Stockholm university

Research group IVIP, Interaction and Variation in Pluricentric Languages

Interaction and Variation in Pluricentric Languages – Communicative Patterns in Sweden Swedish and Finland Swedish is a research programme by partners Stockholm University, University of Helsinki , University of Turku and the Institute for Language and Folklore in Gothenburg.

The IVIP group. Catrin Norrby, Camilla Wide, Jenny Nilsson, Jan Lindström
The IVIP group. Catrin Norrby, Camilla Wide, Jenny Nilsson, Jan Lindström. Photo: private.

Pluricentric languages are languages spoken in more than one country. In Europe alone there are many examples: English, French, German and Swedish. But do people interact the same way in different countries simply because they speak the same language? Or do the communicative patterns vary? We know very little about this, which is exactly what the programme Interaction and Variation in Pluricentric Languages investigates.

Group description

Please read more on the project page:

IVIP, Interaction and Variation in Pluricentric Languages

Group members

Group managers

Catrin Norrby

Prodekanus, Professor

The Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism
Catrin Norrby

Jan Lindström

Professor

University of Helsinki: Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies
Jan Lindström. Photo: Matti Ahlgren

Jenny Nilsson

Associate professor

The Institute for Language and Folklore in Gothenburg: Dept of Archives and Research in Gothenburg
Jenny Nilsson. Photo: Tobias Müller

Camilla Wide

Professor in Scandinavian Languages

University of Turku: Department of Scandinavian Languages
Camilla Wide. Photo: John Grönvall

Members

Klara Skogmyr Marian

Universitetslektor. Koordinator/administratör IVIP

Institutionen för svenska och flerspråkighet
Klara Skogmyr Marian. Foto: Caroline Gaba

Research projects