Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Professional website: elizabethpetersonlinguist.com
Description of research and teaching
Language variation, language attitudes, sociolinguistics, World Englishes, language contact, discourse-pragmatic variation
Education/Academic qualification
Linguistics, PhD, Indiana University
Fields of Science
- 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
Dynamics and Innovation in Discourse-Pragmatic Variation and Change
Peterson, E. (ed.), Hiltunen, T. (ed.) & Kern, J. (ed.), 2020, (In preparation) Cambridge University Press. 250 p.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue
Making Sense of "Bad English": An introduction to language attitudes and ideologies
Peterson, E., 29 Oct 2019, Abingdon: Routledge. 166 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Open Access
File
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) [Book review]
Peterson, E., 1 Jul 2019, In : Journal of Pragmatics. 147, p. 103-105 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review (scientific) › Scientific
Same old paska or new shit? On the stylistic boundaries and social meaning potentials of swearing loanwords in Finnish
Vaattovaara, J. & Peterson, E., 12 Nov 2019, In : Ampersand.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
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
File
Projects
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
Language loss or language perseverance? Scandinavian settlers in Sanpete County, Utah
18/07/2012 → …
Project: Research project
Putting 'pliis' in its place
Peterson, E., Vaattovaara, J. & Hiltunen, T.
01/06/2011 → …
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
Prizes
Activities
"How do you know that the spring has come?" Finns as "the racialized other" in North American context
Kirsti Salmi-Niklander (Speaker), Josephine Hoegaerts (Speaker), Elizabeth Peterson (Speaker)10 Sep 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
FILLING THE SOCIOLINGUISTIC GAP FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS WORLDWIDE
Elizabeth Peterson (Speaker)3 Jan 2019 → 6 Jan 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Language on a Pedestal
Elizabeth Peterson (Speaker: Keynote)9 Dec 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks
Scott Kiesling
Elizabeth Peterson (Host)4 May 2019 → 8 May 2019
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Academic visit at UH
Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
Elizabeth Peterson (Visiting researcher)29 Sep 2019 → 3 Oct 2019
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
Press / Media
Asiantuntija puoluejohtajien englannintaidoista: Ei ymmärtänyt kaikkia Soinin puheita.
20/03/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Radiohuset: http://arenan.yle.fi/radio/2327093
19/08/2014
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Table Talk: Danish to English shift in Sanpete County
22/05/2013
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media