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I am a professor of Scandinavian languages and also a reader in general linguistics. I teach mostly Swedish language courses with various content. In addition I regularly supervise student papers.
I was trained as a general linguist, with an interest in syntax, morphology and the relation between the two. I am also interested in linguistics variation, whether it be from a typological, a geographical or a sociolinguistic point of view. Lately I have however focused more on Scandinavian, which shows a variation that never stops fascinating me. I also work on the syntax of North Sámi.
In addition, I am co-editor of Nordic Journal of Linguistics.
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About the research
The main focus of my research is grammar. I am interested in syntax and in particular in the relation between morphology and syntax and the syntax of words. I some works I have combined theoretical grammar with a typological approach, dealing with large samples of languages, but the languages that I have researched in more detail is (Northern) Sámi and Scandinavian (which I think one could fruitfully see as a linguistic whole).
My earliest works dealt with the relation between verbal morphology and verbal syntax, in Sámi and in language in general. This line of investigation also led to analyses of tense syntax and of certain phenomena found in the verbal domain in Scandinavian.
I then turned to nominal syntax. Starting from the considerable variation found in the nominal domain in Scandinavian, I developed a model for the structure of nominal phrases which I think could be applied to other languages as well.
More recently I have been working on various topics in Scandinavian syntax and on the syntax of the North Sámi verb phrase.
Publications
Books (1)
Articles (18)
- Julien, M. (2018). Om preverbale adverbialer. Norsk Lingvistisk Tidsskrift, 36, 161-178. Novus Forlag.
- Julien, M. (2017). Transitivitetsveksling i nordsamisk. Norsk Lingvistisk Tidsskrift, 35, 220-251. Novus Forlag.
- Julien, M. (2016). Possessive predicational vocatives in Scandinavian. Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics, 19, 75-108. Springer.
- Julien, M. (2016). Transitivity Alternations in North Sámi. Open Linguistics, 2, 400-426. De Gruyter Open.
- Myren, S., Julien, M. & Bråthen, G. (2016). Førlighet, semantikk og akuttnevrologi. Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening, 136, 144-145. Den norske lægeforening.
- Julien, M. (2015). Microvariation in Norwegian long distance binding. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax, 94, 1-35. Scandinavian language department, Lund university.
- Julien, M. (2015). The force of V2 revisited. Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics, 18, 139-181. Springer.
- Julien, M. (2015). Theme vowels in North Sámi : Spanning and maximal expression. Lingua, 164, 1-24. Elsevier.
- Julien, M. (2015). Variasjon i norsk langdistansebinding. Maal og minne, 2015, 1-42. Det Norske Samlaget.
- Julien, M. (2014). Vokativar i norsk. Norsk Lingvistisk Tidsskrift, 32, 130-165. Novus Forlag.
- Julien, M. (2013). Beginnings in North Sámi. Finno-Ugric Languages and Linguistics, 2.
- Julien, M. & Garbacz, P. (2013). Ursprungsbetecknande prepositioner efter verbet "få" i norska dialekter. Maal og minne, 2013, 41-63. Det Norske Samlaget.
- Julien, M. & Lødrup, H. (2013). Dobbel passiv og beslektede konstruksjoner i skandinavisk. Norsk Lingvistisk Tidsskrift, 31, 221-246. Novus Forlag.
- Julien, M. (2011). Predicative definite NPIs in Norwegian. Nordlyd, 38, 1-48.
- Julien, M. (2009). Clause-final subjects in English and Scandinavian. Nordic Journal of Linguistics, 32, 73-109. Cambridge University Press.
- Julien, M. (2009). Plus(s) at(t) i skandinaviska — en minimal matris. Språk och stil, 19, 124-141. Institutionen för nordiska språk, Uppsala universitet.
- Julien, M. (2007). Jacqueline Guéron og Jacqueline Lecarme (red.): The syntax of time. MIT Press 2004. Language, 83, 208-211. Linguistic Society of America.
- Julien, M. (2006). On argument displacement in English and Scandinavian. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax, 1-69. Scandinavian language department, Lund university.
Book chapters (13)
- Julien, M. (2017). Head-initial postpositional phrases in North Sámi. In Bailey, L. L. & Sheehan, M. (Eds.) Open Generative Syntax (pp. 159-176), 1. Language Science Press.
- Julien, M. (2017). Intervensjon i norsk langdistansebinding. In Östman, J.-O., Sandström, C., Gustavsson, P. & Södergård, L. (Ed.) Nordica Helsingiensia (pp. 195-206), 48. Helsingfors universitet.
- Julien, M. (2015). On negation, tense, and participles in Finnic and Sámi. In Biberauer, T. & Walkden, G. (Eds.) (pp. 163-178). Oxford University Press.
- Julien, M., Bondi Johannessen, J. & Lødrup, H. (2014). Preposisjoner og eierskapsrelasjoner : et menneskesentrert hierarki. In Bondi Johannessen, J. & Hagen, K. (Eds.) (pp. 65-98). Novus Forlag.
- Roehrs, D. & Julien, M. (2014). Adjectives in German and Norwegian. In Sleeman, P., van de Velde, F. & Perridon, H. (Eds.) (pp. 245-261), 212. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Julien, M. & Garbacz, P. (2013). Prepositions expressing source in Norwegian. The Text Laboratory, University of Oslo.
- Julien, M. (2008). Så vanleg at det kan ikkje avfeiast: om V2 i innføydde setningar. Novus Forlag.
- Julien, M. (2007). On the relation between morphology and syntax. In Ramchand, G. & Reiss, C. (Eds.) (pp. 209-238). Oxford University Press.
- Julien, M. (2007). Roots and verbs in North Saami. In Toivonen, I. & Nelson, D. (Eds.) (pp. 137-166), 288. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Julien, M. (2006). Nominal arguments and nominal predicates. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Julien, M. (2006). Word. Elsevier.
- Julien, M. (2005). 'Ei helvetes dame’ : on Scandinavian pseudopossessors. Peter Lang Publishing Group.
- Julien, M. (2005). Possessor licensing, definiteness and case in Scandinavian. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Working papers (3)
- Julien, M. (2010). Embedded clauses with main clause word order in Mainland Scandinavian. LingBuzz.
- Julien, M. (2009). The force of the argument. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax, 84.
- Julien, M. (2007). Embedded V2 in Norwegian and Swedish. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax, 80. Department of Scandinavian Languages, Lund University.
Reviews (4)
- Julien, M. (2017). Review of Mikael Svonni, Davvisámegiella – sánit ja cealgagat. Láidehus sámi lingvistihkkii. Journal of Northern Studies, 10, 217-229. Umeå University & the Royal Skyttean Society.
- Julien, M. (2007). Jacqueline Guéron og Jacqueline Lecarme (red.): The syntax of time. MIT Press 2004. Language, 83, 208-211. Linguistic Society of America.
- Julien, M. (2007). The syntax of time. Language, 83, 208-211. Linguistic Society of America.
- Julien, M. (2006). Jan Terje Faarlund: Revolusjon i lingvistikken: Noam Chomskys språkteori. Norsk Lingvistisk Tidsskrift, 24, 277-280. Novus Forlag.
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (2)
- Julien, M. (2017). Om språk og normer. Syn og Segn, 98-105. Det Norske Samlaget.
- Myren, S., Julien, M. & Bråthen, G. (2016). Førlighet, semantikk og akuttnevrologi. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Lægeforening, 136, 144-145. Norsk laegeforening.
Supervision at Lund University (3)
- Müller, C. (2019). Permeable islands : A contrastive study of Swedish and English adjunct clause extractions. Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University. Dissertation.
- NILSSON, S. (2016). Das perfektische Präteritum im Deutschen. Dissertation.
- Hallberg, A. (2016). Case Endings in Spoken Standard Arabic. Studia Orientalia Lundensia. Nova Series, 4. Lund University, Faculties of Humanities and Theology. Dissertation.
Research portal (Lund University)
Administrative
Tasks
- Member, Board of Section 1, Centre for Languages and Literature
- Reserve member, Academic Appointments Board, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
