Selected Publications & Talks
In preparation
Sandstedt, Jade J. & Pavel Iosad. Autosegmental locality derives from the contrastive hierarchy: Evidence from micro-variation in Bantu vowel harmony. Target journal: Natural Language & Linguistic Theory.
Sandstedt, Jade J. Quantifying individual differences in ERP responses: A flexible GAM-based pipeline for heterogeneous response profiles.
Sandstedt, Jade J. Modeling and predicting language change in apparent time: A two-part methodology using GAMMs and GLMMs.
Under review
Sandstedt, Jade J., Mizuki Tanigawa & Hjalmar Eiksund. Where does multilectalism end and multilingualism begin? Multilectals show variety-conditioned morphosyntactic processing in Norwegian self-paced reading. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. [Preprint]
Sandstedt, Jade J., Anna Kamenetski & Merete Anderssen. The parser tracks grammatical probability: Gradient acceptability and morphosyntactic transparency modulate P600 magnitude and latency. Brain and Language. [Preprint]
Helset, Stig, Jade J. Sandstedt & Tor Arne Haugen. Om to innsamlingsmetodar for talemålsdata: Korrelasjon og avvik mellom kontrollert stimulibasert elisitering og eigenrapportert språkbruk i spørjeskjema. Norsk Lingvistisk Tidsskrift.
Published
2026
- Sandstedt, Jade J., Maki Kubota, Merete Anderssen, Stig Helset, Björn Lundquist, Øystein A. Vangsnes & Jason Rothman. Neurolinguistic signatures of microvariation and language change: Individual production variability predicts morphosyntactic processing differences. Cognition 272, 106477. [doi]
2025
Sandstedt, Jade J., Maki Kubota, Merete Anderssen, Jeannique Ann Darby, Stig Helset, Elahe Tavakoli, Øystein A. Vangsnes & Jason Rothman. Bidialectal language representation and processing: Evidence from Norwegian ERPs. Journal of Memory and Language 140, 104557. [doi]
Anderson, Cormac, Matthew Scarborough, Lechosław Jocz, … Jade J. Sandstedt, et al. The Indo-European Cognate Relationships dataset. Scientific Data 12, 1541. [doi]
2024
- Kubota, Maki, Jorge González Alonso, Merete Anderssen, Isabel Nadine Jensen, Alicia Luque, Sergio Pereira Soares, Yanina Prystauka, Øystein A. Vangsnes, Jade J. Sandstedt & Jason Rothman. Bidialectal exposure modulates neural signatures to conflicting grammatical properties: Norway as a natural laboratory. Language Learning 74(2), 436–467. [doi]
2023
- Kjesrud, Karoline, Luka Natassja Olsen, Irene Teixidor-Toneu, Jade J. Sandstedt, Anneleen Kool & Linda Christiansen. Plant remains as sources to cultural history in Southeast Norway. In Complexity and Dynamics: Settlement and Landscape from the Bronze Age to the Renaissance in the Nordic Countries (1700 BC–AD 1600), pp. 113–128. Sidestone Press.
2022
- Lyskawa, Paulina, Jade J. Sandstedt, Eline Visser, Nathan Young & Björn Lundquist. Successes and shortcomings of phonological accounts of Scandinavian object shift. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America.
2021
Kool, Anneleen, Karoline Kjesrud, Irene Teixidor-Toneu & Jade J. Sandstedt. Mennesker og planter i fortid og fremtid. In Planter og tradisjon. Kolofon Forlag. ISBN 9788230021743.
Teixidor-Toneu, Irene, Anneleen Kool, Simon J. Greenhill, Karoline Kjesrud, Jade J. Sandstedt, Vincent Manzanilla & Fiona M. Jordan. Historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence test the phylogenetic inference of Viking-Age plant use. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 376, 20200086. [doi]
2020
2017
- Sandstedt, Jade J. Transparency and blocking in Old Norwegian height harmony. Transactions of the Philological Society 115(3), 395–417. [doi] Winner of the RH Robins Prize, The Philological Society.
Thesis
2019
- Sandstedt, Jade J. Feature specifications and contrast in vowel harmony: The orthography and phonology of Old Norwegian height harmony. PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh. [Online]
Talks
Invited talks
2025
Sandstedt, Jade J., Hjalmar Eiksund & Mizuki Tanigawa. The psycholinguistics of Nynorsk–Bokmål multilectal reading. LingLunch, University of Bergen.
Sandstedt, Jade J. Multilectal influence on reading: Language, brain and learning. Joint talk, Lancaster Multilingualism and Cognition Group / HL2C and UiT C-LaBL, Lancaster University / UiT.
Sandstedt, Jade J., Hjalmar Eiksund & Mizuki Tanigawa. Multilectalism as multilingualism: Processing grammatical variation across Nynorsk and Bokmål written standards. FLUENT Lunch Talk, University of Stavanger.
Sandstedt, Jade J. Event-related potentials reveal inter- and intra-speaker sociolinguistic variability during real-time sentence processing. University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. [slides]
Sandstedt, Jade J. Bilectalism as a sub-case of bilingualism: Neurocognitive insights from Norwegian dialects. Centre for Research on Bilingualism, Stockholm University.
2024
Sandstedt, Jade J. The impact of sociolinguistic variation on language processing: Tracing individual differences in on-going language change in ERPs. Language Research Seminar, MultiLing, University of Oslo.
Sandstedt, Jade J. & Maki Kubota. Exploring bilectalism: How different Norwegian dialects shape language processing and representation. LingLunch, University of Bergen.
Conference talks & posters
2025
Sandstedt, Jade J., Maki Kubota, Merete Anderssen, Jeannique Ann Darby, Stig Helset, Björn Lundquist, Elahe Tavakoli, Øystein A. Vangsnes & Jason Rothman. Dialect and sociolinguistic influence on reading: Evidence from Norwegian ERPs. ISB 15 — 15th International Symposium on Bilingualism, BCBL, San Sebastián, Spain. [slides]
Bye, Patrik & Jade J. Sandstedt. West Nordic umlaut, Old Norwegian vowel harmony, and the life cycle. Fonologi i Norden, University of Oslo. [handout]
2024
Sandstedt, Jade J., Maki Kubota, Merete Anderssen, Jeannique Ann Darby, Stig Helset, Yanina Prystauka, Elahe Tavakoli, Øystein A. Vangsnes & Jason Rothman. Bidialectal language representation and processing: Evidence from Norwegian ERPs. ICLaVE 12 — 12th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe, Austrian Academy of Sciences / University of Vienna. [handout]
Sandstedt, Jade J., Merete Anderssen, Stig Helset, Maki Kubota, Björn Lundquist, Øystein A. Vangsnes & Jason Rothman. Tracing language change in ERPs. AMLaP — Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing, University of Edinburgh. (Poster.) [poster]
Sandstedt, Jade J., Maki Kubota, Merete Anderssen, Björn Lundquist, Jason Rothman & Øystein A. Vangsnes. The neurophysiological correlates of language change: Insights from on-going dialect levelling in Sunnmøre Norwegian. 9th Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. [handout]
Sandstedt, Jade J., Maki Kubota, Merete Anderssen, Stig Helset, Jason Rothman & Øystein A. Vangsnes. The neurophysiological correlates of language change: Insights from on-going dialect levelling in Sunnmøre Norwegian. Center for Language, Brain and Learning (C-LaBL), UiT — The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø. [handout]
2023
Sandstedt, Jade J., Maki Kubota, Merete Anderssen, Jeannique Ann Darby, Stig Helset, Yanina Prystauka, Elahe Tavakoli, Øystein A. Vangsnes & Jason Rothman. Cross-dialectal influence in bilectal processing: Evidence from Norwegian ERPs. AMLaP — Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing, BCBL, San Sebastián, Spain. [handout]
Sandstedt, Jade J., Maki Kubota, Merete Anderssen, Jeannique Ann Darby, Stig Helset, Yanina Prystauka, Elahe Tavakoli, Øystein A. Vangsnes & Jason Rothman. The distinct grammars of bilectal processing: Evidence from Norwegian ERPs. International Conference on Multilingualism and Language Acquisition, University of Helsinki.
Sandstedt, Jade J., Maki Kubota, Merete Anderssen, Jeannique Ann Darby, Stig Helset, Yanina Prystauka, Elahe Tavakoli, Øystein A. Vangsnes & Jason Rothman. The role of grammatical alignment, engagement, and exposure in cross-dialectal influence on bilectal processing. Workshop on Multilectal Minds, UiT — The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø.
2022
- Sandstedt, Jade J., Maki Kubota, Merete Anderssen, Anna Bogoyavlenskaya, Jeannique Ann Darby, Hjalmar T. Eiksund, Stig Helset, Yanina Prystauka, Elahe Tavakoli, Øystein A. Vangsnes & Jason Rothman. Tverrdialektal påverknad på bilektal prosessering: bevis frå norske ERPar. Møte om Norsk Språk (MONS), UiT — The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø.
2021
- Sandstedt, Jade J. Tracking and visualising the causes and pathways of vowel harmony decay in Old Norwegian. 12th International Conference of Nordic and General Linguistics, University of Oslo. [handout]