PhD Heli Paulasto
Senior Lecturer in English linguistics
English Language and Culture, University of Eastern Finland
Address: English Language and Culture, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, FIN-80101 Joensuu, Finland
Phone: +358-(0)2944 52145
Email: heli.paulasto (at) uef.fi
Former name: Heli Pitkänen
PhD, University of Joensuu, 2006 (Thesis Welsh English Syntax: Contact and Variation); MA, University of Joensuu, 1998.
Main areas of research and teaching
- Language variation and change
- Language contact and multilingual interaction
- Sociolinguistics
- Morphosyntax
- World Englishes and English as a global language
- English language teaching
- History of English
Fields of expertise
- Welsh English and other Celtic Englishes
- Morphosyntactic variation and shared features across varieties of English
- Multilingual English as a lingua franca interaction in community arts
Current and recent projects
- English Language Variation in Local and Global Contexts (funded by the Academy of Finland, 2012-2015)
- ChangE - Changing English: Users and Learners Worldwide
- CROSSLING - Language Contacts at the Crossroads of Disciplines
- TuMaTa - Tutkiva ja mahdollistava taide (Researching and enabling art)
- Monikulttuurinen tanssitaideryhmä kielellisen ilmaisun leikkikenttänä (funded by the Kone Foundation, 2017-2018), part of the TuMaTa project
Courses taught in English Language and Culture 2018-2019 (WebOodi)
BA studies
- Changing English
- English as a World Language
- Bachelor's Seminar in English Linguistics
MA studies
- Celtic Englishes
- Classroom English
Linguistic and Cultural Encounters in Language Teaching
- ELF: English as a Lingua Franca (book exam in 2018-2019)
Lecturing in co-taught courses in MDP in Linguistic Sciences
- Methods and Corpus Technology in Variatonist Research
- Language Policy