 261 - 286.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg; Wiklund, Anna-Lena; Bentzen, Kristine; Hrafnbjargarson, Gunnar Hrafn. The afterglow of verb movement. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 2007; Volum 80. ISSN 1100-097X.s 45 - 75.
- Bentzen, Kristine; Hrafnbjargarson, Gunnar Hrafn; Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg; Wiklund, Anna-Lena. The Tromsø guide to the Force behind V2. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 2007; Volum 79. ISSN 1100-097X.s 93 - 118.
- Wiklund, Anna-Lena; Hrafnbjargarson, Gunnar Hrafn; Bentzen, Kristine; Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Rethinking Scandinavian verb movement. Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics 2007; Volum 10 (3). ISSN 1383-4924.s 203 - 233.
- Bentzen, Kristine; Hrafnbjargarson, Gunnar Hrafn; Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg; Wiklund, Anna-Lena. Extracting from V2. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 2007; Volum 79. ISSN 1100-097X.s 119 - 128.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg; Hrafnbjargarson, Gunnar Hrafn; Wiklund, Anna-Lena; Bentzen, Kristine. The Tromsø guide to Scandinavian verb movement. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 2006; Volum 78. ISSN 1100-097X.s 1 - 36.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Cues and expressions. Nordlyd 2004; Volum 32 (1). ISSN 0332-7531.s 135 - 155.
- Holmberg, Anders; Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Agreement and movement in Icelandic raising constructions. Lingua 2004; Volum 114. ISSN 0024-3841.s 651 - 673.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Economy: On simplicity, default values and markedness in language acquisition and change. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 2003 (72). ISSN 1100-097X.s 113 - 151.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Language change and language acquisition. Nordlyd 2003; Volum 31 (1). ISSN 0332-7531.s 116 - 131.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg; Holmberg, Anders. Agreement and movement in Icelandic raising constructions. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 2002; Volum 69. ISSN 1100-097X.s 147 - 168.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Explaining language change: A three step process. Linguistics in Potsdam 2002; Volum 19. ISSN 1616-7392.s 103 - 141.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Right adjunction and base positions. The state of the art. Nordlyd 2001; Volum 30. ISSN 0332-7531.s 25 - 56.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. On diachronic syntax. Nordlyd 2001; Volum 30. ISSN 0332-7531.s 103 - 24.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Interacting movements in the history of Icelandic. Oxford University Press 2000 ISBN 0-19-825027-4.s 296 - 321.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Parameter change in Icelandic. John Benjamins Publishing Company 2000 (31) ISBN 90-272-2752-7. ISSN 0166-0829.s 153 - 179.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. The decline of OV word order in the Icelandic VP: a diachronic study. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 1996; Volum 57. ISSN 1100-097X.s 92 - 141.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Word Order Change in Icelandic: From OV to VO. John Benjamins Publishing Company 2000 (35) ISBN 90-272-2756-X. ISSN 0166-0829.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Setningafræðilegar Breytingar á 19. öld: Þróun Þriggja Málbreytinga. 1998 ISBN 9979-853-03-4.
- Bentzen, Kristine; Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. From a V2 grammar to no verb movement: A step-wise approach. 7th GLOW in Asia 2009-02-25 - 2009-02-27 2009.
- Bentzen, Kristine; Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. From a V2 grammar to no verb movement: A step-wise approach. CASTL Colloquium 2009-02-12 - 2009.
- Bentzen, Kristine; Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Stepwise loss of verb movement. Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop 24 2009-05-28 - 2009-05-29 2009.
- Bentzen, Kristine; Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Stepwise loss of verb movement. The Glory of Babel: Celebrating diversity in languages and linguistics 2008-12-04 - 2008-12-06 2008.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Prosodic properties and OV order. Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop (CGSW) 22 2007-06-08 - 2007.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Prosodic properties and OV order. DGfS (German Linguistic Society) Workshop: The role of information structure in language change 2007-02-28 - 2007-03-02 2007.
- Hrafnbjargarson, Gunnar Hrafn; Wiklund, Anna-Lena; Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg; Bentzen, Kristine. Verb Movement in Scandinavian. GLOW XXX, Universitetet i Tromsø 2007-04-11 - 2007-04-14 2007.
- Bentzen, Kristine; Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg; Hrafnbjargarson, Gunnar Hrafn; Wiklund, Anna-Lena. Embedded V2 in Scandinavian: Empirical observations. NORMS workshop on verb movement, Reykjavík 2007-01-26 - 2007-01-26 2007.
- Bentzen, Kristine; Hrafnbjargarson, Gunnar Hrafn; Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg; Wiklund, Anna-Lena. Spring cleaning of embedded V2. CASTL Colloquium, Tromsø 2007-03-15 - 2007.
- Bentzen, Kristine; Hrafnbjargarson, Gunnar Hrafn; Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg; Wiklund, Anna-Lena. The Force behind V2. Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop, University of Stuttgart 2007-06-08 - 2007-06-09 2007.
- Wiklund, Anna-Lena; Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg; Hrafnbjargarson, Gunnar Hrafn; Bentzen, Kristine. Spring Cleaning of Verb Movement in Norwegian and Icelandic. CASTL Colloquium, Tromsø 2006-05-11 - 2006.
- Bentzen, Kristine; Hrafnbjargarson, Gunnar Hrafn; Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg; Wiklund, Anna-Lena. Icelandic V-to-I movement reconsidered. ScanDiaSyn Grand Meeting 2006, Solf, Finland 2006-06-08 - 2006.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Information structure and OV order. Conference on Information structure between linguistic theory and empirical methods 2006-06-07 - 2006.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg; Hrafnbjargarson, Gunnar Hrafn; Wiklund, Anna-Lena; Bentzen, Kristine. The Tromsø guide to Scandinavian verb movement. Grammatikseminariet, Lunds Universitet 2006-10-19 - 2006.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Null arguments ... or how we are all born speaking Chinese. CASTL/Reykjavík Workshop 2004-06-04 - 2004-06-04 2004.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Gledikonur and gledimenn. The view from building 2 2003-09-11 - 2003.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Information structure and word order variation. Linguistics Variation in Bilingual Communication, Acquisition, and Diachronic Change 2003-10-16 - 2003-10-18 2003.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Expressing cues diversely. Workshop on Morphology 2003-05-30 - 2003-05-31 2003.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Economy: on simplicity, default values and markedness in language acquisition and change. CASTL colloquium 2003-09-11 - 2003.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. OV/VO and non-canonical complementation. Georgetown University Working Papers in Theoretical Linguistics 2003.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Transitive expletive constructions in Icelandic. Georgetown University Working Papers in Theoretical Linguistics 2003.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. From alternation in the PLD to grammar change. 27th Penn Linguistics Colloquium 2003-02-21 - 2003-02-23 2003.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Non-universal set of cues. Conference on Comparative Diachronic Syntax (CCDS) 2003-08-29 - 2003-08-30 2003.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg; Holmberg, Anders. Wh-movement involves Greed: Evidence from Icelandic raising. Workshop on "Triggers" 2002-10-24 - 2002-10-24 2002.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg; Holmberg, Anders. Agr, wh-movement, and raising in Icelandic. The Displacement Property of Human Languages 2002-09-27 - 2002-09-28 2002.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Explaining language change: A three step process. Workshop on Language Change from a Generative Perspective 2002-02-08 - 2002-02-08 2002.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Language change and language acquisition. 19th Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics 2002-01-10 - 2002-01-10 2002.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Restructuring in Old Icelandic. GLOW workshop on Language Change and Variation 2001-04-11 - 2001-04-11 2001.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. VP-preposing in Icelandic. 14th Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop 1999-01-08 - 1999-01-09 1999.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. The implicational relationship of language acquisition and language change. Trial lecture 1999-06-04 - 1999.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Theoretical and empirical aspects of syntactic change. Trial lecture 1999-06-04 - 1999.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Intertacting movements in the history of Icelandic. 5th Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference (DIGS 5) 1998-05-30 - 1998-06-01 1998.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Parameter change in Icelandic. 2th Tromsø Syntax Workshop: VO and OV 1998-05-22 - 1998-05-23 1998.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Argument movements in the Older Icelandic VP. Proceedings of ConSOLE V 1997.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. The decline of OV word order in the Icelandic VP. ConSOLE 5 1996-12-16 - 1996-12-18 1996.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. SHC ≠ SVO. Thursday Night Seminar 1996-09-13 - 1996.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. The decline of OV word order in Icelandic. Thursday Night Seminar 1996-02-08 - 1996.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. OV word order in the history of Icelandic. GISSL workshop 1996-07-20 - 1996-07-20 1996.
- Hróarsdóttir, Thorbjörg. Syntactic changes in nineteenth century Icelandic. Guest lecture 1995-02-21 - 1995.
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