Jouni Rostila
  • PL 24 (Unioninkatu 40)

    00014

    Finland

20012018

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Education information

MA 8.9.1999 (main subject: German Philology; secondary subjects: English Philology (including an MA thesis in secondary subject), Nordic Languages, Danish Language and Culture, Subject Teacher's Pedagogical Studies)

Licentiate of Philosophy 21.12.2001

Doctor of Philosophy 14.11.2007

Associate Professor of German Language 20.1.2015

Description of research and teaching

My research concentrates on grammar models aiming at describing the representation of language in cognition and processes creating such mental grammars (grammaticalization). My teaching concentrates on the grammar of contemporary German, basics of German studies and linguistics, as well as German as a foreign language.

Education information

MA 8.9.1999 (main subject: German Philology; secondary subjects: English Philology (including an MA thesis in secondary subject), Nordic Languages, Danish Language and Culture, Subject Teacher's Pedagogical Studies)

Licentiate of Philosophy 21.12.2001

Doctor of Philosophy 14.11.2007

Associate Professor of German Language 20.1.2015

Fields of Science

  • 6121 Languages
  • German language
  • Construction Grammar
  • grammaticalization
  • Foreign language education