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Jan Heegård Petersen

Associate Professor, PhD

  • Emil Holms Kanal 2

    2300 København S

  • Source: Scopus
1995 …2025

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Primary fields of research

  • Dansk as heritage language
  • Phonetic reduction
  • Documentation of the Indo-Aryan language Kalasha (Northwest Pakistan)

Teaching

I teach all language modules within Danish. I also teach all basic subjects in Linguistics.

I can supervise BA- and MA-projects within all subjects of Danish grammar and phonetics, cognitive and functional linguistics, typology, language change, bilingualism, field linguistics, language contact and language attitudes. 

CV

Academic degrees

  • 2006 PhD in Linguistics, Dept. of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen
  • 1998 MA in General Linguistics, Dept. of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen
  • 1993 BA in General Linguistics, Dept. of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen

Academic career

  • 2019- Associate Professor, Dept. of Nordic Studies and Linguistics (Section for Danish Studies), University of Copenhagen.
  • 2014-2018 Associate Professor, the research project Danish Voices in the Americas, Dept. of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen (Supported by the A. P. Møller Foundation, the Carlsberg Foundation, and the Faculty of the Humanities, University of Copenhagen)
  • 2010-2014 Post. doc. researcher Dept. of International Business Communication, CBS (Supported by the Carlsberg Foundation)
  • 2007-2014 External lecturer, Dept. of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen 
  • 2008-2010 Lexicographer, editor Politiken's Dictionary, JP/Politikens Hus
  • 2006-2008 Languae teacher, Vestegnens Sprog- og Kompetencecenter
  • 2002-2006 PhD student, Dept. of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen 
  • 1998-2002 Lexicographer, editor, The Danish Dictionary The Society for Danish Language and Litterature

Honorary positions

 

Education/Academic qualification

Linguistics, PhD, University of Copenhagen

Award Date: 15 Jun 2015

General linguistics, MA, University of Copenhagen

Award Date: 1 Feb 1998

External positions

Post. Doc., Copenhagen Business School

1 Jan 20106 Dec 2014

Lexicographer, Politikens Forlag

1 Jan 200830 Jun 2010

Lexicographer, Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab

1 Mar 199831 Mar 2002

Keywords

  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Language contact
  • Typology
  • Phonetic reduction
  • Fieldwork
  • Kalasha
  • Danish as a heritage language
  • Heritage languages

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