Personal profile
CV
Education record
2006 Ph.D., English, Germanic and Romance Studies, Univ. of Copenhagen
2002 MA, Danish and Linguistics, Univ. of Southern Denmark
Employment record
2012- Ass. prof., Dept. of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, Univ. of Copenhagen
2012 Lecturer, Dept. of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, Univ. of Copenhagen
2010-2011 Temp. ass. prof., LANCHART, Univ. of Copenhagen
2007-2010 Postdoc, Dept. of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, Univ. of Copenhagen
2002 Lecturer, Danish, Roskilde University
2002 Research assistant, Department of Russian, Copenhagen Business School
Awards
2012 Silvermedal of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Editorial posts
2009- Acta Linguistica Hafniensia (published by the Linguistic Circle of Copenhagen)
2006- Mål og Mæle (popular-scientific journal of linguistics)
1998-2000 Synsvinkler (published by University of Southern Denmark)
Current membership of linguistic associations
As president: The Linguistic Circle of Copenhagen
As committee member: Danish Functional Linguistics
As ordinary member: Association for Linguistic Typology
Primary fields of research
Grammar
Sematics
Grammaticalization
Typology
Modality
Current research
I am currently heading the collective project ProGram - 'Information PROminence and GRAMmar in mind and brain' on funds from University of Copenhagen's Excellence Programme.
Teaching
Courses I have taught recurrently:
Introduction to linguistics
Grammatical analysis
Semantics and pragmatics
Linguistic theories
The Grammar of Spoken Danish
Cognitive-functional Linguistics
Keywords
- Faculty of Humanities
- grammar
- grammaticalization
- semantics
- typology
- modality
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Language production in PTSD: Evidence for features associated with Broca’s aphasia in two case studies
Isen, L. E. & Boye, K., 2025, In: Studies in Language and Mind. 6, p. 27-51 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Metafor, opmærksomhed og grammatikalisering
Dine Markussen Thy, A., Westergaard, L. & Boye, K., 2025, In: Ny Forskning i Grammatik. 32, p. 94-113Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Modality
Boye, K., 2025, The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Chapelle, C. A. (ed.). 2 ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Sondringen mellem grammatiske og leksikalske tegn i et isolerende og et polysyntetisk sprog
Jæger, S. W., Nielsen, M., Sun, L. & Boye, K., 2025, In: Ny Forskning i Grammatik. 32, p. 23-39Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Deictic vs. anaphoric pronouns: A comparison of fluent and non-fluent aphasia in English and Tagalog
Dine Markussen Thy, A., Gerona, J., Martinez-Ferreiro, S., Popov, S. & Boye, K., 2024, In: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. 39, 7, p. 909-923Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Evidentiality, discourse prominence and grammaticalization
Boye, K., 2024, In: Studies in Language. 48, 3, p. 575-607Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Introduction: The development of manner expressions into complementizers or quotatives
Gentens, C. & Boye, K., 2024, In: Linguistics. 62, 3, p. 531-539Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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Leksikalske affikser
Translated title of the contribution :Lexical affixes Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Lexical affixes
Nielsen, M. (Speaker), Trondhjem, N. B. (Speaker) & Boye, K. (Speaker)
28 Oct 2023Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Pragmatics in Language Change
Boye, K. (Organizer), Engberg-Pedersen, E. (Organizer) & Mosegaard Hansen, M.-B. (Organizer)
7 Apr 2022 → 8 Apr 2022Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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Symposium to honour Peter Harder
Engberg-Pedersen, E. (Organizer) & Boye, K. (Organizer)
28 Feb 2020Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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Oplæg om 'Sætningsmodus og verbalmodus'
Harder, P. (Other) & Boye, K. (Other)
2 Jan 2018 → 4 Jan 2018Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Do musicians develop brain ‘modules’ that enhance structure-processing performance in multiple domains - including language?
Søby, K. F. (Speaker), Boye, K. (Other), Kristensen, L. B. (Other) & Harder, P. (Other)
Oct 2015Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Do musicians develop brain ‘modules’ that enhance structure-processing performance in multiple domains - including language?
Søby, K. F. (Other), Boye, K. (Speaker), Kristensen, L. B. (Other) & Harder, P. (Other)
Sept 2015Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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13th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference
Boye, K. (Speaker)
20 Jul 2015 → 25 Jul 2015Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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13th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference
Boye, K. (Speaker)
20 Jul 2015 → 25 Jul 2015Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference