Klara Sjo

Position

Researcher, Lexicographer

Affiliation

Short info

Words are the best thing ever. And somebody even pays me to work with them.
I work in the Norwegian standard dictionaries which you'll find at ordbøkene.no

I also do research on the history of dictionaries.
Research

I work and do resarch on the Norwegian standard dictionaries Bokmålsordboka and Nynorskordboka, which you can find at https://ordbokene.no.

I also do research on the history of the dictionaries as cultural and physical artifacts. Currently I'm working on the first Norwegian dictionary (1646), which for some reason has a picture of an otter trap. Why? I'll come back to you on that.

 

Outreach

I write about languages (in Norwegian) on Språkprat, on my blog Ordblogg

I talk about languages (still in Norwegian) in the video series Orden på ord and in the radio show Språksnakk

Videoserien Orden på ord

Hvor kommer ordene fra? Hvorfor forandrer de seg? 
Følg videoserien Orden på ord og lær mer.

Serien finner her du på YouTube (external link)