Monthly Archives: May 2016
Language choices and their unexpected effects in a media setting
We present here a small case study, focusing on a speech event where the focus is on how English enters Finnish in discussion and on what were the public and social consequences of this particular event. Our perspective is linguistic; … Continue reading
Language choices and their unexpected effects in a media setting
Language use tends to awake public interest very easily. We have analysed here one instance of Finnish-English language mixing that turned out to be a subject of public discussion in Finland. Our focus is on an interview with Sara Chafak … Continue reading
English in an institutional setting in Finland: On the business of teaching business
Introduction Why does a Finnish lecturer teach in English at a Finnish university if all the students are also Finnish and they could communicate in their native language? Why do university lecturers and students have to resort to a foreign … Continue reading
On the business of teaching business
One would think that when the topic of learning is business, language would not play a major role. But that is not the case. Based on our online survey of the students at Oulu Business School at the University of … Continue reading
Jodeling in Jyväskylä
The attitude towards English language in Finland is generally positive, and English is widely mixed with Finnish. How does this show in a social media environment? We set out to shed some light on this issue by looking at the … Continue reading
English in Finnish Interactional Environments: Case Study of English at a Finnish Workplace
Authors: Veikko Kaisto, Joel Romppainen, Maria Vornanen, Noora Väyrynen University of Oulu Case Study of English at a Finnish Workplace Introduction The English language is becoming increasingly prevalent in Finnish interactions and everyday life. For the purpose … Continue reading
English interactions in the reality TV show Suomen Tulli
If you have ever, in one way or another, traveled abroad and thus crossed the border line of another country, you are likely to have gone through customs. Moreover, if you consider yourself a respectable citizen, you have done so … Continue reading
English in IT, a Case Study of English at a Finnish Workplace
Every day people all over the world go to their workplaces, where they probably have to use at least two and perhaps even more different languages depending on what kind of work they do. English language seems to be especially … Continue reading
“Ei nyt se hiilaa kun mulla ei oo mitään asetta!” – Interactional code-switching in an online gaming video
As a free-time activity, playing video games is quite popular amongst Finnish youth, and it is also a very common way for them to get into a regular contact with the English language. Playing video games frequently, also dubbed as … Continue reading
“Ei nyt se hiilaa kun mulla ei oo mitään asetta!” – Interactional code-switching in an online gaming video
Have you ever noticed your Finnish friends slipping some English into their Finnish sentences and overall interaction while talking? Perhaps a few individual English words and short phrases here and there, or perhaps even longer chunks of English? Chances are, … Continue reading
English in Finland 