Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
I am professor in General Linguistics at the University of Helsinki. My primary research fields are language typology taking a broad cross-linguistic comparative perspective and language documentation and description. My research interests include negation, interrogatives, language complexity, typological theory and methodology. The focus of the documentary and descriptive work is on the Skolt Saami language spoken in northern Finland. My teaching includes courses on a wide variety of linguistic topics ranging from general theory and method to specific themes related to my research interests. I supervise theses mainly on subjects related to my own research foci, but also on many other general linguistic themes. Home page: https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/matmies/
Fields of Science
- 6121 Languages
- General Linguistics
- Language Typology
- Language Documentation and Description
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Standard negation: the negation of declarative verbal main clauses in a typological perspective
Miestamo, M., 2005, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. 490 p. (Empirical approaches to language typology; no. 31)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
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Language complexity: typology, contact, change
Miestamo, M. (Editor), Sinnemäki, K. (Editor) & Karlsson, F. (Editor), 2008, Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 356 p. (Studies in language companion series; no. 94)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
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Negation in Uralic languages
Miestamo, M. (Editor), Tamm, A. (Editor) & Wagner-Nagy, B. (Editor), 2015, John Benjamins. (Typological Studies in Language; no. 108)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
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Asymmetry in temporal specification between affirmation and negation: Adverbials and tense-aspect neutralization
Miestamo, M., Silvennoinen, O. O. & Yurayong, C., 7 Oct 2025, In: Studies in Language. 49, 3, p. 501-545 45 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Esipuhe
Translated title of the contribution :Preface Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword / postscript
Projects
- 8 Finished
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Skolt Saami documentation project
Miestamo, M. (Principal Investigator)
01/01/2010 → 31/12/2017
Project: Research project
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NiCC: Negation in Clause Combining -- typological and usage-based perspectives
Miestamo, M. (Project manager), Calame, H. (Participant), Mäkilähde, K. E. S. (Participant), Pänkäläinen, A. M. (Participant), Silvennoinen, O. (Participant), Yurayong, C. (Participant), Shagal, K. (Participant) & Silvennoinen, O. (Participant)
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2024
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Project
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Erillisrahoitus Helsingin ja Tukholman yliopistojen yhteishanke
Lehti-Eklund, H. (Project manager), Lindström, J. (Participant), Miestamo, M. (Participant), Grünthal, R. (Participant), Palander-Collin, M. (Participant), Kalliokoski, J. (Participant), Östman, J.-O. (Participant), Ajanki, R. (Participant), Holopainen, S. (Project manager), Balode, L. (Participant), Lenk, H. E. H. (Participant), Kurhila, S. (Participant), Kotilainen, L. (Participant), Lindholm, C. (Participant), Wahlström, M. (Project manager), Solin, A. (Project manager), Fremer, M. (Project manager), Tiittula, L. (Project manager), Hamari, A. (Project manager), Kittilä, S. (Project manager), Huhtamäki, M. (Project manager), Kim, J.-Y. (Project manager), Kopotev, M. (Project manager), Peterson, E. (Project manager), Protassova, E. (Project manager), Savijärvi, M. (Project manager) & Tiedemann, J. (Project manager)
01/01/2015 → 31/12/2017
Project: Research project
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Linguistic Diversity: Historical, Functional and Typological Approaches (LDHFTA)
Fleisch, A. (Principal Investigator), Aunio, L. (Principal Investigator), Killian, D. (Participant), Janhunen, J. (Principal Investigator), Tikkanen, B. (Principal Investigator), Parpola, A. (Principal Investigator), Rybatzki, V. (Principal Investigator), Kittilä, S. (Principal Investigator), Gruzdeva, E. (Participant), Karlsson, F. (Principal Investigator), Miestamo, M. (Principal Investigator), Sinnemäki, K. (Participant), Marttila, A. (Participant), Vilkki, L. (Participant), Wilde, C. P. (Participant), Kuningas, J. (Participant), Rueter, J. (Participant), Berghäll, L. (Participant), Saarikivi, J. (Principal Investigator), Salminen, T. (Principal Investigator), Hamari, A. (Participant), Grünthal, R. (Principal Investigator), Ajanki, R. (Participant), Kallio, P. (Participant), Aikio, A. (Participant), Junttila, S. (Participant), Metslang, H. (Participant), Idström, A. (Participant), Ylikoski, J. (Participant), Kuzmin, D. (Participant), Forsberg, U.-M. (Principal Investigator), Häkkinen, J. (Participant), Kovács, M. (Principal Investigator), Salo, M. (Participant), Lehtinen, T. (Principal Investigator), Sosa, S. (Participant), Ahlqvist, A. (Participant), Pasanen, A. (Participant), Lindstedt, J. (Principal Investigator), Nuorluoto, J. (Participant), Vaahtera, J. (Participant), Jozic, Z. (Participant), Virkkula, J. (Participant), Wahlström, M. (Participant), Peltomaa, M. (Participant) & Sandman, E. (Participant)
01/03/2011 → 01/03/2011
Project: Research Evaluation 2011
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Uralic Typology Database Project
Miestamo, M. (Participant), Tamm, A. (Participant) & Havas, F. (Project manager)
20/08/2010 → 31/12/2011
Project: Research project
Prizes
Activities
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Nordic journal of linguistics (Journal)
Miestamo, M. (Editor)
2012 → 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal
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Typologian ja uralistiikan rajamailta, esimerkkinä kiellonalaisen objektin sijamerkintä
Miestamo, M. (Invited speaker)
17 Jan 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Linguistic Typology at the Crossroads (Journal)
Miestamo, M. (Reviewer)
2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Kielitieteen päivät 2025: Paneelikeskustelu Kuinka viedä kielitiedettä kouluihin? Mikä on tiedeyhteisön vastuu?
Miestamo, M. (Member of organizing committee)
12 May 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Transactions of the Philological Society (Journal)
Miestamo, M. (Reviewer)
2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Press/Media
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Voidaanko kaikilla kielillä ilmaista samat asiat?
21/05/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Bonobot ääntelevät melkein kuin ihmiset – Tutkimus haastaa käsityksen kielemme ainutlaatuisuudesta
05/04/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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