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The Einar Haugen Lecture

The lecture is an annual event at MultiLing held to celebrate the European Day of Languages.

See also previous lectures held between 2013-2022.

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Learning (language) for lasting peace
Time and place: – , Helga Engs hus: Auditorium 2

Language learning is central for both individual and societal well-being. In a time of intense conflict, alongside a worldwide rise in discrimination, racism, xenophobia, and hate speech, language learning for lasting peace is important.

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‘Amerikanorsk’ and other heritage languages: Acquisition, Variation & Attrition
Time and place: – , Vilhelm Bjerknes' hus, Auditorium 5

The study of heritage language speakers can shed light on fundamental issues in multilingualism. Professor Marit Westergaard will address some of these issues, with examples from heritage languages in Norway and Norwegian heritage language in North America.

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About the annual lecture

The renowned scholar Einar Haugen (1906 – 1994) was born into a Norwegian family in the US and grew up bilingually.  His fascination with language led him to doctoral studies in linguistics and a career in language and linguistics that extended across many decades. He served on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and until his retirement as Professor of Scandinavian and Linguistics at Harvard University. Haugen’s many influential works contributed to the then emerging field of sociolinguistics for which he is credited for having had an important impact, particularly in the domain of language policy. His pioneering work The Norwegian Language in America: A Study in Bilingual Behavior (1953) is a landmark study in the field of bilingualism.

The annual Einar Haugen lecture will pay tribute to this eminent Norwegian-American scholar and celebrate linguistic diversity.