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Matti Marttinen Larsson

Associate Senior Lecturer

Department of Languages and Literatures
Mail
matti.marttinen.larsson@gu.se
Visiting address
Renströmsgatan 6
41255 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 200
40530 Göteborg

About Matti Marttinen Larsson

My research primarily centers on language variation and change, particularly focusing on morphosyntactic and semantic change. I approach these issues from a usage-based viewpoint. I predominantly utilize corpus linguistic methodologies to understand the emergence and diffusion of language change, as well as the cognitive foundations underlying variation and change. I mainly focus on phenomena of variation and change within different varieties of Spanish, but I also conduct research on other Romance languages. Within these languages, my studies cover a broad spectrum, including:

  • incipient and ongoing language change
  • frequency effects on change
  • constructionalization and constructional change
  • grammaticalization
  • reanalysis
  • analogy
  • actualization
  • linguistic efficiency
  • redundancy
  • pragmaticalization
  • accessibility
  • subjectification and intersubjectification
  • cognitive pragmatics

Moreover, my specific interests involve possessive pronouns, definite articles, mood alternation, reductive/enhancive change, accessibility markers, coding length variability, entrenchment and chunking, and the social determinants of neurocognitive routines. I find innovative data collection techniques intriguing, such as utilizing social media and crowdsourcing methods. Additionally, I am keen on employing statistical models to analyze language variation and change. Furthermore, I am interested in issues related to (Internet) research ethics and remain dedicated to the principles of Open Science.