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DYLAPS looking for a research assistant

Posted on 29.1.2016 by mpalande

Suomen Akatemian rahoittama tutkimusprojekti Dynamics of Change in Language Practices and Social Meaning 1700–1900 (DYLAPS) https://blogs.helsinki.fi/languagedynamics/ hakee osa-aikaista (20 h/viikko) tutkimusavustajaa ajalle 1.3.–31.8.2016. Tutkimusavustajan tehtäviin kuuluu tutkimusprojektin avustaminen mm. aineiston käsittelyssä, bibliografisten hakujen tekemisessä, julkaisujen painokuntoon saattamisessa ja seminaarijärjestelyissä. Tutkimusavustaja … Continue reading →

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HiSoN Conference organized by DYLAPS in March 2016

Posted on 29.9.2015 by mpalande

The Call for Papers is now on for the Historical Sociolinguistics Network Conference: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/hison2016/

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DYLAPS in IPrA 2015 in Antwerp

Posted on 4.8.2015 by mpalande

Minna Nevala and Minna Palander-Collin participated in the IPrA Conference in Antwerp, 26-31 July. Minna Nevala presented a poster on “Un/solidarity and mis/evaluation: The portrayal of victims and criminals in nineteenth-century newspapers”. She dealt with the terms from a socio-pragmatic … Continue reading →

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DYLAPS is looking for a post doc

Posted on 11.3.2015 by mpalande

http://www.helsinki.fi/recruitment/index.html?id=101815

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DYLAPS hakee tutkimusavustajaa

Posted on 10.3.2015 by mpalande

Tutkimusavustaja historiallisen kielitieteen projektiin Nykykielten laitoksen historiallisen englannin kielen tutkimusprojekti DYLAPS (Dynamics of Change in Language Practices and Social Meaning 1700–1900) etsii osa-aikaista tutkimusavustajaa Bluestocking Corpus -kirjeaineiston työstämistä varten ajalle 1.4.-31.5.2015. Bluestocking Corpus koostuu 1700-luvun englantilaista kirjeistä, ja tutkimusavustajan pääasiallisena … Continue reading →

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DYLAPS team in ICAME 34

Posted on 27.6.2013 by mpalande

Minna Nevala, Minna Palander-Collin and Anni Sairio participated in the ICAME 34 conference in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, in May. Or, Anni was not physically there, but we all contributed to the poster on “LINGUISTIC CHANGE in its social contexts … Continue reading →

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CfP: Fourth International Conference on Historical News Discourse (CHINED IV)

Posted on 27.6.2013 by mpalande

The First Call for Papers has now been launched: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/chined-4/ The call deadline is 1 December 2013.

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Corpus of Early English Advertisements taking shape

Posted on 2.2.2013 by mpalande

Our research assistants have now added a substantial number of advertisements to a corpus of advertisements we are compiling in the DYLAPS project. The corpus now contains over 900 adds from the Times, the Morning Chronicle and the Morning Post … Continue reading →

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Varieng blog up and running again

Posted on 2.2.2013 by mpalande

Kielen kannoilla is the blog of the members and visitors of the Research Unit for Variation, Contacts and Change in English (VARIENG). Here we share personal thoughts and observations about the English language. Most of the posts are written in … Continue reading →

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Fourth International Conference on Historical News Discourse (CHINED IV)

Posted on 11.9.2012 by mpalande

will be organized at the University of Helsinki, June 5-7, 2014. Call for Papers coming soon in Autumn 2012. The previous conference was organized in Rostock, Germany in May 2012 (http://www.chined3.com/ and for a conference report http://www.flingue.unict.it/6968/home).  

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