Marit Westergaard
Marit Westergaard | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Citizenship | Norway |
| Occupations | Professor, Department of Language and Culture; Director of AcqVa Aurora group |
| Known for | Second language acquisition, third language acquisition, linguistics |
| Title | Professor, Professor II |
| Awards | Member of The NASL, Academia Borealis |
| Academic background | |
| Education | MA in Linguistics, UC San Diego, Cand. Phil in Linguistics and German, University of Tromsø, D.Phil in Linguistics, University of Tromsø |
| Alma mater | University of Tromsø |
| Thesis | The Development of Word Order in Norwegian Child Language: The Interaction of Input and Economy Principles in the Acquisition of V2 (2005) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Language Acquisitionist, Linguist |
| Sub-discipline | Bilingualism and multilingualism |
| Institutions | UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
| Website | site.uit.no/maritwestergaard |
Marit Kristine Richardsen Westergaard (born 12 August 1956) is a Norwegian linguist, known for her work on child language acquisition and multilingualism.
She defended her PhD thesis The Development of Word Order in Norwegian Child Language: The Interaction of Input and Economy Principles in the Acquisition of V2 at the University of Tromsø in 2005. She was hired as a professor at the University of Tromsø in 2009, and also has held an adjunct professor position at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology since 2015. She has been a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters since 2016.