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Marit Westergaard

Marit Kristine Richardsen Westergaard (born 12 August 1956) is a Norwegian linguist, known for her work on child language acquisition and multilingualism.

She defended her PhD thesis ''The Development of Word Order in Norwegian Child Language: The Interaction of Input and Economy Principles in the Acquisition of V2'' at the University of Tromsø in 2005. She was hired as a professor at the University of Tromsø in 2009, and also has held an adjunct professor position at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology since 2015. She has been a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters since 2016. Provided by Wikipedia