Work

In progress

Boas, K., A. K. Jørgensen & M. Hejná. (in progress). The Indexical Fields of Laryngeal Variation in Danish.

Jørgensen, A. K. (submitted). “Min mormor snakker rigtig meget vendelbo”: Jyske unges forestillinger om sprog og dialekt på tværs af regioner, generationer og kontekster. NyS – Nydanske Sprogstudier.

Jørgensen, A. K. (submitted). Trykgruppemønstre i jysk: Data fra Hjørring og Jelling. Danske Talesprog.

Jørgensen, A. K. (submitted). Sproglig tilpasning som socialt fænomen. Sprog og social mobilitet. Samfundslitteratur.

Peer-reviewed

Jørgensen, A. K. (2025). Akkommodation i jysk regionalsprog: Akustiske og perceptuelle perspektiver på lydlig tilpasning i interaktion. In W. Collin, I. S. Hansen, T. T. Hougaard, & K. Schriver (Eds.), 20. Møde om Udforskningen af Dansk Sprog (pp. 231–247). Aarhus Universitet.

Other publications

Jørgensen, A. K. (2025). Variation through Accommodation: Individual, Contextual, and Regional Traces of Phonetic Alignment in Interaction [PhD thesis]. University of Copenhagen. Download it here (through ResearchGate).

Jørgensen, A. K., Sørensen, S. H., Jansen, K. Ø., Nilsson, H. B., Tornbo, H. K., & Jelby, K. E. (2025). Editorial. Journal of Language Works, 10(2), 1-2. https://tidsskrift.dk/lwo/article/view/162710

Rasmussen, S. H., Boas, K., Jelby, K. E., Jørgensen, A. K., Nielsen, H. B., Sørensen, S. H., Tornbo, H. K., & Thøgersen, J. (2025). Editorial. Journal of Language Works – Sprogvidenskabeligt Studentertidsskrift, 10(1), 3–4.

Boas, K., Nilsson, H. B., Jørgensen, A. K., Sørensen, S. H., & Rasmussen, S. H. (2024). Language Works 9(2): Editorial. Journal of Language Works – Sprogvidenskabeligt Studentertidsskrift, 9(2), 2.

Jørgensen, A. K. (2016). SPEAKING (OF) GENDER: A sociolinguistic exploration of voice and transgender identity. [Unpublished Master’s Thesis]. Download it here (through ResearchGate)

Dissemination

Jørgensen, A. K. (2026, June). “Akkommodovaraner” og andre sociale dyr – Om sproglig tilpasning. In Mål & Mæle 47(1). 10-16.

Jørgensen, A. K. (2026, February 17). Terapøjt eller terapøvt – om udtalen af ord med eu i jysk. dialekt.dk. https://dialekt.ku.dk/maanedens_emne/terapoejt-eller-terapoevt/

Jørgensen, A. K. (2024). Forskerinterview: Det talte sprog. Dansknoter, 2024(2), 48-49.
https://dansklf.dk/dansknoter-2-2024-nord

Funding

Teaching

  • Sproglig variation (Linguistic Variation), Master’s Elective in Nordic Language and Literature, Aarhus University (fall 2025)
  • Sprogvidenskab i audiologopædi (Linguistic Foundations of Audiologopedics), Bachelor’s Programme in Audiologopedics, University of Copenhagen (fall 2025)
  • Sproglig metode og analyse (Linguistic Methods and Analysis), the Bachelor’s Programme in Danish, University of Southern Denmark (spring 2025)
  • Dansk sprog (Danish Language), the Bachelor’s Programme in Danish, University of Southern Denmark (fall 2024)
  • Akustisk analyse (Acoustic Analysis), the Bachelor’s Programme in Linguistics, University of Copenhagen (fall 2021)
  • Sprog og kontekst (Language and Context), the Bachelor’s Programme in Danish, University of Copenhagen (spring 2020 + 2021)
  • Grammatik og tekst (Grammar and Text), the Bachelor’s Programme in Danish, University of Copenhagen (fall 2020, two classes)
  • Køn, racialisering og identitet (Gender, Racilisation, and Identity), the elective programme in Gender Studies, University of Copenhagen (spring 2020)

Presentations

Acoustic and perceptual measures of accommodation in interaction – Evidence from Danish. UKLVC15, University of Lancaster. September 2-4, 2025. https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/uklvc15/

Akkommodation i jysk regionalsprog.
20. MUDS – Møderne om Udforskningen af Dansk Sprog, Aarhus, Denmark (2024). https://projekter.au.dk/muds/20-muds-2024

Markers of regionality? On the stylistic sensitivity of non-standard forms.
At the International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE12), Vienna, Austria. 2024. https://iclave12.dioe.at/

Køn i sproget – Om ikke-kønnede sprogformer i dansk.
Oplæg hos AiiA – Det Interkulturelle Akademi. 12. november 2020.

Transgender voices in Denmark (with Pia Quist).
At the seminar: Language, Gender and Sexuality in a Global Materiality Perspective, University of Copenhagen, December 2016.

Presentation of my thesis: Speaking (of) Gender
At the conference: TRANS*FORMATIONS: Lives and Politics Beyond the Gender Binary. Universidade de Lisboa, June 2016.

Positions of trust

2023-present: Member of the editorial team at Journal of Language Works. Chief Editor as of august 2025.

2022-23: Vice chair of the PhD council, Faculty of Humanties, University of Copenhagen.

2018-19: Board member, Foreningen for Kønsforskning (The Danish Gender Studies Association). https://koensforskning.dk/

Public appearances

Paneldeltager i debatten: Hvor er ‘hen’ henne om kønsneutralt sprog i dansk. Winter Pride, København, februar 2017.

Paneldeltager i debat om dokumentaren “Do I sound gay?” på MIX Copenhagen | LesbianGayBiTrans Film Festival, oktober 2015.

Gæst i programmet AK 24syv på Radio 24syv om dokumentaren “Do I sound gay?”, oktober 2015.

(c) Anna Kai Jørgensen, 2026