Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research
My research is concerned with the Danish language and Danish language use, from grammar and functional linguistics to interactional and discourse analysis, pragmatics and other - especially micro-analytical - approaches to texts, communications and linguistic phenomena. As a grammarian I am interested in the content, meaning and functions of linguistic options and choices, within the general framework of Danish Functional Grammar / Danish Functional Linguistics, and thus I am concerned with how the structures of language contribute to forming, serving and regulating our social interactions and cultural practices, relations, identities, discussions and conflicts.
A particular societal focus area that incorporates all these fields of interest is Forensic Linguistics, in which I cooperate with courts and other judicial branches to investigate the language use of trial hearings, including witness examinations, questioning and answering strategies, framing patterns and other aspects of the legal institutions' representations and negotiation of guilt, innocence, actions, responsibility, credibility, and victim and aggressor identities etc. Other Forensic Linguistic areas of interest include the exploration of linguistic features associated with lying and deception, abuse, plagiarism and authorship, as well as various linguistic contexts within police work and social security law.
External positions
Editor, Acta Linguistica Hafniensia, International Journal of Linguistics
2013 → …
Keywords
- Language, Language usage, Philosophy of language
- Communication, Journalism, Media
- Law, Ethics
Collaborations and research areas
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Research output
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"Det er nu faktisk en Rørhøg han": korrigerende sætningsadverbialer i dansk
Mortensen, S. S., 2026, Grundigt nysgerrig: en hyldest til Eva Skafte Jensens liv med sproget : festskrift til Eva Skafte Jensen på 60-årsdagen 9. marts 2026. Bogense: Dansk Sprognævn, p. 615-642 (Dansk Sprognævns skrifter; No. 56).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Framing agency, identity and credibility in court: closing arguments in Danish rape trials
Mortensen, S. S. & Glud, T. L. D., 2025, Framing in Interaction: Pragmatic approaches to framing analysis. Borchmann, S., Fabricius, A. & Klitgård, I. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 179-212 (Pragmatics and Beyond New Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Måbende ser vi til: Hvordan i alverden kan man finde på at lukke danskstudiet?
Engberg, C., Mortensen, S. S., Nielsen, L. Y. & svendsen, E., 14 Feb 2025, In: Politiken.Research output: Contribution to journal › Contribution to newspaper - Comment/debate
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Ekspertoversættelse #2: Sprogforskeren
Mortensen, S. S., 2024, Grøn Trepartsaftale: Greenpeaces Røde Ordbøger. Greenpeace, p. 10-12Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Communication
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Ny forskning i grammatik
Bojsen-Møller, M. (Editor), Jensen, T. J., Mortensen, S. S. (Editor), Heegård-Petersen, J. (Editor) & Westergaard, L. (Editor), 2024, Dansk Sprognævn. (Ny forskning i grammatik; No. 31).Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
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LingCoRT: Linguistic Constructions of Sexual Abuse and Consent in Danish Rape Trials
Mortensen, S. S. (Project participant), Glud, T. (Project participant) & Gabrielsen, J. (Co-supervisor)
Independent Research Fund Denmark | Humanities
01/01/2025 → 30/06/2028
Project: Research
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Language and Cultural Cognition - Linguistic Contributions to Framing Analysis
Borchmann, S. (Project participant), Fabricius, A. (Project participant), Tranekjær, L. (Project participant), Kjærbeck, S. (Project participant), Nielsen, N. M. (Project participant), Mortensen, S. S. (Project participant), Klitgård, I. (Project participant), Musolff, A. (Project participant), Dahl, T. (Project participant) & Glud, T. (Project participant)
01/09/2021 → 01/11/2025
Project: Research
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Questioning Questions in Language, Culture and Cognition
Borchmann, S. (Project participant), Tranekjær, L. (Project participant), Mortensen, S. S. (Project participant), Nielsen, N. M. (Project participant), Archer, D. (Project participant), FinkBeiner, R. (Project participant), Heim, J. (Project participant), Wiltschko, M. (Project participant), Mayes, P. (Project participant), Clinkenbeard, M. (Project participant), Collin, W. (Project participant), Graf, E.-M. (Project participant), Dionne, F. (Project participant), Spranz-Fogasy, T. (Project participant), Brink Worsøe, L. (Project participant) & Wiben Jensen, T. (Project participant)
01/08/2018 → 01/07/2020
Project: Research
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The Social Life of Interjections
Hougaard, T. T. (Project participant), Jensen, E. S. (Project participant), Levisen, C. (Project participant), Ameka, F. (Project participant), Stange, U. (Project participant), Fabricius, A. (Project participant), Shield, A. (Project participant), Borchmann, S. (Project participant), Miltersen, E. H. (Project participant), Steensig, J. (Project participant), Sørensen, S. S. (Project participant), Mortensen, S. S. (Project participant), Shor, L. (Project participant) & Inbar, A. (Project participant)
11/10/2017 → 31/05/2019
Project: Research
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The Linguistic Negotiation of Truth in Danish Criminal Trials (DFF – 1321-00180)
Mortensen, S. S. (Project manager)
01/01/2014 → 31/08/2018
Project: Research
Activities
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The Pragmatics of Unspeakables
Levisen, C. (Organizer), Glud, T. L. D. (Organizer), Mortensen, S. S. (Organizer) & Fabricius, A. (Organizer)
3 Dec 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference
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Privates in Public: Rhetorizing the intimate body in Danish rape trials
Mortensen, S. S. (Speaker) & Glud, T. L. D. (Speaker)
3 Dec 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
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Repræsentationer af identitet og troværdighed i danske voldtægtssager: Bevistemaer eller bragesnak?
Glud, T. L. D. (Speaker) & Mortensen, S. S. (Speaker)
13 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
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RELINO 2025 - Retslingvistik i Norden
Mortensen, S. S. (Organizer), Glud, T. L. D. (Organizer), Bojsen-Møller, M. (Organizer) & Christensen, T. K. (Organizer)
13 Nov 2025 → 14 Nov 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference
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”Det er mega, mega stort.” – Bullshit og muddersprog i politisk greenwashing
Mortensen, S. S. (Speaker)
4 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
Press/Media
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Der vil aldrig være et helt neutralt sprog i voldtægtssager
25/05/2026
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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»Min opgave er ikke at afgøre, hvad jeg tror på. Men man kan jo ikke lade være med at leve sig ind i det«
23/05/2026
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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85 kommuner har en borgmesterkæde: Dyk ned i detaljerne her
23/07/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Borgmestersmykket kæder tradition med identitet og sammenhold
10/06/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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TV 2 rettede opsigtsvækkende Trump-citat: ”Når tingene går stærkt, kan vi blive for upræcise”
22/01/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media