Faculty of Education

Kristín Margrét Jóhannsdóttir

Associate Professor
460 8583

Location

  • O213
  • Sólborg

Office hours

On demand.

Specialisation

Linguistics Semantics Icelandic English Teaching foreign languages Teaching the mother tongue Heritage languages
Research portal - Kristín Margrét Jóhannsdóttir 

General information

Courses 2025 - 2026

ÍSL0156210
Icelandic for Teachers
ENS0156210
English
ÍSL0356210
Icelandic
TTR0156210
Expression, Interpretation and Voice Projection
KTU0156210
Teaching Foreign Languages
TTR0156210
Expression, Interpretation and Voice Projection

Education

2011
The University of British Columbia, Ph.D. Linguistics
2003
, Viðbótardiplóma
1996
University of Iceland, Meistarapróf Icelandic linguistics
1992
University of Iceland, BA Icelandic

Career

2024
University of Akureyri, Associate Professor
2017 - 2024
University of Akureyri, Assistant Professor
2015 - 2017
University of Akureyri, Adjunct
2013 - 2014
University of Iceland, Sessional lecturer
2013 - 2014
Menntaskólinn við Sund, High school teacher
2011 - 2013
University of Iceland, Specialist
2008 - 2010
VANOC, Deputy manager, language services

Research

2025
Excessive events: The syntax and semantics of OVER-modification in Icelandic. Journal article
2025
Past Tense Morphology of North American Icelandic. Journal article
2024
The Passive in Heritage Icelandic. Book chapter
2023
"And the dog is sleeping too." The use of the progressive in North American Icelandic. Book chapter
2022
Oblique case in North American Icelandic. Book chapter
2022
Tense in North American Icelandic. Book chapter
2020
Using Music in Second-Language Teaching. Book chapter
2019
The Two Perfects of North American Icelandic.
2018
Aspects of the progressive in English and Icelandic. Dissertation
2018
Introduction. Book chapter
2018
Marking Simultaneity and Sequentiality in North American Icelandic Narratives.
2018
Og hundurinn er að sofa líka. Book chapter
2018
“Kæra foldin kennd við snjó” Symposium of Káinn. Journal article
2016
Making laufabrauð. Journal article
2016
„Nafnháttarsýki“. Journal article
2015
An interview with Arnaldur Indriðason by Kristín M. Jóhannsdóttir [viðtal].
2014
An Interview with Arnaldur Indriðason by Kristín M. Jóhannsdóttir. Journal article
2013
Language services at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Book chapter
2013
Þegar málfræðingar kenna bókmenntir. Book chapter
2012
LREC - Creation of an Open Shared Language Resource Repository in the Nordic and Baltic Countries. Conference paper
2012
Creation of an open shared language resource repository in the nordic and baltic countries. Conference paper
2012
SLTU - Almannarómur: an open icelandic speech corpus. Book
2012
Íslensk tunga á stafrænni öld.
2012
Íslensk tunga á stafrænni öld / The Icelandic Language in the Digital Age. Book
2011
Using the Common European Framework of Reference for Evaluating Language Volunteers for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Online resource
2008
Tactile enhancement of auditory and visual speech perception in untrained perceivers. Journal article
2008
Zero-marked tense. Journal article
2007
Assimilation of the feature [spread glottis] in Icelandic. Book chapter
2007
Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir. North American Icelandic: The Life of a Language. Journal article
2007
Posture verbs in Icelandic. Journal article
2007
Temporal adverbs in Icelandic: adverbs of quantification vs. frequency adverbs. Journal article
2007
The Posture verb progressive in Icelandic. Journal article
2007
The Progressive Constructions and Frequency Adverbs in Icelandic. Journal article
2006
Tense and Aspect in Gitxsan. Journal article
2006
The status of Icelandic in Canada. Magazine article
2006
Það er baslari í borði í næstu dyrum. Book chapter
2005
Temporal adverbs and the progressive construction in Icelandic. Journal article
2005
Enhancement of visual perception of speech via tactile input. Journal article
2005
Haptic information enhances auditory speech perception. Journal article
2005
Haptic‐auditory interference from air flow in speech perception. Journal article
2004
Jökull Jakobsson. Book chapter
2004
The Gemination of Glides in Icelandic. Journal article
1995
The Argument Structure of Deverbal Nominals in Icelandic. Journal article
1995
The argument structure of deverbal nominals in Icelandic.
Aspects of the progressive in English and Icelandic. Dissertation