Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
I am currently writing a doctoral dissertation on contrastive negation, i.e., expressions that combine an affirmed element with a parallel negated element (e.g., not once but twice). My study focuses on grammatical variation both within and across languages. Theoretically and methodologically, my work is informed by construction grammar, corpus linguistics and linguistic typology.
Education information
- 2015-ongoing: PhD, General Linguistics, University of Helsinki
- 2013: MA, English Philology, University of Helsinki
- 2010: exchange student, University of Poitiers, France
- 2010: BA, English Philology, University of Helsinki
Keywords
- 6121 Languages
- Construction grammar
- Negation
- Corpus linguistics
- Grammatical variation
Publications 2013 2018
Not only apples but also oranges: Contrastive negation and register
Silvennoinen, O. O., 18 Dec 2017, Big and Rich Data in English Corpus Linguistics: Methods and Explorations. Hiltunen, T., McVeigh, J. & Säily, T. (eds.). Helsinki: Varieng, (Studies in Variation, Contacts and Change in English ; no. 19). (Studies in variation, contacts and change in english).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
Constructional schemas in variation: modelling contrastive negation
Silvennoinen, O. O., 2018, In : Constructions and Frames. 10, 1, p. 1-37 37 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Mikhail Mikhailov & Robert Cooper (2016) Corpus Linguistics for Translation and Contrastive Studies: A guide for research. Routledge Corpus Linguistics Guides. London & New York: Routledge. Pp. 234. [Book review]
Silvennoinen, O. O., 2017, In : SKY Journal of Linguistics. 30, p. 163-169 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
Open Access
Shaken, not stirred: A Construction Grammar account of contrastive negation in English
Silvennoinen, O. O., 27 Sep 2013, 82 p.Research output: Thesis › Master's thesis › Theses
Projects 2019 2019
- 1 Active
Contrastive negation and other logico-rhetorical meanings
01/04/2019 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
Prizes
Award for the best MA thesis in English Philology in 2013: Chancellor Hugo Suolahti's memorial fund
Olli Silvennoinen (Recipient), 22 Apr 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities 2015 2019
Discourse-Pragmatic Variation and Change 4
Olli Silvennoinen (Member of organizing committee)28 May 2018 → 30 May 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
University of Antwerp
Olli Silvennoinen (Visiting researcher)Mar 2018 → Apr 2018
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
John Benjamins (Publisher)
Olli Silvennoinen (Reviewer)10 Apr 2019 → 8 May 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Seminar of the Grammar, Semantics and Typology group (Langnet, the Finnish graduate school for linguistics)
Olli Silvennoinen (Attendee)23 Feb 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
John Benjamins (Publisher)
Olli Silvennoinen (Reviewer)13 Feb 2018 → 14 Mar 2018
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Press / Media
Researcher of the Month, Language Bank of Finland
14/06/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media