About and contact
Øivin Andersen
Professor, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, University of Bergen, Norwaye-mail: oivin.andersen@uib.no phone +4741101976 (cellular) or 4755582266 (office)
Educational background
Studies in Vietnamese, Cantonese, Latin, German, English and LinguisticsResearch Education:
- Doctoral dissertation, 1991.
- Research Course at European Science Foundations Summer School in Computational Lexicography and Lexicology, Pisa, Italy 1988
- Scandinavian Research Course, Særøhus, Gothenburg, Sweden 1989
- National Research Course in Phonology, Hadeland, Norway 1999
- National Research Courses at Biri 1987 og Vatnahalsen 1988
- Course in Statistics for Linguists, Autumn 1994
Administrative Courses:
- Course in Library Classifying Systems, December 1992
- Course in University Administration, January 1994
- Research Adviser Course, January 1995
Research Experience
Positions
Scientific Activities
Conferences:
- Participation with papers on several European LSP Conferences.
- Member of the Organizing Committee of the 9th LSP Conference in Bergen 1993.
- Participation with papers on several symposia on the national project ”The North Sea as a Language Cultural Laboratory
- Participation with papers on several symposia on the Nordic project ”The Nordic Languages as Scintific Languages”.
- Participation on several Nord Term symposia with papers
- Participation on the Network on Intercultural Communication (NIC) Symposium on Intercultural Communication and National Identity. Tartu, Estonia 1996.
- Organizer of dissertation seminars for PHD-students in linguistics and literature.
- Co-organizer of MONS11 (Meeting on the Norwegian Language), November 2005.
Administration:
- Research student representative in the council for the Faculty of Art, 1988 og 1989.
- Assistant head of the Department of Linguistics and Phonetics, 1993 and 1994.
- Head of the Department of Linguistics and Phonetics, 1994 and 1995.
- Coordinator of master studies at the Section for Linguistic studies.
- Head of the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Literature, 1999-2002.
- Leader of the local and national research school in linguistics and philology.
- Member of the executive board for the research school in linguistics and philology.
Committee work
- Member of evaluation committee for appointment of research fellow at Department of Scandinavian Languages and Literature, University of Bergen.
- Member of evaluation committee for appointment for the appointment of researcher at HIT, University of Bergen.
- Leader of evaluation committee for appointment of associated professor at Section for Linguistic Studies, University of Bergen.
- Leader of evaluation committee for appointment of research fellow at the Research School in Linguistics and Philology, University of Bergen.
- Member of evaluation committee and opponent at Holger Lindberg Jørgensens ph.d. dissertation, Kolding, Denmark.
- Member of evaluation committee for appointment of professor of Swedish LSP at University of Vaasa, Finland.
- Leader of evaluation committee for Aleksandrs Berdicevski’s doctoral thesis “Language change onlinelLinguistic Innovations in Russian Induced by computer-mediated communication”.
- Supervisor of Ilja A. Serzant’s phd. Successful defense.
- Member of evaluation committee and first opponent for Ulf Dalvad Bertelsen’s phd. Sucessful defense. Aarhus, Denmark.
- Member of evaluating committee for position as associated professor in Danish Language Aarhus, Denmark.
- Member of evaluation committee for professorship in Linguistics for Dorothee Beerman. NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
- Member of evaluation committee for PHD for Pedro Patino Garcia, Norwegian Commercial School, Bergen, Norway.
- Supervisor for phd-candidate Trude Bukve. University of Bergen, Norway.
Research Counselling
- Co- mentor for several ph.D candidates, 3 candidates have so far defended their dissertations successfully.
- Mentor for several master students.
Educational Experience
Educational experience from three departments:
- Department of Scandinavian Languages and Literature: courses in LSP and terminology, courses in practical terminology work for terminologists at The Norwegian Term Bank, seminars in LSP texts and terminology for master students of linguistics and scandinavian languages. Lecturer in research courses in Vaasa and in Bergen.
- English Department: courses in English syntax for graduate students of English.
- Section for Linguistic Studies: courses on all levels of linguistics, including master and Ph.D. in the following areas: phonology, morphology, semantics, first language acquisition, language typology, linguistic classics, history of linguistics, New Zealand maori language, Vietnamese language, LSP and terminology, and philosophy of science, courses in Vietnamese language for Norwegian teachers.
additional to these:
- Guest lecturer in Kolding, Denmark and Vaasa, Finland.
- Invited lecturer at The Research School in Linguistics and Philology at the University of Bergen.
Projects
- Norwegian- Vietnamese Dictionary, 1979-1983
- Norwegian Monolingual Dictionary for foreign students, from 1983.
- KULT project ”The North Sea as a language cultural laboratory”, 1995-1998
- NOT (Norwegian Terminological Data base) from 1998.
- Member of the Advisory Board for the NorLexin project at Aksis.
- The NORFA project NorNa (Nordic Navigator), 2002-2005 with participation from Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway.
- The EU project Understanding linguistic complexity in political discourse: interdisciplinary analyses of texts on European integration (EURLING) with international participation.
Publications
LSP and Terminology
- LSP and terminology Compositionality and deverbal nouns. Testing Chomsky’s lexicalist hypothesis. Synaps 21, 53-62. Bergen, NHH. 2008.
- Terminological Challenges in the Norwegian-Tigrinya Lexin Dictionary (with Nazareth A. Kifle). Norterm Publication 2008.
- Indeterminacy, context, economy and well-formedness in specialist communication. In: Antia, Bessey Edem (ed.): Indeterminacy in Terminology and LSP. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 2007.
- Deverbal nouns as hybrids: some textual aspects. In: Ahmad, K. & M. Rogers: Evidence- based LSP: Bern. Peter Lang Verlag. 2007.
- Kan grammatiske termer motiveres språkspesifikt? Strukturelle og motivasjonelle faktorer ved grammatiske termer i New Zealand maori [Can grammatical terms be language specifically motivated?]. Nordterm Publication 2006.
- Grammatiske termer i New Zealand Maori [Grammatical Terms in New Zealand Maori]. xxv Vakki – jubileumssymposium 12-13.2.2005. Vörå, Finland. Invited paper.
- NorNa-tool som et hybridsystem [NorNa-tool as a hybrid system]. in: (red.): Holmboe, H. : Nordisk Sprogteknologi. Nordic Language Technology. Årbog for Nordisk Sprogteknologisk Forskningsprogram 2005. ISBN 87 635 0248 8.
- Determinasjon, spesifikasjon og fagspråk. In: Från terminologisk teori till vetenskaplig kommunikation. Laurén, Christer og Nordman, Marianne (eds). Vaasa: Forskning i Norden 2001.
- Terminology and Pragmatics. In: Koskela, M.; Laurén, Chr.; Nordman, M. og Pilke, N., red. Vaasan Yliopiston Julkaisuja - Porta Scientiae I Lingua specialis. Proceedings of the University of Vaasa Reports. Vaasa, Finland: Antero Niemkorpi; 2002. s. 136-147 Porta Scientiae. 13th European LSP Symposium. Vaasa, Finland, 20. - 24. aug 2001
- Analyse av komplekse nominalserte termer [Analysis of Complex Nominalized Terms]. in: Nuopponen, A., Toft, B., og J. Myking: I terminologins tjänst. Festskrift for Heribert Picht på 60- årsdagen. 2000. Vaasa.
- From Conception to Concept in a Terminological Data Base in: TKE´99 Terminology and Knowledge Engineering. Fifth International Congress on Terminology and Knowledge Engineering. 43-54. International Congress on Terminology and Knowlege Engineering. Vienna. 1999.
- Concepts, facts and language – An introduction to some aspects of Searle’s theory of institutional facts. Workshop on TKE´99 Terminology and Knowledge Engineering. Fifth International Congress on Terminology and Knowledge Engineering. . International Congress on Terminology and Knowlege Engineering. Vienna. 1999.
- Verb, nominaliseringer og agentivitet i tekniske tekster [Verb, Nominalizations and Agentivity in Technical Texts]. in: (red: G. Akselberg): Nordica Bergensia 20: Treng små språksamfunn fagspråk?. 1999. s. 63-75.in: LexicoNordica 5. 1998.
- NOT-prosjektet, Norsk terminologisk database- struktur og applikasjoner[The NOT-project, Norwegian Terminological Data Base, Structure and Applications]. Nordterm. Kautokeino. Nordterms proceedings 1998.
- Argumentstruktur og nominalisering [Argument Structure and Nominalization]. in: LexicoNordica 5. 1998.
- Fagtekst og agentivitet [LSP text and agentivity] in: Nation och individ i fackspråk [Nation and Individuals in LSP]. Forskning i Norden. Vaasa. Finland 1998.
- Om terminologi og tekstanalyse part 1 and part 2 [On terminology and textual analysis] in: Myking, J., Sæbøe, R. and B. Toft (eds.): Terminologi - system og kontekst [Terminology – System and Context]. KULT Publication Series 71. Oslo 1996.
- Textual Variation in a Professional Setting In: Lassen, I. (ed.): Interactional perspectives on LSP. Language and Cultural Contact. 22. 1997. NIC Symposium on Intercultural Communication and National Identity. Alborg. Denmark. November 1996.
- Teori, empiri og korpus innen fagspråksforskningen; en tekstlingvistisk innfallsvinkel” [Theory, Data and Corpus in LSP; a Text Linguistic Approach]88 - 108. in: Laurén, Chr. og M. Norman (eds.): Fackspråk i olika kontexter [LSP in different contexts]. Vaasa, Finland 1996.
- Degree of Specialization, Network Density and Status - A Text Typological Approach in: G. Budin (red.): Multilingualism in Specialist Communication. TermNet. Vienna, Austria 1995.
- Begrepshierarkiers logiske og empiriske egenskaper [Logical and Empirical properties of Conceptual Hierarchies] in: Proceedings af 2. nordisk symposium om Terminologi, edb og Vitensteknik [Proceedings of 2. Nordic Symposium on Terminology, Computers and Philosophy of Science]. Varde, Denmark 1992
- Fagtekst som genre [LSP as Genre]. Obligatory lecture for the doctor artium, in: Maal og Minne, 1-2, 1992
- 2. opposition by Øivin Andersens disputation for the doctor artium on the dissertation Linguistics and Documentary Based Thesaurus Constructions. Faculty of Arts, 15th of March 1991. (with Kjersti Fløttum). In: Norsk Lingvistisk Tidsskrift[Journal of Nowegian Linguistics] 1. 1991.
- Fagspråk som Forskningsdisiplin [LSP as a Scientific Activity, part 1 and part 2)] in: Hermes 3-1989. Tidsskrift for Sprogforskning. (s 79 - 99). Handelshøjskolen i Århus. 2. part in: Hermes 4-1990.
- Fagspråksforskningens studieobjekt [The object of Study for LSP] in:Nordisk Tidsskrift for Fagspråk og Terminologi [Nordic Journal of LSP and Terminology] 1 1989. 1 - 13
- Domain Related Knowledge Accumulation in Terms of Possible and Relevant Features, in: Proceedings of 7th European Symposium on LSP. Budapest 1989. (Småskrifter 9 1989)
- Empty Categories in Documentary Based Thesaurus Constructions in: Chr. Laurén and M. Norman (1987): From Humans Thinking to Thinking Machines. 432 - 448. Multilingua Matters ltd. Clevedon
- Dimensjonalitet og referanse i generiske begrepshierarkier [ Dimentionality and Reference in Generic Conceptual Systems] in: T. Jacobsen and J. Roald (1987): Flerspråklig Leksikografi og Terminologi [Multilingual Lexicography and Terminology] 151 - 157. Department of Romance Languages, University of Bergen, Department of Languages, Bergen International Business School.
- Erfaringer fra terminolprosjektet [Experiences from the Terminol Project] in: Datamaskinen og Språket [The Computer and Language]. Universitetsforlaget 1985. 21 – 25 With Johan Myking: Norwegian LSPs in Humbley, John and Christer Laurén: Languages for Special Purposes. An international Handbook. De Gruyter Mouton. October 2018
- With Johan Myking: Terminology work for specific problem areas and issues: the case of oil terminology LSPs in Humbley, John and Christer Laurén: Languages for Special Purposes. An international Handbook. De Gruyter Mouton. October 2018
Lexicography
- ”Semantiske aspekter ved sammensatte verbalsubstantiver i norsk bokmål” [Semantic aspects of compound deverbal nouns in Norwegian]. I: Teorien om alt og andre artikler om sprog og filosofi. Århus: Forlaget Wessel og Huitfeldt 2005. ISBN 87984271-4-8. s. 105-117.
- Evaluation of Arild Raaheim og Kjell Raaheim: PSYKOLOGISKE FAGORD. Fra engelsk til norsk. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget. 2004.. LexicoNordica 2004 (11):157-163.
- ”Noen sentrale egenskaper ved deverbale nominaliseringer i norsk bokmål” [Some central properties of deverbal nouns in Norwegian]. i (red): Fjeld, R. V. og Worren, D.: Nordiske studier i leksikografi 7 [Nordic Studies in Lexicography]. Rapport fra konferanse i Norden Volda, 20. - 24. mai 2003. ISBN 82-91121-03-6.
- Translation problems in some LSP sectors of a Norwegian- Vietnamese Dictionary for Vietnamese refugees in Norway. 1995. in: G.Budin, red.): Multilingualism in Specialist Communication. TermNet. Wien. 1995.
- The Automatic Indexing System Autindex (with Peter Widell), in: Brekke, M., Andersen, Ø., Dahl, T. og Myking, J.: Applications and Implications of Current LSP Research. Volume I, 184- 191. Fagbokforlaget 1994.
- Co-author of Norsk-Vietnamesisk ordbok [Norwegian-Vietnamese Dictionary]. Universitetsforlaget. 1983.
- Co-author of Norsk - Vietnamesisk Kontrastiv Grammatikk [Norwegian-Vietnamese Contrastive Grammar]. Friundervisningens Forlag. 1980.