Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
Terttu Nevalainen
- Master of Arts 1977 (English philology, phonetics, general linguistics, Romance philology, theoretical philosophy), PGCE (English) 1978, Licentiate degree 1986, University of Helsinki
- postgraduate studies 1980–81, University College London
- PhD 1991, University of Helsinki
- Associate professor 1993–97, University of Helsinki
- Visiting researcher and lecturer in 1992, 1994 and 1996, University of Cambridge
- Professor and Chair of English Philology 1997–2019, University of Helsinki
- Senior researcher 1996–97, 2001–02, 2008–09, Academy of Finland
- Leverhulme Visiting Professor 2007, University of Sheffield
- Academy Professor 2010–14, Academy of Finland
- Director of the Research Unit for Variation, Contacts and Change in English, 2001-
- Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 2001–
- Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), 2019–
Major research themes: English language and its variation and change, corpus linguistic research, historical sociolinguistics, English during the Tudor and Stuart period.
See further:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terttu_Nevalainen
http://375humanistia.helsinki.fi/en/humanists/terttu-nevalainen
Fields of Science
- 6121 Languages
- Linguistics
- Historical sociolinguisticss
- Corpus linguistics
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Patterns of Change in 18th-century English: A Sociolinguistic Approach
Nevalainen, T. (ed.), Palander-Collin, M. (ed.) & Säily, T. (ed.), 2018, Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 311 p. (Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics; no. 8)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
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Historical sociolinguistics: Language change in Tudor and Stuart England
Nevalainen, T. & Raumolin-Brunberg, H., 2016, Second, revised edition ed. Abingdon: Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group. 306 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
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Significance testing of word frequencies in corpora
Lijffijt, J., Nevalainen, T., Säily, T., Papapetrou, P., Puolamäki, K. & Mannila, H., 2016, In: Digital Scholarship in the Humanities : DSH . 31, 2, p. 374-397 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Social networks and language change in Tudor and Stuart London ‒ only connect?
Nevalainen, T., 1 Jul 2015, In: English Language and Linguistics. 19, 2, p. 269-292 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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What are historical sociolinguistics?
Nevalainen, T., 28 Aug 2015, In: Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics. 1, 2, p. 243–269 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Reassessing language change: the challenge of real time / Reaaliajan haasteet kielen muutoksen tutkimuksessa
Nevalainen, T., Säily, T., Vartiainen, T., Dominowska, A., Öhman, E., Kesäniemi, J., Trudgill, P., Suomela, J. & Lijffijt, J.
01/09/2014 → 31/08/2018
Project: Research project
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STRATAS: Interfacing structured and unstructured data in sociolinguistic research on language change/Tekstin ja rakenteisen tiedon yhdistäminen kielenmuutoksen sosiolingvistisessä tutkimuksessa
Nevalainen, T., Säily, T., Sairio, A., Kaislaniemi, S., Mäkelä, E., Nordlund, T., Isokoski, P. & Siirtola, H.
01/01/2016 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
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Research Unit for the Study of Variation, Contacts and Change in English (VARIENG)
ben-Aaron, D., Heikkinen, K., Fodor, A., Hall, A., Hintikka, M., Honkapohja, A., Juvonen, T., Kahlas-Tarkka, L., Kaislaniemi, S., Kerttula, S., Kilpinen, P., Kilpiö, M., Korhonen, M., Laitinen, M., Lehto, A., Lähdesmäki, S. M., Marttila, V., Mauranen, A., Mäkinen, M. S., McConchie, R., Meurman-Solin, A., Nevala, M., Nevalainen, T., Nurmi, A., Nuutinen, T., Paananen-Porkka, M., Paatola, U., Pahta, P. I., Palander-Collin, M., Peitsara, K., Ratia, M., Raumolin-Brunberg, H., Rissanen, M., Sairio, A., Sorva, E., Suhr, C., Stenvall, M., Säily, T., Taavitsainen, I., Hiltunen, T., Timofeeva, O., Tissari, H., Tyrkkö, J., Valtonen, I., Vartiainen, T., Vasko, A. & Österman, A.
01/01/2005 → …
Project: Research Evaluation 2011
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STRATAS: Interfacing structured and unstructured data in sociolinguistic research on language change
Nordlund, T., Marttila, J., Litola, K., Nevalainen, T., Sairio, A., Säily, T. & Kaislaniemi, S.
01/01/2016 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
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Sociolinguistics of the History of English: Materials, Models and Methods
01/01/2010 → 31/12/2014
Project: Research project
Datasets
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Corpus of Early English Correspondence Extension Sampler part 1 (CEECES 1)
Nevalainen, T. (Creator), Kaislaniemi, S. (Creator), Säily, T. (Creator), Laitinen, M. (Creator), Nevala, M. (Creator), Nurmi, A. (Creator), Palander-Collin, M. (Creator), Sairio, A. (Creator), Raumolin-Brunberg, H. (Creator) & Saario, L. (Contributor), Zenodo, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4644243
Dataset
Prizes
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Badge of Merit in Gold for Thirty Years' Service to Science
Nevalainen, Terttu (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Best paper award at DHN 2020
Mäkelä, Eetu (Recipient), Lagus, Krista (Recipient), Lahti, L. (Recipient), Säily, Tanja (Recipient), Tolonen, Mikko (Recipient), Hämäläinen, Mika (Recipient), Kaislaniemi, S. (Recipient) & Nevalainen, Terttu (Recipient), 23 Oct 2020
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy
Nevalainen, Terttu (Recipient), 18 Jul 2019
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Festschrift: Exploring Future Paths for Historical Sociolinguistics, ed. by T. Säily et al.
Nevalainen, Terttu (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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University of Helsinki, Department of Modern Languages (External organisation)
Terttu Nevalainen (Chair)
2012 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in public Finnish or international organization
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Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics (Journal)
Terttu Nevalainen (Editor)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of series
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Oxford University Press (Publisher)
Terttu Nevalainen (Editor in chief)
2010 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of series
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Studies in variation, contacts and change in english (Journal)
Terttu Nevalainen (Editor in chief)
2007 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of series
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PhD thesis, supervisor
Terttu Nevalainen (Supervisor)
5 Feb 2021Activity: Examination types › Member of doctoral thesis committee / follow-up group
Press / Media
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Interview for University of Helsinki News & Events
29/09/2011
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Interview for the Journal of English Linguistics
01/01/2011
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media