Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Turo Hiltunen is a Senior University Lecturer (tenured) at the Department of Languages, University of Helsinki, where he teaches corpus linguistics and other digital approaches to the study of English. His main interests are corpus linguistics, grammar, phraseology, and scientific discourse, past and present. Hiltunen is a member of Democratization, Mediatization and Language Practices research project (Academy of Finland, 2017–2020) Hiltunen has extensive experience of corpus development, and has worked in such projects as The Corpus of Early Modern English Medical Writing, the ARCHER corpus, the corpus of Late Modern English Medical Writing (forthcoming), and the Hanken Corpus of Student Writing in Economics.
Education/Academic qualification
English philology, PhD, Docent
Fields of Science
- 6121 Languages
- corpus linguistics
- grammar
- phraseology
- english for academic purposes
- english for specific purposes
- discourse analysis
- digital humanitites
- pragmatics
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Grammar and disciplinary culture: A corpus-based study
Hiltunen, T., 19 Nov 2010, Helsinki: Turo Hiltunen. 394 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Monograph
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The expression of stance in early publications of the Philosophical Transactions and other contemporary medical prose: Innovations in a pioneering discourse
Gray, B. E., Biber, D. & Hiltunen, T., 2011, Medical Writing in Early Modern English. Taavitsainen, I. & Pahta, P. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 221-247 (Studies in English Language).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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“There are good reasons for this”: Disciplinary Variation in the Use of Existential There Constructions in Academic Research Articles
Hiltunen, T., 2010, Constructing Interpersonality: Multiple perspectives on written academic genres. Lorés-Sanz, R., Mur-Dueñas, P. & Lafuente-Millán, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Vol. 2010. p. 181-204 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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A corpus-pragmatic analysis of linguistic democratisation in the British Hansard: Comparing the two Houses
Hiltunen, T. & Vartiainen, T., 9 Aug 2024, In: Journal of historical pragmatics. 25, 2, p. 245–273 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Corpus-pragmatic studies of democratization in public discourses: New perspectives, methods and materials
Hiltunen, T. (Editor), Vartiainen, T. (Editor) & Räikkönen, J. M. (Editor), 9 Aug 2024, Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (Journal of Historical Pragmatics; vol. 25, no. 2)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
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Hanken Corpus of Academic Writing
Hiltunen, T. (Participant) & Mäkinen, M. (Participant)
01/08/2012 → …
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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Research Unit for the Study of Variation, Contacts and Change in English (VARIENG)
ben-Aaron, D. (Participant), Heikkinen, K. (Participant), Fodor, A. (Participant), Hall, A. (Participant), Hintikka, M. (Participant), Honkapohja, A. (Participant), Juvonen, T. (Participant), Kahlas-Tarkka, L. (Participant), Kaislaniemi, S. (Participant), Kerttula, S. (Participant), Kilpinen, P. (Participant), Kilpiö, M. (Participant), Korhonen, M. (Participant), Laitinen, M. (Participant), Lehto, A. (Participant), Lähdesmäki, S. M. (Participant), Marttila, V. (Participant), Mauranen, A. (Principal Investigator), Mäkinen, M. S. (Participant), McConchie, R. (Principal Investigator), Meurman-Solin, A. (Participant), Nevala, M. (Participant), Nevalainen, T. (Principal Investigator), Nurmi, A. (Participant), Nuutinen, T. (Participant), Paananen-Porkka, M. (Participant), Paatola, U. (Participant), Pahta, P. I. (Participant), Palander-Collin, M. (Principal Investigator), Peitsara, K. (Participant), Ratia, M. (Participant), Raumolin-Brunberg, H. (Participant), Rissanen, M. (Participant), Sairio, A. (Participant), Sorva, E. (Participant), Suhr, C. (Participant), Stenvall, M. (Participant), Säily, T. (Participant), Taavitsainen, I. (Principal Investigator), Hiltunen, T. (Participant), Timofeeva, O. (Participant), Tissari, H. (Participant), Tyrkkö, J. (Participant), Valtonen, I. (Participant), Vartiainen, T. (Participant), Vasko, A.-L. (Participant) & Österman, A. (Participant)
01/01/2005 → …
Project: Research project
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Scientific thought-styles: The Evolution of English Medical Writing
Taavitsainen, I. (Project manager), Pahta, P. (Participant), Mäkinen, M. (Participant), Hiltunen, T. (Participant), Ratia, M. (Participant), Suhr, C. (Participant), Tyrkkö, J. (Participant), Marttila, V. (Participant), Lehto, A. (Participant) & Andersson, W. (Other)
01/01/1995 → …
Project: Research project
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Development of Digital Teaching project of the BA Programme in Languages
Lennes, M. (Participant), Flanagan, J. (Participant), Hiltunen, T. (Participant), Creutz, M. (Participant), Aunio, L. (Participant), Buchart, M. (Participant), Gruzdeva, E. (Participant), Jakubek, I. (Participant), Keinänen, N. (Participant), Kim, J.-Y. (Participant), Kittilä, S. (Participant), Kopotev, M. (Participant), Kraenker, S. (Participant), Länsisalmi, R. (Participant), Nieuweboer, R. (Participant), Peterson, E. (Participant), Tiedemann, J. (Participant), Tuori, R. (Participant), Autere, M. J. (Participant) & Lindstedt, J. (Project manager)
01/05/2017 → 31/12/2018
Project: Other project
Datasets
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Late Modern English Medical Texts: The Corpus
Taavitsainen, I. (Creator), Hiltunen, T. (Creator), Lehto, A. (Creator), Marttila, V. (Creator), Pahta, P. (Creator), Ratia, M. (Creator), Suhr, C. (Creator) & Tyrkkö, J. (Creator), John Benjamins, 2019
Dataset
Activities
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Research in Corpus Linguistics (Journal)
Hiltunen, T. (Reviewer)
Feb 2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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EnTRetextos, University of Valencia, 23-25 October 2024. (Event)
Hiltunen, T. (Board member)
2024Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in review committee
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Ibérica (Journal)
Hiltunen, T. (Reviewer)
Feb 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Examination of MA thesis at the University of Stavanger
Hiltunen, T. (Participant)
12 Jun 2024Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Co-supervisor of Mei Yang's PhD thesis
Hiltunen, T. (Supervisor) & Hynninen, N. (Supervisor)
2024Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
Press/Media
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Wikipedia tieteen lähteenä – Ei kai nyt sentään? Onko se edes sopivaa?
09/02/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Miksi englantia osataan niin monessa maassa?
17/03/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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