Nicolai Pharao

Nicolai Pharao

Associate Professor


  1. 2023
  2. Published

    Sprogholdninger i center og periferi

    Monka, Malene, Maegaard, Marie & Pharao, Nicolai, 21 Dec 2023, Struktur, ideologi og mangfald: Artiklar frå Tolvte nordiske dialektologkonferansen i Alta/Áltá/Alattio i august 2022. Johnsen, R. V., Kleemann, C., Vangsnes, Ø. A. & Westendorp, M. (eds.).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Variability in the stress group pattern of Copenhagen Danish with a focus on the Copenhagen multiethnolect

    Pharao, Nicolai & Hansen, Gert Foget, 25 Aug 2023, Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Skarnitzl, R. & Volín, J. (eds.). Prag, Tjekkiet, Vol. 20. p. 1509-1513 5 p. 733

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Advancements in Phonetics in the 21st Century: Theoretical Issues in Sociophonetics

    Kendall, T., Pharao, Nicolai, Stuart Smith, J. & Vaughn, C., 2023, In: Journal of Phonetics. 98, 37 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Hvordan vurderes jyske participiumsformer?

    Jensen, Torben Juel, Maegaard, Marie & Pharao, Nicolai, 2023, In: MUDS - Møde om Udforskningen af Dansk Sprog. 19, p. 175-193

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Investigating indexicality of regional morphological variation and change

    Jensen, Torben Juel, Maegaard, Marie & Pharao, Nicolai, 2023, Morphologische und syntaktische Variation in den deutschen Regionalsprachen: Impulse für die Erforschung der sprachlichen Vertikale. Fischer, H. & Rabanus, S. (eds.). Hildesheim/Zürich/New York: Georg Olms Verlag, p. 241-272 (Germanistische Linguistik, Vol. 258-259).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  7. Accepted/In press

    Language attitudes and language change

    Pharao, Nicolai, 2023, (Accepted/In press) Dimensions of Linguistic Variation. Oxford University Press, 20 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  8. 2022
  9. Published

    Language outside the norm: Reactions to non-conforming speech and speakers

    Pharao, Nicolai & Quist, Pia, Dec 2022, In: Nordic Journal of Linguistics. 45, 3, p. 251-253 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialpeer-review

  10. Published

    Understanding standard language: A psycholinguistic look at Danish casual and regional speech variation

    Pharao, Nicolai, 11 Jul 2022, Standard Languages in German-Speaking Europe: Attitudes and Perception. Lenz, A., Soukup, B. & Koppensteiner, W. (eds.). Oslo: Novus forlag, p. 217-237 20 p. (Standard Language Ideology in Contemporary Europe (SLICE), Vol. 4).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Hvad er et r?

    Pharao, Nicolai, 2022, In: Mål og Mæle. 43, 2, p. 26-31

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  12. 2021
  13. Published

    Dansk udtale i 2031 - året hvor vi har lært at tale ordentligt?

    Pharao, Nicolai, 2021, Sprogstatus i Rigsfællesskabet 2031. Kristiansen, T. & Holmen, A. (eds.). København: Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet, p. 173-184 (Københavnerstudier i tosprogethed. Studier i parallelsproglighed., Vol. C 13).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Features, Meanings, and Indexical Fields

    Maegaard, Marie & Pharao, Nicolai, 2021, Social Meaning and Linguistic Variation: Theorizing the Third Wave. Hall-Lew, L., Moore, E. & Podesva, R. J. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 203-221 18 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Udtalt: En introduktion til dansk fonetik

    Heegård, Jan, Juul, Holger, Pharao, Nicolai & Maegaard, Marie, 2021, Frederiksberg: Samfundslitteratur. 211 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  16. 2020
  17. Published

    Holdningers og mediers rolle i (de)standardisering

    Thøgersen, Jacob & Pharao, Nicolai, 15 Dec 2020, In: Danske Talesprog. 20, p. 103-121 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Stød in unexpected morphological contexts in Standard Danish: An experimental approach to sound change in progress

    Grønnum, Nina, Pharao, Nicolai & Basbøll, H., 1 Sep 2020, In: Nordic Journal of Linguistics. 43, 2, p. 147-180 34 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Recognising regional varieties of Danish

    Pharao, Nicolai & Tøndering, John, Jan 2020, In: Linguistics Vanguard. 6, s1, 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Genkendelse, sprogholdninger og standardisering: Nye fund i Bylderup, Hirtshals og Nexø

    Maegaard, Marie, Quist, Pia & Pharao, Nicolai, 2020, In: Danske Talesprog. 20, p. 143-174 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  21. 2019
  22. Published

    Er vores eksistens på Københavns Universitet virkelig 'en provokation'?

    Bissenbakker, Mons, Danbolt, Mathias, Kjærsgaard Høfler, S., Nybo Andersen, Z., Nielsen, A., Mechlenborg Nørulf, M., Wellendorf, Kassandra, Elmue, A., Pharao, Nicolai, Marie Poulsen, N., Edelberg, Peter, Flyvbjerg, S., Jørgensen, A. K. & Madsen, Storm Møller, 12 Nov 2019, In: Universitetsavisen.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Feature article

  23. Published

    “Not from a ‘Danish’ home; typical of trying to sound ‘tough’”: Indexical meanings of variation in /s/ and /t/ in the speech of adolescent girls in Copenhagen

    Lillelund-Holst, A. C., Pharao, Nicolai & Maegaard, Marie, 11 Oct 2019, In: Revista de Estudos da Linguagem. 27, 4, p. 1701-1736

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Reflections on the relation between direct/indirect methods and explicit/implicit attitudes

    Pharao, Nicolai & Kristiansen, Tore, 2019, In: Linguistics Vanguard. 5, s1, 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Stemthed og afstemthed i danske sonoranter

    Juul, Holger, Pharao, Nicolai & Thøgersen, Jacob, 2019, In: Danske Talesprog. 19, p. 108-130 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    The effect of attention on electrophysiological measures of syllable processing: contrastive features sorted according to a secondary contrast

    Morris, David Jackson, Tøndering, John & Pharao, Nicolai, 2019, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Calhoun, S., Escudero, P., Tabain, M. & Warren, P. (eds.). Canberra: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc, 5 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  27. 2018
  28. Published

    Dansk til det 21. århundrede: Sprog og samfund

    Christensen, Tanya Karoli (ed.), Fosgerau, Christina Fogtmann (ed.), Jensen, Torben Juel (ed.), Karrebæk, Martha Sif (ed.), Maegaard, Marie (ed.), Pharao, Nicolai (ed.) & Quist, Pia (ed.), 2018, København: U Press. 352 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  29. Published

    Prolog

    Christensen, Tanya Karoli, Fosgerau, Christina Fogtmann, Jensen, Torben Juel, Karrebæk, Martha Sif, Maegaard, Marie, Pharao, Nicolai & Quist, Pia, 2018, Dansk til det 21. århundrede: Sprog og samfund. København: U Press, p. 7-8 2 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingPreface/postscriptResearch

  30. Published

    Sprogideologi i sociolingvistisk forandring: Sproglig selvvurdering som data

    Kristiansen, Tore, Maegaard, Marie & Pharao, Nicolai, 2018, Dansk til det 21. århundrede: Sprog og samfund. Christensen, T. K., Fogtmann, C., Jensen, T. J., Karrebæk, M. S., Maegaard, M., Pharao, N. & Quist, P. (eds.). København: U Press, p. 223-236 14 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  31. 2017
  32. Published

    Sideways: Five methodological studies of sociolinguistic interviews

    The UCPH LANCHART Centre, T. U. L. C., 21 Jun 2017, In: Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: International Journal of Linguistics . 50, 1, p. 1-35 36 p., 1.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Comparing speech samples: On the challenge of comparability in panel studies of language change in real time

    Gregersen, Frans, Jensen, Torben Juel & Pharao, Nicolai, 2017, Panel studies of language variation and change. Wagner, S. E. & Buchstaller, I. (eds.). New York & London: Routledge, Vol. 1. p. 155-180 26 p. (Routledge Studies in Language Change).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Hvor svært er det lige? En undersøgelse af genkendelsen af ord med reducerede segmenter

    Pharao, Nicolai, Ridder Malmstedt, M. & Veng, S., 2017, In: NyS. 52-53, p. 259-288 29 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Introduction: Tracing the origin of /s/ variation

    Levon, E., Maegaard, Marie & Pharao, Nicolai, 2017, In: Linguistics. 55, 5, p. 979-992 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    On the influence of coronal sibilants and stops on the perception of social meanings in Copenhagen Danish

    Pharao, Nicolai & Maegaard, Marie, 2017, In: Linguistics. 55, 5, p. 1141-1167 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Reduction of plosives by individual speakers in interaction

    Pharao, Nicolai, 2017, Creativity and continuity: Perspective on the dynamics of language conventionalisation. Duncker, D. & Perregaard, B. (eds.). U Press, p. 235-258

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  38. 2016
  39. Published

    (s) variation and perceptions of male sexuality in Denmark

    Maegaard, Marie & Pharao, Nicolai, 2016, Language, Sexuality and Power: Studies in Intersectional Sociolinguistics.. Levon, E. & Mendes, R. B. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 88-104 17 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Lects are perceptually invariant, productively variable: a coherent claim about Danish lects

    Gregersen, Frans & Pharao, Nicolai, 2016, In: Lingua. 172-173, p. 26-44

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Moderne danske vokaler

    Juul, Holger, Pharao, Nicolai & Thøgersen, Jacob, 2016, In: Danske Talesprog. 16, p. 35-72

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  42. 2015
  43. Published

    Raising of /a/ in Copenhagen Danish: perceptual consequences across two generations

    Pharao, Nicolai, Appel, K. L., Wolter, V. & Thøgersen, Jacob, 15 Aug 2015. 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Eksperimentelle sprogholdningsstudier: - fra helhedsvurderinger til enkelttræk

    Pharao, Nicolai, Kristiansen, Tore, Møller, Janus Spindler & Maegaard, Marie, 2015, Hvad ved vi nu - om danske talesprog?. Gregersen, F. & Kristiansen, T. (eds.). Sprogforandringscentret: Sprogforandringscentret, p. 109-123

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  45. 2014
  46. Published

    Indexical meanings of [s+] among Copenhagen youth: Social perception of a phonetic variant in different prosodic contexts

    Pharao, Nicolai, Maegaard, Marie, Møller, Janus Spindler & Kristiansen, Tore, 2014, In: Language in Society. 43, 1, p. 1-31 32 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Sociale betydninger af [tj] og [s+] blandt unge i København

    Lillelund-Holst, A. C. & Pharao, Nicolai, 2014, In: Danske Talesprog. 14, p. 94-123 30 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    The LANCHART Corpus

    Gregersen, Frans, Maegaard, Marie & Pharao, Nicolai, 2014, The Oxford Handbook of Corpus Phonology. Durand, J., Gut, U. & Kristoffersen, G. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 534-545 28 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  49. 2013
  50. Published

    Changing pronunciation but stable social evaluation?

    Thøgersen, Jacob & Pharao, Nicolai, 2013, In: Penn Working Papers in Linguistics. 19, 2, p. 191-201 11 p., 21.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  51. Published

    Controlled manipulation of intonational difference: An experimental study of intonation patterns as the basis for language-ideological constructs of geographical provenance and linguistic standardness in young Danes

    Kristiansen, Tore, Pharao, Nicolai & Maegaard, Marie, 2013, Language (De)standardisation in Late Modern Europe: Experimental Studies. Kristiansen, T. & Grondelaers, S. (eds.). Oslo: Novus forlag, p. 355–374 20 p. (Standard Language Ideology in Contemporary Europe, Vol. 2).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    NyS 44: Nydanske Sprogstudier

    Christensen, Tanya Karoli (ed.), Heegård, Jan (ed.), Jensen, Torben Juel (ed.), Mortensen, Janus (ed.), Pharao, Nicolai (ed.), Rathje, M. S. (ed.) & Scheuer, Jann (ed.), 2013, København: Dansk Sprognævn. 108 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  53. Published

    NyS 45: Nydanske Sprogstudier

    Christensen, Tanya Karoli (ed.), Heegård, Jan (ed.), Jensen, Torben Juel (ed.), Mortensen, Janus (ed.), Pharao, Nicolai (ed.), Rathje, M. S. (ed.), Schack, J. (ed.) & Scheuer, Jann (ed.), 2013, København: Dansk Sprognævn. 149 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  54. 2012
  55. Published

    NyS 42: Nydanske Sprogstudier: Dansk talesprog

    Christensen, Tanya Karoli (ed.), Heegård, Jan (ed.), Jensen, Torben Juel (ed.), Mortensen, Janus (ed.), Pharao, Nicolai (ed.), Rathje, M. S. (ed.) & Scheuer, Jann (ed.), 2012, København: Dansk Sprognævn. 200 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  56. Published

    NyS 43: Nydanske sprogstudier

    Christensen, Tanya Karoli (ed.), Heegård, Jan (ed.), Jensen, Torben Juel (ed.), Mortensen, Janus (ed.), Pharao, Nicolai (ed.), Rathje, M. (ed.) & Scheuer, Jann (ed.), 2012, København: Dansk Sprognævn. 162 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  57. 2011
  58. Published

    Det er intonationen, vi hører det på: Perceptionsstudier i genkendelse af moderne dansk med henholdsvis jysk og københavnsk aksang

    Kristiansen, Tore, Maegaard, Marie & Pharao, Nicolai, 2011, Jysk, Ømål, Rigsdansk mv.: Studier i dansk sprog med sideblik til nordisk og tysk. Festskrift til Viggo Sørensen og Ove Rasmussen. Arboe, T. & Schonderbeck, I. (eds.). Århus: Peter Skautrup Centret for Jysk Dialektforskning, p. 207-224 17 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  59. Published

    NyS 40: Nydanske Sprogstudier

    Christensen, Tanya Karoli (ed.), Jensen, Torben Juel (ed.), Mortensen, Janus (ed.), Møller Nielsen, N. (ed.), Pharao, Nicolai (ed.), Rathje, M. (ed.) & Scheuer, Jann (ed.), 2011, København: Dansk Sprognævn. 160 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  60. Published

    NyS 41: Nydanske Sprogstudier

    Christensen, Tanya Karoli (ed.), Heegård, Jan (ed.), Jensen, Torben Juel (ed.), Mortensen, Janus (ed.), Pharao, Nicolai (ed.), Rathje, M. (ed.) & Scheuer, Jann (ed.), 2011, København: Dansk Sprognævn. 182 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  61. Published

    Plosive reduction at the group level and in the individual speaker

    Pharao, Nicolai, 2011, Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Hong Kong, China, p. 1590-1593 4 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  62. 2010
  63. Published

    Consonant reduction in Copenhagen Danish: a study of linguistic and extra-linguistic factors in phonetic variation and change

    Pharao, Nicolai, 2010, København: Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet. 245 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportPh.D. thesis

  64. Published

    NyS 38: Nydanske sprogstudier

    Christensen, Tanya Karoli (ed.), Jensen, Torben Juel (ed.), Nielsen, N. M. (ed.), Pharao, Nicolai (ed.), Rathje, M. (ed.) & Scheuer, Jann (ed.), 2010, København: Dansk Sprognævn. 196 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  65. Published

    NyS 39: Nydanske Sprogstudier : Dansk udtale

    Christensen, Tanya Karoli (ed.), Jensen, Torben Juel (ed.), Mortensen, Janus (ed.), Nielsen, N. M. (ed.), Pharao, Nicolai (ed.), Rathje, M. (ed.), Scheuer, Jann (ed.) & Tøndering, John (ed.), 2010, København: Dansk Sprognævn. 230 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  66. Published

    Ordbrug og udtaleforandringer

    Pharao, Nicolai, 2010, In: NyS. 39, p. 137-165 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  67. Published

    Prosody in the Copenhagen Multiethnolect

    Pharao, Nicolai & Hansen, Gert Foget, 2010, Multilingual Urban Scandinavia: New Linguistic Practices. Quist, P. & Svendsen, B. A. (eds.). 1st ed. Bristol, Buffalo, Toronto: Multilingual Matters, p. 79-95 16 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  68. 2009
  69. Published

    NyS 37: Nydanske sprogstudier

    Christensen, Tanya Karoli (ed.), Jensen, Torben Juel (ed.), Nielsen, N. M. (ed.), Pharao, Nicolai (ed.), Rathje, M. (ed.) & Scheuer, Jann (ed.), 2009, København: Museum Tusculanum.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  70. Published

    The devil in the detail: Examining some phonetic details in the guises of Speaker Evaluation Experiments in Næstved

    Pharao, Nicolai, 2009, Language attitudes, standardization and language change: - perspectives on themes raised by Tore Kristiansen on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Gregersen, F., Jørgensen, J. N., Maegaard, M. & Quist, P. (eds.). Oslo: Novus forlag, p. 163-180 17 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  71. Published

    The long and short of (æ)-variation in Danish - a panel study of short (æ)-variants in Danish in real time

    Gregersen, Frans, Maegaard, Marie & Pharao, Nicolai, 2009, In: Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: International Journal of Linguistics . 41, p. 64-82 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  72. 2008
  73. Published

    Frequency of use and the Apparent Time Paradigm

    Pharao, Nicolai, 2008, Laboratory Phonology 11: Book of Abstracts. Warren, P. (ed.). Victoria University of Wellington, p. 111-112 2 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearch

  74. Published

    NyS 36: Nydanske Sprogstudier

    Christensen, T. K. (ed.), Fosgerau, Christina Fogtmann (ed.), Jensen, Torben Juel (ed.), Nielsen, N. M. (ed.), Pharao, Nicolai (ed.), Scheuer, Jann (ed.) & Sletten, I. S. (ed.), 2008, København: Multivers. 172 p. (Nydanske sprogstudier; No. 36).

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  75. 2007
  76. Published

    Phonetic and grammatical variables in a project on real time change

    Jensen, Torben Juel & Pharao, Nicolai, 2007, 1 ed., København: Danmarks Grundforskningsfonds Center for Sociolingvistiske Sprogforandringsstudier, p. 1-40, 40 p.

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  77. Published

    Phonetic and grammatical variables in a project on real time change

    Jensen, Torben Juel & Pharao, Nicolai, 2007, Book of abstracts. University of Cyprus, p. 54-55 1 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearch

  78. 2006
  79. Published

    Microphones and measurements

    Hansen, Gert Foget & Pharao, Nicolai, 2006, In: Working papers. 52, p. 49-52

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  80. 2005
  81. Published

    Prosodic aspects of the Copenhagen multiethnolect

    Hansen, Gert Foget & Pharao, Nicolai, 2005, Nordic prosody, proceedings of the IXth conference Lund 2004. Bruce, G. & Horne, M. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, p. 87-96

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  82. Published

    Prosodiske træk i et- og tosprogede unges københavnsk

    Pharao, Nicolai & Hansen, Gert Foget, 2005, In: Danske Talesprog 6. 6, p. 1-50

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

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