Torben Juel Jensen

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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.

 

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

   Explanations in Sociosyntactic Variation

   Christensen, Tanya Karoli (ed.) & Jensen, Torben Juel (ed.), 2022, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 250 p. (Studies in Language Variation and Change).

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

2. Published

   When variants lack semantic equivalence: Adverbial Subclause Word Order

   Christensen, Tanya Karoli & Jensen, Torben Juel, 2022, Explanations in Sociosyntactic Variation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 171-206 35 p. (Studies in Language Variation and Change).

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

3. Published

   Foregrounding of subordinate clauses by word order: Psycholinguistic evidence of the function of V>Adv (V2) word order in Danish

   Christensen, Marie Herget, Christensen, Tanya Karoli & Jensen, Torben Juel, 2020, In: Linguistics. 58, 1, p. 245–273 29 p., 7.

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

4. Published

   Comparing speech samples: On the challenge of comparability in panel studies of language change in real time

   Gregersen, Frans, Jensen, Torben Juel & Pharao, Nicolai, 2017, Panel studies of language variation and change. Wagner, S. E. & Buchstaller, I. (eds.). New York & London: Routledge, Vol. 1. p. 155-180 26 p. (Routledge Studies in Language Change).

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

5. Published

   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. 209-234

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

6. Published

   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

7. Published

   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 › Research › peer-review

8. Published

   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

9. Published

   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

10. Published

    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. 169-195

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

11. Published

    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

12. Published

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

13. Published

    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

Selected activities

1. Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics (Organisational unit)

   Jensen, Torben Juel (Chair)

   1 Feb 2016 → 31 Jan 2022

   Activity: Membership types › Membership in committee, council, board

2. NyS (Journal)

   Jensen, Torben Juel (Editor)

   1 Jun 2005 → 1 Dec 2017

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

3. Kreativitet og dynamik i sproglig konventionsdannelse (External organisation)

   Jensen, Torben Juel (Member)

   1 Feb 2010 → 31 Jan 2013

   Activity: Membership types › Membership in research network

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

   Jensen, Torben Juel (Member)

   1 Jan 2010 → 31 Dec 2012

   Activity: Membership types › Membership in research network