Solberg-Harestad diputerer for graden philosophiae doctor.
Kenneth Solberg-Harestad disputerer for ph.d.-graden ved Universitetet i Stavanger tirsdag 26. august 2025.
See English information below.
Tildelt emne for prøveforelesningen er
Discuss historical sociolinguistic methodology as it pertains to the standardisation of English: supralocalisation, dialect levelling, focussing, diglossia, etc.
Disputas kl. 12:00. Arrangementet er åpent for alle.
Tittel på avhandlingen: Studies of the development of London English based on late and post-medieval
documentary evidence. Avhandlingen finner du her.
Bedømmelseskomité
- Laura Wright, professor, University of Cambridge, Storbritannia
- Juan Camilo Conde Silvestre, professor, University of Murcia, Spania
- Oliver Traxel, professor, Universitetet i Stavanger
Hovedveileder
Merja Stenroos, professor, Institutt for kultur- og språkvitskap
Medveileder
førsteamanuensis Kjetil V. Thengs, Institutt for kultur- og språkvitskap
Disputasleder
Kjersti B. Tharaldsen, prodekan for forskning og innovasjon, UiS
Dear all,
On Tuesday, August 26th, 2025, PhD candidate at Faculty of Arts and Education, Kenneth Solberg-Harestad will be defending his dissertation for the degree of PhD (philosophiae doctor) at the University of Stavanger.
This defence will be held in Kjølv Egeland house, E-164 from 10 am. Everyone who wishes to attend the defence is welcome to KE-house.
The defence will be in two parts:
The trial lecture starts at 10:00 am. CET
Title: Discuss historical sociolinguistic methodology as it pertains to the standardisation of English: supralocalisation, dialect levelling, focussing, diglossia, etc.
The actual defence starts at 12:00 CET
Title: Studies of the development of London English based on late and post-medieval documentary evidence
Kenneth-Solberg’s thesis is publicly available in the UiS Scholarly Publishing Services
Members of the dissertation committee are:
Professor Laura Wright, University of Cambridge, Great Britain
Professor Juan Camilo Conde Silvestre, University of Murcia, Spain
Professor Oliver Traxel, UiS
Supervisors:
Main supervisor is Professor Merja RiittaStenroos and co-supervisor is Associate Professor Kjetil Vikhamar Thengs, Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
Chair: Vice dean for research and innovation Kjersti B. Tharaldsen, UiS