Naja Blytmann Trondhjem

Primary fields of research

My primary research is about West Greenlandic grammar, especially about syntax, morphology and morphofonology. In this area I focus on aspectual and tense marking in West Greenlandic, and how tense and aspectual marking change over time. Within word formation I focus on the ordering of affixes and which affixes can be combined, especially the aspectual affixes.

Another research area is also withn word formation and syntax, and here I investigate how valency changing affixes alter the arguments of the verb and form passive or antipassive sentences and vice versa.

A third area is within space orientation, and here I investigate constructions where demonstratives and directional terms are combined.

Current research

1. Mood, aspect and tense in West Greenlandic. An investigation on if a inflectional mood marker influence the aspectual and tense marking in a simpel sentence.

2. Valency in the West Greenlandic language. An investigation on how (in)transitivizing affixes alter the arguments of the verbs and change the active sentence into a passive or antipassive sentence.    

3. Navigation and orientation in space investigates the use of demonstratives combined with directional terms in an archipelago area in West Greenland.

CV

Education

2008              Phd. in West Greenlandic Language

2000              Master in West Greenlandic Language with Linguistics

1984              Physiotherapist

Work:

2012            Associate professor at Eskimolog and Arctic Studies

2008            Assistant professor at Eskimolog and Arctic Studies

2007-2008   Exsternal lectorer in Eskimolog and Arctic Studies

2004-2007   Ph.D-candidate in Eskimolog and Arctic Studies   

2000-2004   External lectorer/amanuensis, Institute of Eskimology

2000-2001   Research assistant, Arctic Public Health Research, National Institute of Public Health

1999-2000   Assistant teacher, Institute of Eskimology

1997-1999   Assistant teacher in West Greenlandic, Avedøre Gymnasium

1993-1994   Assistant teacher in West Greenlandic, Home Rule of Greenland

1991-1995   Physiotherapist, Dronning Ingrids Hospital, Nuuk

1986-1991   Physiotherapist, Sisimiut Sygehus - Sisimiut

1985-1986   Assistant teacher, Prinsesse Margrethe skolen, Upernavik

1984-1985   Physiotherapist, Rjukan Sykehus - Norway

Fields of interest

Morphology, morphofonology in West Greenlandic Language  

Ordering of affixes in West Greenlandic

Tense and temporal marking

Valency

Orientation in space

Language policy

Dialects of Inuit Languages

Communication

Foreign language acquisition

Knowledge of languages

Greenlandic

Danish

English

French

German

Teaching

West Greenlandic language skills

West Greenlandic translation, grammar and communication A

West Greenlandic communication B

West Greenlandic communication C

West Greenlandic grammar with readings and West Greenlandic oral communication 1

West Greenlandic grammar with text production and West Greenlandic oral communication 2

West Greenlandic grammar with linguistics and West Greenlandic oral communication 3

External lecturer in linguistic topics in dept. of language, literature and Media, Ilisimatusarfik

External lecturer in linguistic topics for high school teachers in Greenland