Kim Ebensgaard Jensen

Kim Ebensgaard Jensen

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6952-2366

  • Emil Holms Kanal 6

    2300 København S

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20042024

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Associate Professor in English Linguistics, Kim's teaching and supervision focus on English Grammar and other aspects of English Linguistics. His research falls under the rubrics of Cognitive Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics and Construction Grammar.

NOTE: For information on PhD programs at our department, please go here: https://phd.humanities.ku.dk/

Primary fields of research

  • Cognitive Linguistics
  • Construction Grammar
  • Cognitive Sociolinguistics
  • Cognitive Poetics/Stylistics
  • Corpus Linguistics
  • Cultural Linguistics
  • Digital Humanities
  • English Language
  • English Grammar

Current research

  • Constructional variation across registers and lects
  • Language on the Internet
  • Language and cultural cognition
  • The semantics of political discourse
  • Cognitive aspects of literary language in popular music lyrics
  • Issues in semantic prosody as a linguistic phenomenon
  • Corpus-linguistic methodology

CV

Educational background
  • 2007: PhD in English Linguistics, University of Southern Denmark
  • 2003: MA in English Studies, University of Southern Denmark
  • 2002: European Master's Degree (EMA) in Linguistics, University of Southern Denmark and University of Manchester
  • 2001: BA in English Studies, University of Southern Denmark
  • 1997: Upper secondary exit examination (STX, lingual line), Tornbjerg Gymnasium
 
Academic positions
  • 2016-       : Associate Professor in English Linguistics, University of Copenhagen
  • 2011-2016: Associate Professor in Modern English Language and Linguistics, Aalborg University
  • 2008-2011: Assistant Professor in Modern English Language and Linguistics, Aalborg University
  • 2007-2008: Research Assistant, University of Southern Denmark
  • 2007-2008: Part-time Lecturer, Copenhagen Business School
  • 2007: Teaching Assistant, University of Southern Denmark
  • 2004-2007: PhD Student, University of Southern Denmark
  • 1999-2003: Linguist, VISL Project (Visual Interactive Syntax Learning), University of Southern Denmark

 

Courses taught at UCPH and elsewhere:

UCPH:
  • Written Communication (BA-level)
  • Grammar and Perspectives on Language 1 (BA-level)
  • Grammar and Perspectives on Language 2 (BA-level)
  • Corpus Linguistics (BA-level)
  • Language and Cognition (MA-level)
  • Cognitive Sociolinguistics (MA-level)
  • Cultural Linguistics (MA-level)
  • Methods in the Linguistic Study of Social and Cultural Cognition (MA-level)
  • Language, discourse and Politics (BA-level)
  • Sociolinguistic Theory and Method (BA-level)
  • The Language of Literary Romance (MA-level)
  • Tempus, Aspect and Mood (BA-level)
  • Digital Humanities (MA-level, BE-level)
  • Pragmatics (BA-level)
  • Language and Humor (BA-level)
  • English Online (BA-level)
  • Hate Speech (BA-level)
Previous positions:
  • Language and Text (MA-level, CBS)
  • English Grammar (BA-level, CBS)
  • Discourse, Society and Cognition (BA-lavel, AAU)
  • The Language of Poetry (BA-level, AAU)
  • Oral Language Proficiency (BA-level, AAU)
  • Basics of Translation (BA-level, AAU)
  • Translation and Text Revision (BA-level, AAU)
  • Language Use (MA-level, AAU)
  • Translation Theory (MA-level, AAU)
  • Advanced Grammar (MA-level, AAU)
  • Cognitive Linguistics (PhD-level, AAU)
  • Introduction to Language (BA-level, SDU)
  • Phonetics (BA-level, SDU)
  • Oral Communication (BA-level, SDU)
  • Oral Language Production (BA-level, SDU)
  • Language and Cognition (BA-level, SDU)
  • Language and Humor (BA-level, SDU)

Teaching

Overall topics

  • English Grammar
  • English Language
  • Corpus Linguistics
  • Language and Cognition
  • Other linguistics-oriented courses
  • Digital Humanities

Teaching methods

  • Lectures
  • Seminars and workshops
  • Student input-based teaching
  • Portfolios

Blended learning methods:

  • Inverted and flipped classroom
  • Podcasts
  • Pencasts
  • Online quizzes and interactive videos
  • Online peer feedback

PBL:

  • Projects
  • In-class research tasks

Some examples of linguistics-oriented MA-theses supervised by Kim over the years:

  • The Discourse of Depression: A Study of Otherisation of Otherisation of People With Depression and Self-Identification by People With Depression
  • "Dear and ma'am don't go together": A study investigating the relationship between politeness and terms of address
  • Laughing about Depression: A mixed-methods study exploring humorous discourses in mental health communities on Instagram
  • A Little OCD": Mapping the non-clinical uses of 'OCD' in the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) through Cognitive Linguistics
  • Into the Dark: Diachronic variation and semantic change of dark in Historical American English
  • The Representation of Protesters and Police in U.S News Media: an experimental corpus-assisted discourse study of the framing of social actors in the Black Lives Matter 2020 protests in right-leaning vs. left-leaning online news coverage
  • Go Your Own Way or Lay Down and Rot - Cultural Cognition and Radicalisation in the Manosphere Subgroups MGTOW and Incels
  • Running and gunning with Lara Croft: Exploring cultural conceptualisations of the video game character Lara Croft
  • A Diasystematic Construction Grammar Approach to the Usage-based Emergence of Anglicisms in Danish
  • Dungeons & Dragons: A Co-operatively created work of language
  • It's just the way the mandem speaks, you get me?" Crossing Prejudice: A sociolinguistic analysis on grime music's impact on adolescents' spoken English and their construction of collective identities in London
  • Tweets from the Oval Office - Twitter as a Platform of U.S. Presidential Communication and the Healthcare Framing War
  • Queer Online: A mixed-methods ethnography and discourse analysis of two online queer platforms and the people who use them
  • "/s for anyone who needs it": The Uses, Functions, and Norms of an Explicit Sarcasm Marker and Tone Indicator on Reddit
  • How to kill your friends and get away with it: An analysis of discursive manipulation in Among Us
  • "I think this is the right way to teach grammar but...": A study on the relation between teacher cognition and teacher methodology
  • Framing Immigration: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Discourse on Arizona Senate Bill 1070
  • Chastity, Virginity, and Modesty of a Woman: Cultural Conceptualisations of Honour, Shame and Dignity in Indian English and Pakistani English
  • Refusing Behavior among Native Speakers of American, Australian, British, and Canadian English
  • 'You can't fight an enemy you don't see': A study of war-related metaphors in COVID-19 discourse on Reddit
  • The Idealized Social Value of Standard L1 English accents: Danish-national English students' attitudes towards their professors' accents
  • The gag of social identity: Social identity construction in an online community

Keywords

  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Cognitive Linguistics
  • Construction Grammar
  • Corpus Linguistics
  • Usage-Based Linguistics
  • English Grammar
  • English Language
  • Cultural Linguistics
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Internet Linguistics
  • Digital Humanities

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