No photo of Kirsten A. Jeppesen Kragh

Kirsten A. Jeppesen Kragh

Master, PhD

  • Emil Holms Kanal 6

    2300 København S

  • Emil Holms Kanal 6, 2300 København S

1990 …2019

Research activity per year

Personal profile

CV

 

Education 
2010University of Copenhagen Talent development program for young researchers
2010University of Copenhagen Mentor program for young female researchers
2009Lectureship studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen
2006PhD in French linguistics.
1993Masters Degree in French and Dance Studies, University of Aarhus/University of Copenhagen.
1991-1992Minor-subject: Dance Studies, University of Copenhagen.
1988-1991MA in French at the University of Aarhus, supplemented by one term in Paris for studies at École Normale Supérieure (literature) and Sorbonne (linguistic disciplines). Cand.phil. 1991.
1986-1988BA in French, University of Aarhus.
1984A-levels (Studentereksamen, nysproglig gren m. fransk) at Risskov Amtsgymnasium.
  
Employment 
2019-

Deputy Head of the Department of English, German and Romance Studies, University of Copenhagen

2013-

Head of Studies at the Department of English, German and Romance Studies, University of Copenhagen.

2012-

Associate professor of French language at the Department of English, German and Romance Studies, University of Copenhagen. 

2011-2012

Post.doc at the Department of English, German and Romance Studies, University of Copenhagen. Chairman of the Study Board and programme coordinator for French Studies.

2008-2011Post.doc. at the Department of English, German and Romance Studies, University of Copenhagen. Scholarship from The Danish Research Council in order to see through the project: The formation of constructions as grammation: a theoretical expansion of grammaticalisation. The constructional development of verbs of perception, expression and meaning in French.
2007-2008Research Administrator for Vice-dean Mette Thunø at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen; responsible for coordination of research, publication strategy and administration of Ph.D. scholarships.
2006-2008

Part-time lecturer at the Department of English, Germanic and Romance studies, University of Copenhagen.

2002-2006PhD scholarship at Department of English, German and Romance Studies, University of Copenhagen.
2001-2002Part-time lecturer at The Danish School of Education in linguistic disciplines, supplementary training for teachers of French.
1996-2002Part-time lecturer at the Department of English, Germanic and Romance studies, University of Copenhagen in the following disciplines: grammatical analysis, grammar, translation.
1997-1999Chief Editor and lexicographer at Munksgaard publisher (now Gyldendal) on the Danish-French dictionary.
1993-1996Assistant lecturer at the Department of Romance Studies, University of Copenhagen.
1991-1994Teacher of French language in public and private enterprises.
  
 

Maternity leave of approx. 2 years altogether in 1992, 1994 and 1999-2000.

Knowledge of languages

Produktivt:

  • Danish
  • English
  • French
  • German

Receptivt:

  • Norwegian
  • Swedish
  • Italien
  • (Turkish)

Current research

  • Perception verbs og their complementation
  • Infinitive syntax
  • Deictic relative clauses
  • Modal variation after perception verbs and verbs of utterance
  • Temporal marking of subjunctive forms
  • Personal pronouns in French
  • Deixis
  • Linguistic analysis of doctor-patient relation

Primary fields of research

  • Language change
  • Grammaticalization
  • French Grammar
  • French verb syntax
  • Functionnel grammar
  • Linguistic variation

 

Fields of interest

In addition to the already mentioned domains of research and teaching

  • research and education policy, particular focus on foreign languages 
  • strengthening of the foreign language studies and their roots in the interaction between language, litterature and culture

Teaching

  • french grammar
  • oversættelse fransk-dansk
  • oversættelse dansk-fransk
  • modality
  • language change
  • grammatikalisering
  • linguistic theory
  • linguistic optional course

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education

Keywords

  • Faculty of Humanities
  • french language
  • language change
  • grammaticalization
  • grammar
  • language typology
  • linguistic paradigms

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics where Kirsten A. Jeppesen Kragh is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
  • 6 Similar Profiles
View full fingerprint
View all 40 research outputs
View all 41 activities