Eivind Torgersen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1250467 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eivind Torgersen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eivind |
| FAMILY NAME | Torgersen |
| SIGNATURE | TORGERSEN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Reading |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9370-7416 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 189 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Embracing linguistic and cultural diversity in multilingual EAL classrooms
This study investigated the impact of professional development on teacher beliefs and practices in linguistically heterogeneous EAL classrooms. Structured classroom observations and semi-structured interviews were used to assess the progress of three EAL teachers at a Norwegian primary school who participated in monthly professional development workshops. The longitudinal findings suggest that although the teachers developed positive beliefs abou…
The Effects of Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency on Communicative Adequacy in Oral Task Performance
Communicative adequacy is a key construct in second language research, as the primary goal of most language learners is to communicate successfully in real-world situations. Nevertheless, little is known about what linguistic features contribute to communicatively adequate speech. This study fills this gap by investigating the extent to which complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) predict adequacy, and whether proficiency and task type moderate …
An investigation of speech rhythm in London English
Contact, the feature pool and the speech community
In the multilingual centres of Northern Europe's major cities, new varieties of the host languages are emerging. While some analyse these 'multiethnolects' as youth styles, we take a variationist approach to an emerging 'Multicultural London English' (MLE), asking: (1) what features characterise MLE; (2) at what age(s) are they acquired; (3) is MLE vernacularised; and (4) when did MLE emerge, and what factors enabled this? We argue that innovatio…
Ethnicity, friendship network and social practices as the motor of dialect change
Article Ethnicity, friendship network and social practices as the motor of dialect change: Linguistic innovation in London was published on December 19, 2008 in the journal Sociolinguistica (volume 22, issue 1)
Reversing “drift”
This study contributes to innovation and diffusion models by examining phonetic changes in London English. It evaluates Sapir's notion of “drift,” which involves “natural,” unconscious change, in relation to these changes. Investigating parallel developments in two related varieties of English enables drift to be tested in terms of the effect of extralinguistic factors. The diphthongs of price , mouth , face , and goat in both London and New Zeal…
Internal and external motivation in phonetic change
This article is a contribution to the debate about the primacy of internal versus external factors in language change (Farrar and Jones 2002; Thomason and Kaufman 1988). Taking Labov's Principles of Vowel Shifting (Labov 1994) as representing internal factors, we examine a vowel shift in Ashford, south-east of London. F1 and F2 measurements of the short vowels suggest a classic chain shift, largely following Labov's Principles II and III (though …
Contact, the feature pool and the speech community
In the multilingual centres of Northern Europe's major cities, new varieties of the host languages are emerging. While some analyse these 'multiethnolects' as youth styles, we take a variationist approach to an emerging 'Multicultural London English' (MLE), asking: (1) what features characterise MLE; (2) at what age(s) are they acquired; (3) is MLE vernacularised; and (4) when did MLE emerge, and what factors enabled this? We argue that innovatio…
Internal and external motivation in phonetic change
This article is a contribution to the debate about the primacy of internal versus external factors in language change (Farrar and Jones 2002; Thomason and Kaufman 1988). Taking Labov's Principles of Vowel Shifting (Labov 1994) as representing internal factors, we examine a vowel shift in Ashford, south-east of London. F1 and F2 measurements of the short vowels suggest a classic chain shift, largely following Labov's Principles II and III (though …
Embracing linguistic and cultural diversity in multilingual EAL classrooms
This study investigated the impact of professional development on teacher beliefs and practices in linguistically heterogeneous EAL classrooms. Structured classroom observations and semi-structured interviews were used to assess the progress of three EAL teachers at a Norwegian primary school who participated in monthly professional development workshops. The longitudinal findings suggest that although the teachers developed positive beliefs abou…
Reversing “drift”
This study contributes to innovation and diffusion models by examining phonetic changes in London English. It evaluates Sapir's notion of “drift,” which involves “natural,” unconscious change, in relation to these changes. Investigating parallel developments in two related varieties of English enables drift to be tested in terms of the effect of extralinguistic factors. The diphthongs of price , mouth , face , and goat in both London and New Zeal…
An investigation of speech rhythm in London English
Internal and external motivation in phonetic change
This article is a contribution to the debate about the primacy of internal versus external factors in language change (Farrar and Jones 2002; Thomason and Kaufman 1988). Taking Labov's Principles of Vowel Shifting (Labov 1994) as representing internal factors, we examine a vowel shift in Ashford, south-east of London. F1 and F2 measurements of the short vowels suggest a classic chain shift, largely following Labov's Principles II and III (though …
Ethnicity, friendship network and social practices as the motor of dialect change
Article Ethnicity, friendship network and social practices as the motor of dialect change: Linguistic innovation in London was published on December 19, 2008 in the journal Sociolinguistica (volume 22, issue 1)
Reversing “drift”
This study contributes to innovation and diffusion models by examining phonetic changes in London English. It evaluates Sapir's notion of “drift,” which involves “natural,” unconscious change, in relation to these changes. Investigating parallel developments in two related varieties of English enables drift to be tested in terms of the effect of extralinguistic factors. The diphthongs of price , mouth , face , and goat in both London and New Zeal…
Contact, the feature pool and the speech community
In the multilingual centres of Northern Europe's major cities, new varieties of the host languages are emerging. While some analyse these 'multiethnolects' as youth styles, we take a variationist approach to an emerging 'Multicultural London English' (MLE), asking: (1) what features characterise MLE; (2) at what age(s) are they acquired; (3) is MLE vernacularised; and (4) when did MLE emerge, and what factors enabled this? We argue that innovatio…
An investigation of speech rhythm in London English
The Effects of Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency on Communicative Adequacy in Oral Task Performance
Communicative adequacy is a key construct in second language research, as the primary goal of most language learners is to communicate successfully in real-world situations. Nevertheless, little is known about what linguistic features contribute to communicatively adequate speech. This study fills this gap by investigating the extent to which complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) predict adequacy, and whether proficiency and task type moderate …
Embracing linguistic and cultural diversity in multilingual EAL classrooms
This study investigated the impact of professional development on teacher beliefs and practices in linguistically heterogeneous EAL classrooms. Structured classroom observations and semi-structured interviews were used to assess the progress of three EAL teachers at a Norwegian primary school who participated in monthly professional development workshops. The longitudinal findings suggest that although the teachers developed positive beliefs abou…
Linguistics (6 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Diphthong (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Vowel (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Diversity (politics (2 works)