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At Kristianstad University I teach grammar, phonetics and phonology, Swedish language history, second language aquisition and sociolinguistics within teachers' training as well as contract courses. In 2022 I gave an Elfdalian language course to teachers in the Municipality of Älvdalen who were to teach and use Elfdalian in their work.
Further, I have taught general grammar, Swedish for international students, Danish, Icelandic and Hebrew at Uppsala and Lund University. As a guest professor at Ghent University I taught Old Icelandic as well as Scandinavian culture and history.
As a linguist, cooperation with the society is also important. First and foremost, to transmit my knowledge to the society, but to be up to date with current tendencies and developments in the language situation.
I have a PhD in Scandinavian linguistics and I am likewise a senior lecture of Swedish. In my research I have analysed Elfdalian from various perspectives - its strcuture, its political status and the efforts to revitalise Elfdalian in the Municipality of Älvdalen. Before this research, I have studied Icelandic word formation, language policy as well as as linguistic purism. Moreover, I have studied the revitalisation of the Sámi languages of Sweden - how these efforts are being carried out, as well as what is required on different levels to ensure a successful revitalisation of these languages in the future.
In 2024, Olof Lundgren and myself published the book A Grammar of Elfdalian, the first English-language grammar of Elfdalian, with UCL Press.
I cooperate with the Municipality of Älvdalen regarding the revitalisation of Elfdalian and I acted as a language consultant for the Elfdalian revitalisation project Wilum og bellum ('We want and we can') between 2019 and 2022.
Since 2004, I have been the coordinator of Råðdjärum, the Elfdalian Language Council, which introduced a standard orthography for Elfdalian in 2005.
Moreover, I am a corresponding member of the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Culture.
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):
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Research output: Contribution to conference › Oral presentation › peer-review
Sapir, Y. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
24-10-02
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23-11-16
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23-11-13
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23-10-26
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