Jaana Vaahtera
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jaana.vaahtera@utu.fi +358 29 450 3343 +358 50 432 2280 Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku Office: B351 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3058-8613(external) |
Areas of expertise
classical philology; history of ancient linguistics; ancient rhetoric; Dante Alighieri; De vulgari eloquentia; grammatical gender in ancient linguistics; word-formation in ancient linguistics
classical philology; history of ancient linguistics; ancient rhetoric; Dante Alighieri; De vulgari eloquentia; grammatical gender in ancient linguistics; word-formation in ancient linguistics
Biography
I studied Classics at the University of Turku and I am currently a university lecturer of classical languages.
Research
My research concentrates on how people in antiquity thought about language and its use, and how they formulated their thoughts. I have studied, for instance, the concept of grammatical gender in ancient linguistics. Recently, I have also studied the De vulgari eloquentia written by Dante Alighieri.
Teaching
I have taught Classics for over 20 years and, from the very beginning, considered the ancient texts, from Homer to Church Fathers, to be the core of the teaching.
Publications
- Book review: Sandri, Maria Giovanna: Trattati greci sui tropi: Introduzione ed edizione critica. Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte 150. 2023. ISBN: 978-3-11-107214-3 (2024)
- Arctos: Acta Philologica Fennica
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Vastineen vastine (2024)
- Hiiskuttua: Turun yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan verkkolehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Servius and Virgil: Lessons in gender agreement (2022)
- Classical Philology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Johdanto (2021) Kansankielestä Mehtonen Päivi, Vaahtera Jaana
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Selitykset luvuittain (2021) Kansankielestä Mehtonen Päivi, Vaahtera Jaana
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Varhaisimmat suomenkieliset kreikan ja latinan kieliopit suomalaisen sivistyksen asialla. (2020)
- Sananjalka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - On sensory images in Dante Alighieria's De vulgari eloquentia eloquentia (2019) «Vedi lo sol che ’n fronte ti riluce» La vista e gli altri sensi in Dante e nella ricezione artistico-letteraria delle sue opere Jaana Vaahtera
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Miehekästä järjenkäyttöä (2017)
- Hiiskuttua: Turun yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan verkkolehti
(E1 Popularised article) - Noble Negation: The Value of Linguistic Spaces in Dante’s De vulgari eloquentia (2016)
- Rhetorica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Il De vulgari eloquentia e un vernacolo settentrionale: la traduzione in finlandese (2015)
- Settentrione: Nuova Serie
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Grammatical gender in ancient linguistics: issues involving gender agreement (2014) Jaana Vaahtera
(Other publication) - Word Formation (‘paragōgḗ/súnthesis’), Ancient Theories of (2013)
- Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics. Online
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
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