Who are you?
I am Johanna Vaattovaara, professor of Finnish language in the Languages Unit at the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University.
What is your research topic?
My research topics represent sociolinguistics and language ideology research, mainly language awareness and attitude research. I have also done research on linguistic variation and language change, and for these topics various corpora have proven to be very valuable resources. Corpora have also been useful in the creation of language attitude study designs. In recent years, for example, I have used the in various ways in studies where I have investigated, together with Elizabeth Peterson and also with Ylva Bir and Turo Hiltunen, the integration of English expressions into Finnish language use.
How is your research related to Kielipankki?
So far, I have used the Suomi24 corpus in Kielipankki, especially . Currently, I am launching a research project , funded by the Kone Foundation (2023–25). During the project, we will collect language awareness and attitude data using different methods, such as a nationwide survey data, which we plan to distribute via Kielipankki.
In the past, I have distributed data through of the Institute for the Languages of Finland (Kotus). Also the data that I collected for my dissertation is available from Kotus. The data consists of interviews of a group of high school graduates in Pello, Tornionlaakso (Torne Valley). In the post-doc phase, I collected reaction and interview data in the lobby of the Finnish Science Centre, Heureka, in the project Helsingin suomea – monimuotoisuus, sosiaalinen identiteetti ja kielelliset asenteet kaupunkiympäristössä, led by Marja-Leena Sorjonen and funded by the Academy of Finland in 2009–2012. This corpus of metalinguistic material can also be obtained from .
Publications
Peterson, E., Hiltunen, T., Vaattovaara, J. 2022. . – Elizabeth Peterson, Turo Hiltunen & Joseph Kern (eds.), Discourse-Pragmatic Variation and Change: Theory, Innovations, Contact, pp. 272–292. Cambridge University Press.
Peterson, E., Biri, Y., Vaattovaara, J. 2022. . – Martín-Solano, R. & San Segundo, R. (eds.), Corpus linguistics and Anglicisms, pp. 49–70. Peter Lang Publishing.
Vaattovaara, J. & Peterson, E. 2019. . – Ampersand 6/2019 (Special Issue, E. Zenner, A. Calude & L. Rosseel (eds.), Lexical borrowing as expression of culture, identity and attitude – empirical investigations into the social meaning potential of loanwords.)
Vaattovaara, J. 2012. . – Hanna Lehti-Eklund, Camilla Lindholm & Caroline Sandström (eds.), Folkmålsstudier : Meddelanden från Föreningen för Nordisk Filologi 2012/50, pp. 175–209.
Nuolijärvi, Pirkko & Vaattovaara, Johanna 2011. – T. Kristiansen & N. Coupland (eds.), Standard Languages and Language Standards in a Changing Europe, pp. 67–74. Oslo: Novus Forlag.
Vaattovaara, Johanna 2009. . Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura (304 pp.). Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran toimituksia 1224.
More information
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