The origins and evolution of language; the interactions between individual cognition, cultural transmission and biological evolution in human populations; art / science collaboration
The psycho- and neurolinguistics of bilingual development, in particular first and second language attrition, that is, the effect of non-use on the accessibility, deterioration and maintenance of linguistic knowledge
Sociolinguistics; English, Norwegian; language and migration; new dialects; multicultural youth language; language and social structure; sociolinguistics of West Africa; language, media and public dissemination
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