Johanna Viimaranta
 PhD


Russian language; Slavic languages; cognitive linguistics; comparative linguistics; grammar; linguistic methodology


I defended my doctoral dissertation at University of Helsinki in 2006. In 2007-2018 I worked at University of Turku as lecturer (2007-2014) and professor (2014-2018) of Russian studies. I have the title of docent at the University of Turku (2013). Since August 2018 I have held the position of full professor of Russian language at the University of Helsinki.




- onomatopoeic interjections in different languages

- case systems

- prefixes

- conceptual metaphors and metonymies




No teaching at the University of Turku at the moment. 




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