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Leiv Egil Breivik

Emeritus
Department of Foreign Languages
  • E-mailleiv.breivik@uib.no
  • Visitor Address
    Sydnesplassen 7
    HF-bygget
    5007 Bergen
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7805
    5020 Bergen
Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2011). English sentence adverbials in a discourse and cognitive perspective. English Studies: A Journal of English Language. 679-692.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Grammaticalization, subjectification and non-concord in English existential sentences. English Studies: A Journal of English Language. 351-362.
  • Show author(s) (2007). From the editors. InJAL and AILA – the international connection. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 1-2.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Editorial. From the editors of InJAL. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 293-293.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Editorial. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 1-2.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Editorial announcement. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 1-1.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Editorial. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. ii-iii.
  • Show author(s) (2003). On relative clauses and locative expressions in English existential sentences. Pragmatics. 211-230.
  • Show author(s) (2000). On relative clauses and locative expressions in English existential sentences. VIEWS. 6-28.
  • Show author(s) (2000). On relative clauses and locative expressions in English existential sentences. Views (Silver Spring, Md.). 6-28.
  • Show author(s) (1999). On the rhetorical function of existential THERE. Nordlit. 3-14.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Relative Infinitives in English. Studia Neophilologica. 109-115.
  • Show author(s) (1997). "There" in Space and Time. Studies in honour of Wolfgang Viereck on the occasion of his 60th Birthday. Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik. Beihefte. 14.
  • Show author(s) (1993). The Bergen Corpus of London Teenager Language. ICAME Journal. 128-128.
  • Show author(s) (1993). The Bergen Corpus of London Teenage Talk. ICAME Journal. 128.
  • Show author(s) (1993). On the History of English than-comparatives. Folia Linguistica Historica. 21-44.
  • Show author(s) (1993). On Doing Linguistic Research. Studia Linguistica. 173-187.
  • Show author(s) (1992). On doing linguistic research. Studia Linguistica. 173-187.
  • Show author(s) (1992). Angela Downing on existential sentences. Occasional Papers in Systemic Linguistics. 133-142.
  • Show author(s) (1991). On the history of English than-comparatives. Folia Linguistica Historica. 21-44.
Report
  • Show author(s) (2007). International Journal of Applied Linguistics No. 3. .
  • Show author(s) (2007). International Journal of Applied Linguistics No. 2. .
  • Show author(s) (2007). International Journal of Applied Linguistics No. 1. .
  • Show author(s) (2006). International Journal of Applied Linguistics 16.3. .
  • Show author(s) (2006). International Journal of Applied Linguistics 16.2. .
  • Show author(s) (2006). International Journal of Applied Linguistics 16.1. .
  • Show author(s) (2005). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 3. 3. .
  • Show author(s) (2005). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 1. 1. .
  • Show author(s) (2005). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 2. 2. .
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2008). A diachronic study of sentence adverbials and word order.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Metaforer i norsk avisspråk.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Grammaticalization and non-concord in existential sentences.
  • Show author(s) (2003). The historial development of existential "there": and example of subjectification in grammaticalisation.
  • Show author(s) (2003). The development of dummy subjects in English.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Historical English syntax, 3.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Historical English syntax, 2.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Historical English syntax, 1.
  • Show author(s) (2002). The use and non-use of existential there in English.
  • Show author(s) (2002). The grammaticalization of existential there.
  • Show author(s) (2002). The development of dummy subjects in English.
  • Show author(s) (2002). On linguistic change in English.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Teaching Theoretical Grammar.
Editorial
  • Show author(s) (2008). Editorial. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 1-3.
Short communication
  • Show author(s) (2005). A note about article abstracts. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 1 pages.
Book review
  • Show author(s) (2001). Anm. av: Rudolf Obendorfer: Weak forms in present-day English (1998); Bjørg Bækken: Word order patterns in Early Modern English with special reference to the position of the subject and the finite verb (1998); Kurt Rydland: The Orton Corpus. A dictionary of Northumbrian Pronunciation 1928–1939 (1998). NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift. 155-158.
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Show author(s) (2006). 'These things write I vnto thee...': essays in honour of Bjørg Bækken. Novus Forlag.
  • Show author(s) (2006). 'These things write I vnto thee...' - Essays in honour of Bjørg Bækken. Novus Forlag.
  • Show author(s) (2006). "These things I write unto thee..." Essays in honour of Bjørg Bækken. Novus Forlag.
  • Show author(s) (2005). The Power of Language: A Collection of Essays. Novus Forlag.
  • Show author(s) (2004). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc..
  • Show author(s) (2004). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc..
  • Show author(s) (2004). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc..
  • Show author(s) (2002). From the Colt's Mouth, and others'. Rodopi.
Academic monograph
  • Show author(s) (1990). Existential THERE: A synchronic and diachronic study.
  • Show author(s) (1989). Language change: Contributions to the study of its causes.
Non-fiction book
  • Show author(s) (2003). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Blackwell Publishing Ltd..
  • Show author(s) (2002). From the Colt's Mouth. Rodopi.
  • Show author(s) (2002). From the COLT's mouth and ... others'. Language corpora studies in honour of Anna-Brita Stenström. Rodopi, Amsterdam.
  • Show author(s) (2002). From the COLT's mouth ... and others'. Language corpora studies in honour of Anne-Brita Stenström. Rodopi, Amsterdam & New York.
  • Show author(s) (2001). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Blackwell Publishers.
  • Show author(s) (2001). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Blackwell Publishers.
  • Show author(s) (2000). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Novus press.
  • Show author(s) (2000). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Novus press.
  • Show author(s) (1999). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Novus press.
  • Show author(s) (1998). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Novus press.
  • Show author(s) (1998). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Novus press.
  • Show author(s) (1997). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Novus press.
  • Show author(s) (1997). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Novus press.
  • Show author(s) (1997). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Novus press.
  • Show author(s) (1996). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Novus press.
  • Show author(s) (1996). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Novus press.
  • Show author(s) (1995). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Novus press.
  • Show author(s) (1989). Language change: Contributions to the study of its causes. Mouton de Gruyter.
  • Show author(s) (1989). Language change: Contributions to the study of its causes. Mouton de Gruyter.
  • Show author(s) (1989). Essays on English language in honour of Bertil Sundby. Novus Forlag.
  • Show author(s) (1989). Essays on English language in honour of Bertil Sundby. Novus Forlag.
Masters thesis
  • Show author(s) (2005). Sarah Hoem Iversen: 'Her frequent quarrelling drove him to drink'. Gender stereotyping in illustrative dictionary examples.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Kristin Høiland Stapnes: A corpus-based study of existential THERE-constructions in London teenage language.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Gard Buen Jenset: 'That ther lakke no word ...'. A cognitive study of existential THERE in the works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Feature article
  • Show author(s) (2009). Verda sett frå UiB 18 juni 2009. Bergens Tidende.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Subjectivity and subjectivisation: linguistic perspectives. English Language and Linguistics. 199-203.
  • Show author(s) (1992). Anmeldelse av Marianne Powell/Bent Preisler: English past and present. English Studies: A Journal of English Language. 267-268.
  • Show author(s) (1992). Anmeldelse av Gunnel Tottie: Negation in English speech and writing. ICAME Journal. 105-110.
  • Show author(s) (1992). Anmeldelse av Bruce Mitchell: Old English syntax. Lingua. 94-100.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Show author(s) (2012). Spatial metaphors in present-day Norwegian newspaper language. 23 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Preface. 1 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2005). The historical development of existential 'there': an example of subjectification in grammaticalisation. 23 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2005). The Power of Language: An Introduction. 5 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2005). OPP/NED-metaforer i norsk avisspråk. 17 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2005). OPP/NED-metaforer i norsk avisspråk. 17 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Existential it revisited. 8 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Old English tha revisited. 17 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Preface. 1 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2000). The desemanticisation of existential THERE in a synchronic-diachronic perspective. 16 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2000). The desemanticisation of existential THERE in a synchronic-diachronic perspective. 16 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1999). The desemanticisation of there. 16 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1999). On the pragmatic function of relative clauses and locative expressions in existential sentences in the LOB Corpus. 15 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Kulturkunnskapsdisiplinen i framandspråka - forskingsdisiplin? 6 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1997). THERE in space and time. 14 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Subject-oriented adverbs in a diachronic and contrastive perspective. 27 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Subject-oriented adverbs in a diachronic and contrastive perspective. 27 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1997). On the interrelation of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics: A study of locative/temporal expressions in existential sentences in the LOB Corpus. 10 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1997). On the interrelation of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics: A study of locative/temporal expressions in existential sentence in the LOB Corpus. -9 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Initial Adverbials and Word Order in English with Special Reference to the Early Modern English Period. 33 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1993). On English and Old Norse Word Order.
  • Show author(s) (1992). On copular sentences in English. 15 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1989). On the diachrony of the English particle comparative. 17 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1989). On the causes of syntactic change in English. 42 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1989). Introduction. 4 pages.
Other
  • Show author(s) (2005). Acknowledgment. 6-6.
Academic literature review
  • Show author(s) (2014). In Memoriam Kristian Smidt (1916-2013). English Studies: A Journal of English Language. 700-701.
Foreword
  • Show author(s) (2012). Prefacio. 1 pages.

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