Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Modern Faroese (syntax, morphology, phonology)
Language variation and change
Language contact
Publications
Teaching
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Basic course: Faroese phonetics and morphology.
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MA/BA courses: Language variation and -change; language contact and bilingualism; modern Faroese (syntax, phonology, morphology).
- PhD-supervision. Sandra Saxov-Lamhauge. A Sociophonetic study of preaspiration and sonorant devoicing in Faroese - an understudied subject in a understudied language.
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Extern PhD-supervison. Sissal M. Rasmussen. Language acquisition by Faroese children (completed)
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Extern PhD-supervision: Miro Metsämuuronen, M.A. (University of Helsinki). The sound system of Old Faroese in the light of Danish, English and Celtic language contact evidence.
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Dissertation committee: Icelandic and Faroese. A Usage-based cognitive analysis of morphological change. Jón Símon Markússon. University of Iceland (completed).
- BA and MA supervision.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Gender Assinment in Modern Faroese, University of Hamburg
… → 2008
Master, MA in linguistics, Yale University
… → 1998
Master, Cand. phil. in Nordic Philology, University of Copenhagen
… → 1993
Bachelor, BA in linguistics, University of Iceland
… → 1991
Exam. art. in Faroese and Nordic, Fróðskaparsetur Føroya - The University of the Faroe Islands
… → 1983
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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FMS: Føroysk málsøga, Faroese language history
Petersen, H. P. (PI), Lindqvist, C. (PI), Jacobsen, J. Í. L. (PI), Rasmussen, S. M. (PI) & Hansen, Z. S. (PI)
3/02/20 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Word order, weight, prosody, and information structure in Icelandic
Petersen, H. P. (PI), Dehé, N. (PI), Jónsson, J. G. (PI), Ussery, C. (PI), Sigurðsson , E. F. (PI) & Wood, J. (PI)
1/08/19 → 20/08/22
Project: Research
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Vestnordisk Sprogbarometer
Petersen, H. P. (PI), Hauksdóttir, A. (PI), Arnbjoernsdóttir, B. (PI) & Grove, A. (PI)
2/01/18 → 1/12/22
Project: Research
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Faroese Phonetics and Phonology
Petersen, H. P. & Voetzel, L., 2025, (Submitted) De Gruyter Mouton. 350 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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...simpulthen barastani so ótrúúliiiiga fitt... Augmentativu eftirfestini -ni, -na og -sta
Petersen, H. P., 2024, In: Fróðskaparrit - Faroese Scientific Journal. 70, p. 5-18 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dialektmiks illustreret med udtalen af /əu/ ó i Tórshavn
Petersen, H. P., 2024, In: Norsk Lingvistisk Tidskrift. 42, 1 , p. 153-176 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fonologiskar broytingar
Petersen, H. P., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Føroysk málsøga. NámResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Málamót
Petersen, H. P., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Føroysk málsøga. NámTranslated title of the contribution :Language Contact Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Prizes
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Ættarbandsskráin og framburðurin av 'ó' í Tórshavn og Vágum
Petersen, H. P. (Speaker)
18 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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The development of a new dialect formation in Tórshavn, illustrated with the pronunciation of ó and data from the Multigeneration Register in the period 1640-1807.
Petersen, H. P. (Speaker)
5 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Aspects of the Structure of Faroese
Petersen, H. P. (Speaker)
23 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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The Morphology-Phonology Interface in Faroese
Petersen, H. P. (Speaker)
22 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation