Research output per year
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
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
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Taking a stance with pragmatic borrowings: English response tokens in Finland-Swedish podcast conversations
Huhtamaki, M., Peterson, E. & Levalahti, M., Oct 2025, In: Nordic journal of linguistics. 48, 2, p. 139-163 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Indirect language contact and pragmatic borrowing
Peterson, E., 2024, (Accepted/In press) The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Diachronic Linguistics. Aldridge, E., Breitbarth, A., Kiss, K. É., Ledgeway, A., Salmons, J. & Simonenko, A. (eds.). Wiley BlackwellResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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English in the Nordic countries: Conclusions
Peterson, E. & Beers Fägersten, K., 15 Dec 2023, English in the Nordic Countries: Connections, Tensions, and Everyday Realities. Peterson, E. & Fägersten, K. B. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 227-240 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
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English in the Nordic Countries: Connections, Tensions, and Everyday Realities
Peterson, E. (Editor) & Beers Fägersten, K. (Editor), 15 Nov 2023, Abingdon: Routledge. 260 p.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
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English in the Nordic countries: An introduction
Peterson, E. & Beers Fägersten, K., 15 Dec 2023, English in the Nordic Countries: Connections, Tensions, and Everyday Realities. Peterson, E. & Fägersten, K. B. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 1-20 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
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PLIS: A cross-lingustic study of pragmatic borrowings in the Nordic countries
Huhtamäki, M. (Project manager), Hilmisdóttir, H. (Co-Principal Investigator), Karlsson, S. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Peterson, E. (Participant)
01/09/2024 → 31/08/2026
Project: Research project
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GLAD: Global Anglicisms Database Network
Peterson, E. (Project manager)
30/07/2015 → …
Project: Research project
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Language loss or language perseverance? Scandinavian settlers in Sanpete County, Utah
Peterson, E. (Participant)
18/07/2012 → …
Project: Research project
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Putting 'pliis' in its place
Peterson, E. (Participant), Vaattovaara, J. (Participant) & Hiltunen, T. (Participant)
01/06/2011 → …
Project: Research project
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Pragmatic borrowings in Finland Swedish
Peterson, E. (Participant), Huhtamäki, M. (Participant) & Levälahti, M. (Participant)
20/01/2023 → 01/11/2023
Project: University of Helsinki Funds
Prizes
Activities
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Perceptual approaches to English integrated into Finnish: "damn" as an example
Peterson, E. (Speaker) & Vaattovaara, J. (Speaker)
31 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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The Black histories, present and futures of English, French, Spanish and Portuguese
Lüpke, F. K. E.M.-L. (Attendee), Peterson, E. (Member of organizing committee), Sippola, E. (Member of organizing committee) & Wiklund, M. (Member of organizing committee)
4 Oct 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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English in the Nordic Countries: Past, Present, Future
Peterson, E. (Speaker)
15 Feb 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Linguistics Society of America (External organisation)
Peterson, E. (Board member)
17 Jan 2023 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
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Language interaction in border region: Relativization in Serbian-Bulgarian transitional dialects
Peterson, E. (Supervisor)
1 Feb 2023 → …Activity: Examination types › Member of doctoral thesis committee / follow-up group
Press/Media
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Asiantuntija puoluejohtajien englannintaidoista: Ei ymmärtänyt kaikkia Soinin puheita.
20/03/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Radiohuset: http://arenan.yle.fi/radio/2327093
19/08/2014
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Table Talk: Danish to English shift in Sanpete County
22/05/2013
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media