Elizabeth Peterson — University of Helsinki

Personal profile

Description of research and teaching

Language variation, language attitudes, sociolinguistics, World Englishes, language contact, discourse-pragmatic variation

Description of research and teaching

Twitter @epeterso

Keywords

6121 Languages
Linguistics
Variation and Change
Pragmatics
Sociolinguistics
Language Contact
Language attitudes
Language ideology

International and National Collaboration Publications and projects within past five years.

Publications 2003 2019

9 Article
3 Chapter
1 Book
1 Conference contribution
3 More

Making Sense of "Bad English": An introduction to language attitudes and ideology

Peterson, E., 2 Apr 2019, (Accepted/In press) Routledge. 250 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review

Review of Socioeconomic Pragmatic Variation. Speech Acts and Address Forms in Context, Larssyn Staley, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam/Philadelphia (2018), 201 pp., ISBN 978-90-272-0094-5, EUR 90 (hardback, ebook)

Peterson, E., 1 Jul 2019, In : Journal of Pragmatics. Volume 147, July 2019, p. 103-105 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Scientific › peer-review

Coffee and Danish in Sanpete County, Utah: An exploration of food rituals and language shift

Peterson, E., 2018, Selected proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Immigrant Languages in the Americas (WILA 8). Kühl, K. & Petersen, J. H. (eds.). Somerville: Cascadilla Proceedings Project, p. 80-87 8 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

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Introducing and developing GLAD: The Global Anglicism Database Network

Peterson, E., Andersen, G., Pulcini, V., Mańczak-Wohlfeld, E., Gottlieb, H. & Busse, U., Dec 2018, In : The ESSE Messenger. 27, 2, p. 4-19 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

Introduction to the special issue: Linguistic and pragmatic outcomes of contact with English

Peterson, E. & Beers Fägersten, K., 1 Aug 2018, In : Journal of Pragmatics. 133, p. 105-108 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific

Open Access

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Projects 2011 2020

4 Finished
5 Active

The Meanings and Uses of Ja ('yah') in American English: Evidence from Two Heritage Language Communities

Peterson, E. & Remlinger, K.

01/04/2019 → 31/03/2020

Project: Research project

HU FUTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND: The 'Great White North'

Hoegaerts, J., Siragusa, L., Virtanen, P. K., Stadius, P., Liimatainen, T. & Peterson, E.

01/01/2019 → 31/12/2019

Project: Research project

GLAD: Global Anglicisms Database Network

Peterson, E.

30/07/2015 → …

Project: Research project

Language loss or language perseverance? Scandinavian settlers in Sanpete County, Utah

Peterson, E.

18/07/2012 → …

Project: Research project

Putting 'pliis' in its place

Peterson, E., Vaattovaara, J. & Hiltunen, T.

01/06/2011 → …

Project: Research project

Prizes

Staff member of the year

Elizabeth Peterson (Recipient), 30 Nov 2016

Prize: Prizes and awards

Title of Docent

Elizabeth Peterson (Recipient), 21 Mar 2019

Prize: Prizes and awards

Activities 2010 2019

24 Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
10 Public Talks
10 Oral presentation
8 Academic visit to other institution
23 More

FILLING THE SOCIOLINGUISTIC GAP FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS WORLDWIDE

Elizabeth Peterson (Speaker)

3 Jan 2019 → 6 Jan 2019

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

The "Great White North?"

Josephine Hoegaerts (Scientific Committee Chair), Laura Siragusa (Scientific Committee Member), Tuire K Liimatainen (Member of organizing committee), Elizabeth Peterson (Scientific Committee Member), Peter Gustav Stadius (Scientific Committee Member), Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen (Scientific Committee Member)

27 Aug 2019 → 28 Aug 2019

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars