Marja-Liisa Helasvuo
suomen kielen professori / professor of Finnish language
mlhelas@utu.fi +358 29 450 2802 +358 46 923 3816 Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0090-9997 |
Areas of expertise
Professor of Finnish language; interactional linguistics; syntax; spoken discourse; interactions with aphasic speakers; language acquisition; digital interaction; computer-mediated communication; usage-based linguistics, discourse-functional linguistics
Professor of Finnish language; interactional linguistics; syntax; spoken discourse; interactions with aphasic speakers; language acquisition; digital interaction; computer-mediated communication; usage-based linguistics, discourse-functional linguistics
Biography
Marja-Liisa Helasvuo received her MA in Finnish language at the University of Helsinki and PhD in linguistics at the University of California Santa Barbara (1997). Since 2005, she has worked as a professor of Finnish language at the University of Turku.
Marja-Liisa Helasvuo received her MA in Finnish language at the University of Helsinki and PhD in linguistics at the University of California Santa Barbara (1997). Since 2005, she has worked as a professor of Finnish language at the University of Turku.
Research
Marja-Liisa Helasvuo's research interests lie in the area of interactional linguistics where she has focused on the relationship between syntax and conversational organization. She is the author of Syntax in the Making (Benjamins, 2001) as well as numerous research articles. She is the co-editor of Grammar from the Human Perspective (together with Lyle Campbell, Benjamins, 2006), Discourses in interaction (together with Marjut Johansson, Mia Raitaniemi and Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen, Benjamins, 2010) and ) and Subjects in constructions: canonical and non-canonical (together with Tuomas Huumo, Benjamins, 2015). She has co-edited a special issue on Discourse participants in interaction (together with Robert Englebretson, J of Pragmatics, 2014) and on Units in responsive turns (together with Elise Kärkkäinen and Tomoko Endo, J of Pragmatics, 2017).
Marja-Liisa Helasvuo's research interests lie in the area of interactional linguistics where she has focused on the relationship between syntax and conversational organization. She is the author of Syntax in the Making (Benjamins, 2001) as well as numerous research articles. She is the co-editor of Grammar from the Human Perspective (together with Lyle Campbell, Benjamins, 2006), Discourses in interaction (together with Marjut Johansson, Mia Raitaniemi and Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen, Benjamins, 2010) and ) and Subjects in constructions: canonical and non-canonical (together with Tuomas Huumo, Benjamins, 2015). She has co-edited a special issue on Discourse participants in interaction (together with Robert Englebretson, J of Pragmatics, 2014) and on Units in responsive turns (together with Elise Kärkkäinen and Tomoko Endo, J of Pragmatics, 2017).
Teaching
Finnish grammar; discourse and interaction; interactional linguistics; digital interaction
Finnish grammar; discourse and interaction; interactional linguistics; digital interaction
Publications 
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- Subjects in constructions : Canonical and non-canonical (2015) Marja-Liisa Helasvuo, Tuomas Huumo
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Thinking in Finnish: Fixed expressions and the verb ajatella ''think'' in Finnish conversation – Panel contribution to Fixed expressions as units, organized by Helasvuo Marja-Liisa & Ryoko Suzuki (14th International Pragmatics Conference, Antwerp, Belgium) (2015) Marja-Liisa Helasvuo, Ritva Laury, Mari Nikonen
(Other publication) - Vuorotellen, päällekkäin ja lomittain (2015)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Agreement or crystallization: Patterns of 1st and 2nd person subjects and verbs of cognition in Finnish conversational interaction (2014)
- Journal of Pragmatics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Elämän valinnat (2014)
- Aurora
(E1 Popularised article) - Johdatus digitaaliseen vuorovaikutukseen (2014) Kieli verkossa: Näkökulmia digitaaliseen vuorovaikutukseen Marja-Liisa Helasvuo, Marjut Johansson, Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Jotta suomalaiset voisivat puhua enemmän – Puhetilanteen osallistujat tekstiviestikeskustelussa (2014) Kieli verkossa: Näkökulmia digitaaliseen vuorovaikutukseen Marja-Liisa Helasvuo
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Kieli verkossa – Näkökulmia digitaaliseen vuorovaikutukseen (2014) Marja-Liisa Helasvuo, Marjut Johansson, Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Kuka minä? (2014)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Puheesta kirjoitusta (2014)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Searching for motivations for grammatical patternings (2014)
- Pragmatics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tietoa kielestä, tietoa ihmisestä (2014)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Constituents (2013) The Bloomsbury Companion to Syntax Helasvuo Marja-Liisa
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Kansainvälisyyden eväät (2013)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Satiiria, ironiaa vai epäonnistunut vitsi? (2012)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Tsättäillään (2012)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Changes in agrammatic conversational speech over a 20 year period - from single word turns to grammatical constructions (2011)
- Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kun silkkipuku meni linnaan (2011)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Netissä on oma kielensä - vai onko? (2011)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Onko suomi tasa-arvoinen kieli? (2011)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article)
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