Research interests:

My research interests are broad, and include comparative linguistics, syntax, pragmatics and information structure, dialects syntax, child language, first and second language acquisition, bilingualism, language revitalization, and language disorders. I primarily work with the following languages: Norwegian (and Norwegian/Nordic dialects), Northern Sami, and English.

I have a background in theoretical syntax, in particular on the interface between syntax and information structure. For my PhD (2007) I investigated word order variation in embedded clauses in Northern Norwegian, and also compared this with other Scandinavian varieties. My thesis also included a chapter on the acquisition of word order in Northern Norwegian embedded clauses.

Since my PhD I have continued working on theoretical syntax and information structure, and on language acquisition.

I have also picked up again the topic from my Master’s thesis (2000), namely bilingual language acquisition and cross-linguistic influence.

Another research interest that has emerged over the years related to first language acquisition of Northern Sami. From 2011-2017 I was the leader of the project DASAGO (Davvisámigiel mánáid giellaovdáneapmi – North Sami child language acquisition), in which we adapted the MacArthur-Bates CDI (Communicative Development Inventory) into North Sami, collected child language corpora of Sami child language, and investigated various grammatical aspects in Sami child language. We are still working on material collected for this project.

Finally, I have recently decided to approach a topic I have long been fascinated by, namely language disorders. I am currently doing a Master’s degree on speech therapy, and hope to do some research into this area in the near future.

My current research interests include:

• Object shift in Norwegian and other Scandinavian languages, both in adult language and in language acquisition
• OV/VO alternation in (Northern) Sami, both in adult language and in language acquisition
• (First and second language) Acquisition of word order variation and information structure
• Bilingual acquisition (Norwegian/English, Norwegian/North Sami) and cross-linguistic influence
• Acquisition of (North) Sami in a language revitalization perspective

I’m involved in the following external projects:

• External expert consultant on the project The development of Object Shift in North Germanic Child Language, directed by Filippa Lindahl (University West, Sweden)
• SamBa – Growing up in the Arctic. A longitudinal study of early childhood development and health in indigenous and non-indigenous children, directed by Siv Kvernmo (Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT)

The ancient Greek theater, in particular tragedy

Greek mythology and religion

Anthropological approach to ancient celebrations

The Olympic games and its poetry

Gender and culture in Antiquity

Spoken Latin

Databases, Search engines, digitalization and digital representation, Classification, Dewey

Golden Age Spanish Literature (16th & 17th Century)

Francisco de Quevedo

Colonial Latin american Literature and History

Juan del Valle y Caviedes (1645-1698)

Norway and the North in Spanish Literature

Textual criticism

Research projects

Project: Encounters and Cultural Transfers in Colonial Hispanic Literature

Nettwork: Politics of Culture in Latin America (POCLAT)

Latest publications:

Latest publications:

abanillas Cardenas, Carlos Fernando "Poesía y corrupción virreinal: un soneto de Juan del Valle y Caviedes contra el duque de la Palata", Romance Notes, 63, 2023, pp. 527-538.

Cabanillas Cardenas, Carlos Fernando. «Por solo sol difunto en el ocaso»: Un epitafio poético de Juan del Valle y Caviedes contra el duque de la Palata, La Perinola, 27, 2023, pp. 133-148

Cabanillas Cardenas, Carlos Fernando. "El asunto de las murallas de Lima en clave de sátira política (1684-1687)" Arnulfo Herrera y Martina Vinatea (coords.), Poesía de sátira política y clandestina en el Siglo de Oro. Antología esencial. Volumen III. Textos indianos y estudios de varia lección, New York, IDEA, 2023, pp. 169-200 pp.

Collective memory, trauma healing and literature, indigenous literatures of North America, African American literature and culture, American life narratives, literature and the land, 19th and 20^th century gender studies, short fiction, American literature in a variety of forms from the nineteenth century to the present.

My research deals with various aspects of second and third language acquisition, i.e., the acquisition of language(s) after early childhood. I'm interested in both theoretical and applied aspects of acquisition. In particular, I am interested in how languages influence each other in the multilingual mind and in the relationship between implicit and explicit learning. I am also interested in multilingualism in a broad sense, and in multilingualism and language acquisition in schools.