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On the Nature of the Accusative in Finnish

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Bielecki R.

Lingua Posnaniensis

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2009

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vol. 51

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issue 1

19-38

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Modern Finnish grammars display a clear tendency to eliminate the category of the accusative entirely, or to limit it only to manifestations which are heterophonic from manifestations of other cases (the nominative and genitive). However, in older grammars (from the first half of the 20th century), the accusative was considered a proper full member of the inventory of Finnish cases. The present paper can be seen as a defense of the former approach to the accusative, because the author believes that the new approach exposes only the paradigmatical aspect of this part of the Finnish language, concealing the syntagmatic aspect. By means of syntagmatic comparison, different types of grammatical neutralizations are brought into view. One of them is especially instructive for the case in question, because it reveals specific properties not only of the accusative, but also of the category of voice in Finnish.

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The role of inter- and intralingual factors and compendiums in acquisition of Swedish as a foreign language: the case of Finns learning definiteness and the use of articles

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Nyqvist E.-L.

Research in Language

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2016

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vol. 14

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issue 3

297-327

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This study explores the acquisition of definiteness and article use in written Swedish by Finnish-speaking teenagers (n=67) during the three years in secondary school. The studied grammatical phenomena are problematic for all L2 learners of Swedish and are especially difficult for learners, such as Finns, whose L1 lacks expressive definiteness morphologically. The informants produce complex NPs already in their first narratives. The form of NPs poses significantly more problems than the choice of a correct form of definiteness. Hence, it is possible that previous knowledge in English helps informants in the choice of definiteness. The common nominator for problematic expressions is simplification, in both formal aspects and in the relation between form and meaning. Previous research in Sweden has made similar findings. The most central types of NPs build an acquisition explainable by a complexity hierarchy between the different types of NPs. The informants master best NPs without definiteness markers. Definite singulars containing an ending are significantly easier than indefinite singulars, the indefinite article of which is notoriously difficult for Finns learning Swedish as an L2. This acquisition order, however, profoundly differs from the traditional order of instruction of their compendiums.

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The creation of a dying language

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Lundén T.

Folia Scandinavica Posnaniensia

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2011

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vol. 12

143-153

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Attuning to linguistically less-fluent interlocutors: evidence from convergence in Danish and Finnish foreigner talk

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Kudera J., Kudera J.

Kwartalnik Neofilologiczny

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2020

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issue 1

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Fraase laenamas: eestlaste ja soomlaste tolkestrateegiaid

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Muikku-Werner P.

Mäetagused

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2017

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vol. 69

59-76

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Even rather similar proverbs and idiomatic phrases can have national nuances. They reflect the view of life and cultural reality typical for the nation in question. They give information about history, religion, manners, ethics, feelings, etc., of a country. However, the interaction between neighbours is a part of culture, and has contributed to cultural exchange. Because the ideas appearing in proverbs and phrases are in many respects universal, their globalisation happens naturally. Idiomatic phrases are challenging to translate because their meaning is not compositionally derived from their parts. This article demonstrates and compares the strategies that have been used for Estonian and Finnish (TL) in idiomatic phrase translations. The source languages (SL) are German and English. Two main translation strategies are presented: domesticating and foreignising. Domestication refers to the strategy in which the translator tries to reduce potential SL-specific elements by substituting them with corresponding TL-specific cultural elements. When using foreignisation as a strategy, translators refrain from making any changes, although cultural elements are divergent in the SL and TL, and they are retained in translations as close to the original as possible. The meaning of the idiom can be divided into two: the core meaning and additional meaning. Using this dichotomy helps, above all, to describe what kind of changes take place in the domesticating process. Idiomatic phrases carry a package of cultural values associated with the SL, and it is not an easy task to discover which culture-specific and language-specific features, and how, are translatable into the TL. In addition, idiomatic phrases can contain various more or less “poetic” elements, like uncommon words, exceptional word order, alliteration or rhyme. Transferring all these qualities to the TL is difficult but would contribute to maintaining the original expressive power, which is an important component of the idiomatic phrase in its native language. The results indicate that domestication strategies have a very important role in translation. Estonian and Finnish translators favour, for instance, substitution. They also add some expressive constituents like alliteration. Very old loan idioms are not domesticated. Particularly older people prefer established translations, even though they can encompass culturally unfamiliar elements. An interesting new phenomenon is direct, word-for-word translation. This kind of foreignising may be due to the speakers’ wish to show their English skills or their expertise. The use of this strategy stresses something special, like belonging to a certain in-group. There are some differences between Estonian and Finnish translations. Sometimes the Finnish translators advance further in the direction of the target language and culture than the Estonian ones. However, this solution seems to be arbitrary, not regular. Finns are keen on using a new calque translation which not necessarily adds to the intelligibility of the text. Some typically Finnish idiomatic phrases, popular especially among the young people, have not crossed the ocean. It would be very interesting to find out if the Finns living or studying in Estonia have absorbed local idioms.

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KONTAKTY JĘZYKOWE W FINLANDII

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Wojan K.

Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Językoznawczego

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2019

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vol. 75

211-230

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Artykuł w ogólnym zarysie opisuje kontakty językowe mające miejsce w Finlandii w różnych okresach, począwszy od prehistorii po współczesność obejmującą obecną dekadę stulecia. Podkreśla się usankcjonowaną historycznie wielojęzyczność i wielokulturowość kraju. Postawiono tezę o silnych wpływach odmiennych języków na fińszczyznę będącą w różnym stadium rozwoju (tj. na prehistoryczne odmiany mówione prafińszczyzny, średniowieczny ludowy język Finów, nowofiński doby nowożytnej, jak też na współcześnie rozwarstwiony język, który cechuje dyglosja i tryglosja). Scharakteryzowano najnowsze zjawisko socjojęzykowe – interferencję języków migrantów w rozczłonkowanej odmianie mówionej języka fińskiego oraz rozwijających się żargonach miejskich. Obiektem analizy lingwistycznej objęto języki krajowe Finlandii oraz języki mniejszości etnicznych, w tym języki migowe (aspekt socjolingwistyczny). W artykule zawarto wzmiankę na temat najnowszych osiągnięć genetyki lingwistycznej.

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The article outlines linguistic contacts in Finland in different periods of time, from prehistory to the present day. It emphasizes the historically validated multilingualism and multiculturalism of the country. A thesis has been formulated concerning the strong influences of various languages on Finnish at various stages of its development (i.e. on prehistoric spoken Proto-Finnish, the medieval folk language of the Finns, Finnish of the modern era, as well as on the contemporary stratified language characterized by diglossia and triglossia). The author describes the latest sociolinguistic phenomena such as the interference of migrant languages with the stratified Finnish language and with its urban jargons. The analysis includes the national languages of Finland and languages of ethnic minorities, including sign languages (and their sociolinguistic aspect). The article refers to the latest developments in genetic linguistics.

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Oppija teekond: sarnasuse tunnetamisest sihtkeeleparase kasutuseni

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Kaivapalu A.

Mäetagused

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2017

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vol. 69

243-264

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Most SLA theories and models have recognised cross-linguistic influence (CLI) as an important or even the major factor determining the second language acquisition, which, in interaction with other factors, determines the likelihood of the transferability of a given structure in a given context. Interlingual identifications made by learners between the first (L1) or formerly learned (Ln) and target language (TL) enable both positive and negative transfer from the L1/Ln, depending on the learners’ perceptions of the convergence or divergence of the L1/Ln and TL patterns. However, largely due to the visibility of non-target like language usage, the majority of studies on the CLI have focused on the negative outcomes of the issue or dealt with the CLI without separately tackling the positive and negative influence. In closely related languages like Finnish and Estonian with their rich inflectional morphology, the L1 influence is clearly seen in bound morphology, and its outcomes are considerably more often positive than negative. The paper aims to explore how and why learners’ perceptions of similarity do or do not get realised as positive CLI in inflectional morphology, on the basis of the following two databases: 1) thinking aloud protocols and retrospective interviews on an experimental inflection test of Estonian high school students learning Finnish as a foreign language; 2) longitudinal video-taped data of Estonian primary school children learning Finnish as a second language in a preparatory class. The results indicate that both second and foreign language learners benefit from similar inflectional patterns when they perceive cross-linguistic similarity and then apply a pattern similar to L1 and TL. For foreign language learners, the two main reasons of rejecting the converging morphological patterns of L1 and TL are: 1) a psychological barrier, avoiding “too” similar patterns in Estonian and Finnish, causing the repetition of the pattern during analogical processing; 2) competition between analogical and rule-based production, which is supported by foreign language instruction. In learning closely related inflectional morphology, system learning for production precedes item learning for production both in second and foreign language learners.

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Schwedisches, Finnisches und Polnisches in Mika Waltaris historischem Roman 'Karin, Magnustochter'

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Mrozewicz B.

Folia Scandinavica Posnaniensia

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2010

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vol. 11

16-35

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The article is an attempt at analysing the Swedish, Finnish and Polish elements in Mika Waltari’s first historical novel, Karin Månsdotter (1942), which is based on an earlier movie script (1941). The novel describes historical events at the time when Sweden was ruled by King Erik XIV. The story of the king’s life, his efforts aimed at strengthening his position in the country and Sweden’s position in the Baltic Sea region in the 16th century, as well as the connected historical events, are presented with the king’s private life in the background, including his love for a common woman whom he married and made queen of Sweden. The author points out that the novel in question seems to portray historical events somewhat freely. In creating the stories of the main characters, Waltari used unverified sources, such as motives that had been told and retold by common people and some historiographers. This is not the case in his later novels, which are based on verified historical sources. Waltari created a very conventional, highly contrasted image of his female characters: Karin has only positive features, while Catherine the Jagiellonian and her husband John III (the Prince of Finland and later on the King of Sweden) have utterly negative ones.

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Finská a česká slovesa pohybu ve vzájemném kontrastu

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Hebedová P.

Časopis pro moderní filologii (Journal for Modern Philology)

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2021

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vol. 103

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issue 1

88-105

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In the article I compare expressions of translational motion in Finnish texts and their Czech translation. The semantic analysis of verbs of motion is based on Talmy (2001, 2003) and I establish which components of a motion event (path, direction, goal, figure, manner) are essential when expressing motion events in the two languages and by what means they can be expressed. I also compare the results of my analysis with Talmyan typology of satellite-framed and verb-framed languages. I conclude that in Finnish many frequent motion verbs express aspects of path together with adverbial expressions, whereas in Czech verbs express manner more often than in Finnish. Finnish and Czech also use differing anchorings of the direction of motion — in Czech the direction is anchored with respect to explicitly mentioned surroundings; in Finnish deictic motion verbs are in frequent use and also several means of anchoring may be used in one clause (for example by a deictic motion verb and an adverbial or by several adverbials).

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An Old Language with a New Status. Some Aspects of the Kvens’ Identity in the Borderland

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Petryk M.

Colloquia Humanistica

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2014

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issue 3

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An Old Language with a New Status. Some Aspects of the Kvens’ Identity in the BorderlandKvens are one of the groups which are recognized as minorities in Norway. In this article I will address the issue of language as an important identity creating factor. After I have given the most important informations about the hardly known minority group I will present a short description of the Kven language’s classification and status in Norway – both earlier and nowadays. Then I want to present how the Kven language is used while creating the Kven identity. Stary język o nowym statusie. Kilka aspektów tożsamości Kvenów na PograniczuKvenowie są jedną z kilku grup uznawanych w Norwegii za mniejszości. Zarówno definicja jak i etnonim „Kven” budzą wiele kontrowersji. W myśl najpowszechniejszej definicji Kvenowie to potomkowie fińskich imigrantów w Norwegii. Jednakże trzeba pamiętać, że posługując się słowem „imigranci” możemy natrafić na sprzeciw, ponieważ w przypadku Kvenów mówimy często o migracjach na obszarze północnej Skandynawii wcześniejszych od ustanowienia dzisiejszych granic państwowych. Podobnie termin Finowie nie jest powszechnie akceptowany. Wątpliwości budzi on zwłaszcza wśród badaczy oraz tych członków grupy, którzy podkreślają zróżnicowanie etniczne dzisiejszej Finlandii. Mimo to wielu członków grupy nazywanej Kvenami uważa, że „Kven” i „Fin” oznaczają to samo. Protestują przy tym przeciwko nazywaniu ich Kvenami, ponieważ to niegdyś używane przez norweską większość słowo miało pejoratywny wydźwięk. Wśród współczesnych definicji kategorii „Kven” często pojawia się następująca: „Kvenowie to fińskojęzyczny lud przybyły do Norwegii przed rokiem 1900 oraz jego potomkowie” (Skarstein 2002: 85). Również i ta definicja może napotkać opór, ponieważ kveński uważany jest w Norwegii za odrębny język od roku 2005, a różnicę między kveńskim a fińskim bardzo wielu badaczy i użytkowników języka uważa za istotną. W niniejszym artykule zajmę się kwestią języka jako znaczącego czynnika tworzącego tożsamość. Przedstawię najważniejsze wiadomości o mało znanej mniejszości, a następnie omówię krótko klasyfikację i status języka kveńskiego w Norwegii, dawniej i dzisiaj. W końcu zajmę się kwestią wykorzystywania języka w procesie tworzenia tożsamości Kvenów.

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CASE STUDY: TEACHING FINNISH - ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES (LSP) LEGAL TRANSLATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI

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GARANT M.

Comparative Legilinguistics

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2013

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vol. 16

39-54

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Finlandia jest uważana za jeden z najlepszych krajów do życia, biorąc pod uwagęprzejrzystość systemu i wysoki poziom edukacji, którego efektem jest wysoki poziom znajomościjęzyka angielskiego. Artykuł koncentruje się na nauczaniu tłumaczenia prawnego z językafińskiego na język angielski na Uniwersytecie w Helsinkach. Badaniom empirycznym poddanazostała struktura kursu, materiały i metody dydaktyczne. Inspiracją tego artykułu stały sięefektywność nowych metod badawczych oraz struktura kursu. W celu potwierdzenia danychzostały przeprowadzone wywiady i ankiety.Studium obrazuje, że w trakcie kursu studenci nabywają podstawy wiedzy z zakresuprawa fińskiego i komparatystyki prawa. Zastosowano zintegrowaną metodę kształcenia (blendedlearning) zamiast tradycyjnych wykładów, wykładowcy stosowali platformę Moodle. Rezultatywskazują, że studentom odpowiada taka metoda prowadzenia zajęć. Metoda ta może zostaćzastosowana także w kursach o innej tematyce niż tłumaczenie prawne.

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Finland is widely recognized as one of the top countries to live in, with transparency and an excellent education system, which provides for top English proficiencies. The applied English translation case study that is examined in this paper focuses on Finnish into English legal translation teaching coupled with studying at the University of Helsinki. Scrutiny of the course structure, teaching materials and teaching methods was undertaken as part of the empirical research and the efficiency of the new teaching method and course structure inspired this paper. Methodology also included interviews/surveys to obtain up to date data. The case study in brief illustrates that students at the outset of the course acquired the basic concepts of Finnish and comparative law. This was done in a blended learning environment with reverse classroom makeups and small group discussions being used instead of teacherfronted lectures. Students were also asked to look up information on the Internet and undertake translations comments, company visits, and translating an entire court case. From the teacher’s perspective Moodle was used as a file managements system. Results suggest that the students are satisfied with this method and see it as beneficial. It can be used for benchmarking for legal translation courses in others settings.

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On the Nature of the Accusative in Finnish

The role of inter- and intralingual factors and compendiums in acquisition of Swedish as a foreign language: the case of Finns learning definiteness and the use of articles

The creation of a dying language

Attuning to linguistically less-fluent interlocutors: evidence from convergence in Danish and Finnish foreigner talk

Fraase laenamas: eestlaste ja soomlaste tolkestrateegiaid

KONTAKTY JĘZYKOWE W FINLANDII

Oppija teekond: sarnasuse tunnetamisest sihtkeeleparase kasutuseni

Schwedisches, Finnisches und Polnisches in Mika Waltaris historischem Roman 'Karin, Magnustochter'

Finská a česká slovesa pohybu ve vzájemném kontrastu

An Old Language with a New Status. Some Aspects of the Kvens’ Identity in the Borderland

CASE STUDY: TEACHING FINNISH - ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES (LSP) LEGAL TRANSLATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI