Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt

Institutt for språk og litteratur

Førsteamanuensis

Eg er førsteamanuensis i nordisk språkvitskap ved Høgskulen i Volda og prosjektleiar for MInDReading-prosjektet (NFR FRIPRO, 2026–2030). Forskinga mi tek utgangspunkt i grammatisk variasjon mellom nært beslekta språkformer (frå pågåande språkendring og sosiolingvistisk variasjon til dialektkontakt og bidialektalitet) for å undersøkje korleis språk blir prosessert i sanntid. Eit sentralt spørsmål i arbeidet mitt er kva slik variasjon, både innanfor og mellom språkbrukarar, kan fortelje oss om mekanismane bak språkforståing og om korleis grammatisk kunnskap er representert.

Eg kombinerer variasjonistisk sosiolingvistikk med eksperimentelle metodar som EEG, blikksporing, sjølvstyrt lesing og taleproduksjon. I tillegg har eg breiare forskingsinteresser innan (morfo)fonologi, (morfo)syntaks, språkendring, korpuslingvistikk og nordisk språkhistorie.

I am Associate Professor of Nordic Linguistics at Volda University College and PI of the MInDReading project (NFR FRIPRO, 2026–2030). My research uses narrow grammatical variation (from ongoing language change and sociolinguistic variation to dialect contact and bidialectalism) as a window onto real-time language processing, asking what narrow variability within and between speakers reveals about the mechanisms of language comprehension and the nature of grammatical representations.

In my work, I combine variationist sociolinguistics with experimental methodologies (EEG, eye-tracking, self-paced reading, speech production), with broader interests in (morpho)phonology, (morpho)syntax, language change, corpus linguistics, and Nordic language history.

Personal webpage: https://jadesandstedt.com

Research

NVA

Scientific articles and book chapters

Neurolinguistic signatures of microvariation and language change: Individual production variability predicts morphosyntactic processing differences
Published 2026 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Maki Kubota, Merete Brendeford Anderssen, Stig Jarle Helset, Björn Lundquist, Øystein Alexander Vangsnes, Jason Rothman

The Indo-European Cognate Relationships dataset
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Bidialectal language representation and processing: Evidence from Norwegian ERPs
Published 2024 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Maki Kubota, Merete Brendeford Anderssen, Jeannique Darby, Stig Jarle Helset, Elaheh Tavakoli, Øystein Alexander Vangsnes, Jason Rothman

Plant Remains as Sources to Cultural History in Southeast Norway
Published 2023 by Karoline Kjesrud, Luka Natassja Olsen, Irene Teixidor Toneu, Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Anneleen Kool, Linda Christiansen

Bilectal Exposure Modulates Neural Signatures to Conflicting Grammatical Properties: Norway as a Natural Laboratory
Published 2023 by Maki Kubota, Jorge González Alonso, Isabel Nadine Jensen, Alicia Luque, , Yanina Prystauka, Øystein Alexander Vangsnes, Merete Brendeford Anderssen, Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Jason Rothman

Successes and shortcomings of phonological accounts of Scandinavian object shift
Published 2022 by Paulina Lyskawa, Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Eline Visser, Nathan Joel Young, Björn Lundquist

Historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence test the phylogenetic inference of Viking-Age plant use
Published 2021 by Irene Teixidor Toneu, Anneleen Kool, , Karoline Kjesrud, Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Vincent Manzanilla,

A reanalysis of abstract contrasts and opacity in Bondu-so tongue root harmony
Published 2020 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt

Vowel harmony decay in Old Norwegian
Published 2020 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt

Transparency and blocking in Old Norwegian height harmony
Published 2017 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt

Other works

The impact of sociolinguistic variation on language processing: Tracing individual differences in on-going language change in ERPs
Published 2025 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Maki Kubota, Merete Brendeford Anderssen, Stig Jarle Helset, Björn Lundquist, Øystein Alexander Vangsnes, Jason Rothman

Mapping individual differences in cross- dialectal language representation and processing: An ERP study of Norwegian bidialectalism
Published 2025 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Maki Kubota, Merete Brendeford Anderssen, Jeannique Darby, Stig Jarle Helset, Elaheh Tavakoli, Øystein Alexander Vangsnes, Jason Rothman

Ethnobotanical knowledge dynamics across time scales: the contribution of phylogenetic comparative methods
Published 2024 by Irene Teixidor Toneu, Anneleen Kool, , Karoline Kjesrud, Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt,

Linking production and comprehension: ERP insights into variable grammatical processing
Published 2024 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Maki Kubota, Jason Rothman, Øystein Alexander Vangsnes, Merete Brendeford Anderssen, Björn Lundquist

The neurophysiological correlates of language change: Insights from on-going dialect levelling in Sunnmøre Norwegian
Published 2024 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Maki Kubota, Merete Brendeford Anderssen, Øystein Alexander Vangsnes, Jason Rothman, Björn Lundquist

Bilectal language representation and processing: Evidence from Norwegian ERPs
Published 2024 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Maki Kubota, Merete Brendeford Anderssen, Jeannique Darby, Stig Jarle Helset, Elaheh Tavakoli, Øystein Alexander Vangsnes, Jason Rothman

The role of grammatical alignment, engagement, and exposure in cross- dialectal influence on bilectal processing
Published 2023 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Maki Kubota, Merete Brendeford Anderssen, Jeannique Darby, Stig Jarle Helset, Yanina Prystauka, Jason Rothman, Elaheh Tavakoli, Øystein Alexander Vangsnes

The distinct grammars of bilectal processing: Evidence from Norwegian ERPs
Published 2023 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Maki Kubota, Merete Brendeford Anderssen, Jeannique Darby, Stig Jarle Helset, Yanina Prystauka, Jason Rothman, Elaheh Tavakoli, Øystein Alexander Vangsnes

The prosodic word (tone accent phrase) is the core planning unit in Norwegian speech planning/production
Published 2023 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Bror-Magnus S. Strand, Björn Lundquist

Word order regularization is not driven by processing demands in language use
Published 2023 by Paulina Lyskawa, Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Björn Lundquist, Bror-Magnus S. Strand

Kenneth sjonglerer to dialekter – forskere vil se om hjernen oppfatter det som ulike språk
Published 2022 by , , Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt

Bidialectal Exposure Modulates Neural Signatures to Conflicting Grammatical Properties: Norway as a Natural Laboratory
Published 2022 by Øystein Alexander Vangsnes, Merete Brendeford Anderssen, Maki Kubota, , Yanina Prystauka, Isabel Nadine Jensen, Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Jason Rothman, , Alicia Luque

Combining historical, archaeological, linguistic, and ethnobotanical evidence to infer Viking-Age plant use
Published 2022 by Anneleen Kool, Karoline Kjesrud, Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt,

Volda-forskarar skal finne ut korleis vi snakkar - og evt tenker før vi snakkar
Published 2022 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt

The production and planning of syntactic variation
Published 2022 by Paulina Lyskawa, Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt

The production and planning of syntactic optionality
Published 2022 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Paulina Lyskawa

Tverrdialektal påverknad på bidialektal prosessering: bevis frå norske ERPar
Published 2022 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, Maki Kubota, Merete Brendeford Anderssen, Jeannique Darby, Stig Jarle Helset, Yanina Prystauka, Elaheh Tavakoli, Øystein Alexander Vangsnes, , Jason Rothman

Mennesker og planter i fortid og fremtid
Published 2021 by Anneleen Kool, Karoline Kjesrud, , Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt

Angelica and sorrel salad: Ethnobotanical, historical, linguistic and archaeological evidence for Viking-Age plant use
Published 2021 by , Irene Teixidor Toneu, Anneleen Kool, Karoline Kjesrud, Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, ,

How did the Vikings use plants: Testing phylogenetic inference of past botanical cultures.
Published 2021 by , Irene Teixidor Toneu, Anneleen Kool, Karoline Kjesrud, Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt, ,

Feature specifications and contrast in vowel harmony: The orthography and phonology of Old Norwegian height harmony
Published 2018 by Jade Jørgen Michael Sandstedt
Publisher: University of Edinburgh