Janne Skaffari
yliopistonlehtori, englannin kieli; FT, dos.
janne.skaffari@utu.fi +358 29 450 3376 +358 50 341 3613 Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku : https://orcid.org/orcid.org/0000-0001-7349-9904 |
Linguistics, English grammar, English lexis, history of English, language contact, language specialist studies
I am a university lecturer at the School of Languages and Translation Studies, University of Turku, Finland, and specialise in English language and linguistics. I earned my PhD at Turku, and I also hold the title of Docent in English Language, granted by Åbo Akademi University. In addition to teaching and research, my activities include work in various committees and research teams. I have previously worked as a lecturer, postdoctoral research fellow, project researcher and assistant at Turku, as a senior researcher at the University of Tampere, and as a part-time instructor at Åbo Akademi University. In addition to English (language, linguistics and literature) I have studied Scandinavian languages, general linguistics and university pedagogy.
English historical linguistics, particularly Old to Middle English
Contact linguistics, particularly lexical borrowing and code-switching
Learning and teaching in Higher Education, particularly descriptive grammar
Grammar and lexis in the digital age, particularly variation online and off
I have worked as a full-time researcher at several points during my academic career. Research is also part of my work as a university lecturer.
Descriptive grammar
(English) linguistics
History of English
Degree programme for language specialists
BA, MA and PhD supervision
I have taught full-time at university from 2004 to 2012 and from 2016 to the present. I also have part-time teaching experience from 1996 onwards.
- Book review: Harumi Tanabe and John Scahill: Sawles Warde and the Wooing Group: Parallel Texts with Notes and Wordlists. Peter Lang, 2015. ISBN: 978-3-631-66305-9. (2016)
- Neuphilologische mitteilungen
- Code-switching and vernacular support: An early Middle English case study (2016)
- Multilingua
- Multilingual practices in contemporary and historical contexts: interfaces between code-switching and translation (2016)
- Multilingua
- Battle and Hastings (2015)
- EnglanTY
- The Zoo (2015)
- EnglanTY
- A Day to Remember (2014)
- EnglanTY
- Code-switching in historical materials: Research at the limits of contact linguistics (2014) Questioning Language Contact: Limits of Contact, Contact at its Limits Janne Skaffari, Aleksi Mäkilähde
- L2 English learners as public speakers – generic and language-specific features in learner narratives (2014)
- AFinLa-E : Soveltavan Kielitieteen Tutkimuksia
- Mixing and Switching (2014)
- EnglanTY
- The path to graduation is paved with... a new curriculum (2014)
- EnglanTY
- The world's knowledge, and some cakes (2014)
- EnglanTY
- Code-Switching in Early English (2013)
- Neuphilologische mitteilungen
- Pragmatics on the Page: Visual Text in Late Medieval English Books (2013)
- European Journal of English Studies
- English in Contact: French (2012)
- Handbuecher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
- An introduction to Irish English – Carolina P. Amador-Moreno (2010) (2011)
- Sociolinguistic Studies
- Review of Lawrence Venuti: The Translator's Invisibility: A History of Translation. Routledge, New York 2008 (2010) Skaffari J
- Studies in Early Middle English Loanwords: Norse and French Influences – Lectio praecursoria (2010)
- Neuphilologische mitteilungen
- Studies in Early Middle English Loanwords: Norse and French Influences (2009) Janne Skaffari
- The philological track (2009) Tracks to Mastering English Hiltunen Risto, Peikola Matti, Skaffari Janne
- The WOMANual: Ancrene Wisse on instruction (2009) Instructional Writing in English: Studies in Honour of Risto Hiltunen Janne Skaffari