Marja-Liisa Helasvuo
suomen kielen professori, humanistisen tiedekunnan dekaani / professor of Finnish, dean of the Faculty of Humanities
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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- 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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