On 14.10.25, the InterReality Research Group (inter-reality.com) invites you to guest talks by colleagues from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: 13:30 Dr Evangelos Kourdis, Intersemiotic Translation 14:00 Dr Loukia Kostopoulou, Intermedia Translation Please RSVP to [email protected]

Head of Russian Department Olga Nenonen shares her impressions of presenting the fascinating project “Language Portrait by Means of Spoken Word Choreography: Reflexive Perspective on Multilingual Identity" in Tallinn. Read her multilingual post on the Plural blog page: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/a-res...

We are continuing the series of blog posts about the exciting and important academic conferences the pluralists have attended this calendar year. New posts have just been published on our blog here: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/ Visit our blog to find out more!

We are happy to announce the presentation of two latest publications by Daniil Zhaivoronok of the 'FEMCORUS: mediated feminism(s) in contemporary Russia' project Zoom 15:00-16:30 Wed 29.10.25 You can access the event here: tuni.zoom.us/j/6299427006... For more info email [email protected]

Letting my students to use all AI tools they can find to explain correctly, when to use and when not to use partitive case in subject marking in Finnish. So far - nothing. Still waiting.

Join us for the new season of online talks, this year co-organised by OSSO and the Digital Discourse & Interaction research network @lulind.bsky.social The first talk is already tomorrow! @nounfraze.bsky.social

Excited to give a talk as part of the Online Selves - Self Online series tomorrow. Thank you for the invitation @coocho.bsky.social! My talk is titled "Caveman Theories, Modern Misogyny: Evolutionary Psychology in Incel Fora" - and addresses how pseudoscience normalises misogyny. Abstract below ⏬

Tired: "Snakes on a plane!" Wired: "Philosophers on a train!"

I spy Plural's social media rep Olga Andreevskikh!

At the start of the new academic year, in a series of blog posts, pluralists look back at the exciting academic conferences they took part in over the spring term & summer. Visit our blog to find out more: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/ Image courtesy Head of Plural, Prof Daria Dayter

Emilia Tuuri's viva is taking place right now! You can watch her defend her doctoral dissertation "Liiketilanteiden kielentäminen suomen kielessä: typologinen, kielensisäinen ja yksilöllinen variaatio" (Expressions of motion in Finnish) online under this link: www.tuni.fi/fi/ajankohta...

The Nordic Speech Research Forum, co-organised by Plural’s Elina Vasu, is inviting you to attend their autumn webinars. The webinar is open to everyone and can be accessed through the group’s website www.jyu.fi/nsrf

The Plural board is looking for two new members! Both the permanent staff of the Languages Unit and the postdocs are warmly invited to apply. Send a short motivation letter to the current director of Plural Daria Dayter by September 30 to indicate your interest! 📄

In March, Plural member, Dieter Hermann Schmitz was awarded the Margarethe Aue Award in recognition of his committed civic activities promoting German culture and language in Finland. You can now read the full transcript of Dieter's acceptance speech here: www.aue-stiftung.org/de/aue-fooru...

Toukokuussa 2025 järjestettiin jokavuotiset Kielitieteen päivät. Pluralilaisten panos konferenssin eri toiminnoissa oli mittava saralla. Tässä blogikirjoituksessa esitellään kooste pluralilaisten esitelmistä ja muista rooleista Kielitieteen päivillä: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/tutki...

At the end of the academic year, we look back at what our colleagues have accomplished. In collaboration with Moviko, we've published a blog post about academic conferences on translation & interpreting studies where Plural had a strong representation. Please read here: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/acade...

We are happy to announce the launch of the book 'Circumpolar Connections: Creative Indigenous Geographies of the Arctic', which will take place at Tahmelan Huvila on 16.06.25, at 7 pm. More information about the book here: www.weslpress.org/978081950189...

On 8 May, Plural held the first joint book launch for the Languages Unit authors. Everyone agreed it was a success. The refreshments provided by the Languages Unit helped create a festive atmosphere. More information on the presented books is in our blog here: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/tutki...

On 15 May, 21 newly appointed professors at Tampere University, including Plural board member Prof. Maija Hirvonen, delivered their inaugural lectures. We send our heartfelt congratulations to Maija & invite you to read the transcript of her inaugural lecture here: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/tutki...

We are proud and delighted to share that our colleagues Liisa Mustanoja (left) and Unni Leino (right) have been promoted to the position of senior university lecturer within the (ITC) at Tampere University. Our warmest congratulations to Liisa and Unni! www.tuni.fi/en/news/unni...

Lääkärilehden juttu perjantaina väitelleistä Taina Pitkäsestä. ”On osa kielen oppimista, ettei ymmärrä kaikkea. ”Ymmärtämättömyyden esiintuomisen pitäisi olla hyväksyttyä työyhteisöissä.”

Kustoksen homma on #proffahommat tähtihetkiä: saa istua ja kuunnella tasokasta tieteellistä keskustelua ja olla ylpeä ohjattavansa saavutuksesta: Onnea Taina Pitkänen🥂🥳 Luomusuomea puhuva potilas haastaa S2-lääkärin. Kollegat ja lääkärin työarki tarvitaan opettajiksi peruskielitaidon jälkeen.

Link to the defence: tuni.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...

Tänään! Today! My first doctoral defence as a supervisor! My supervisee, MA Taina Pitkänen will defend her brilliant dissertation about speech comprehension and comprehensibility in L2 Finnish. Anyone can join and listen on-line. Link in the comment.

What does Plural do? Who are Pluralists? How does out multidisciplinary research help make the world a slightly better place? Watch our brand new promotional video to find out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3I7... An audio description version is available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbWU...

We are delighted to announce that the application for the Centre of Excellence on Multimodal Meaning-Making (CEMM) where our colleague Prof Maija Hirvonen is the co-applicant has been shortlisted! Best wishes to Maija and her co-applicants in the second round! www.aka.fi/en/about-us/...

On 8 May 14-15:30 at PinniB 1028-1029, Plural is holding the joint book launch for the Language Unit authors. You're welcome to join us for drinks & snacks while enjoying presentations of the exciting new books published by our colleagues! #booklaunch #booklaunchevent #research #AcademicPublication

Abstract submission to #SKYSymposium2025 is closing in less than a week! ✨ Make a plan to visit beautiful Tampere in happy Finland and join us in our international event on Meaning in Language, Machines and Humans. Abstract deadline: April 22 Notifications of acceptance: May 31 Event: October 2-3

It's been a busy couple of weeks for Plural researchers: we travelled all over Europe presenting guest lectures and conference talks. On Thursday, Plural's Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social gave a guest talk at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens at the invitation of Prof. Anna Piata

The Language Centre at Tampere University is seeking a University Instructor of English. This is a permanent position, starting 1 August 2025. Apply by 16 April!

Come for this fantastic conference, stay for the Moomin museum 🙃 Symposium on Meaning in Language, Machines and Humans Date: October 2-3, 2025 Abstrac deadline: April 22, 2025

Kotikielen Seura ja Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura ovat myöntäneet 21.2.2025 väitöskirjapalkinnon Pluralin Idastiina Valtasalmelle, ja Kotikielen Seura on palkinnut Laura Tammilehdon viimevuotisen artikkelin. Onnittelut ansaituista palkinnoista! 💐 Idastiina Valtasalmen (vas.) kuva: Juhani Valtasalmi

Plural member, University Lecturer Dieter Hermann Schmitz has been awarded the Margarethe Aue Prize by the Aue Foundation in recognition of his committed civic activities promoting German culture and language in Finland. Congratulations on the well-deserved award! Photo: Markku Pajunen

If you work on any aspect of linguistics x tech of the future, consider joining the trek! The conference is hybrid, so you can either travel to Finland or join remotely. 7-10 October 2025 pinging @theresaheyd.bsky.social @cbpuschmann.bsky.social @mixedlinguist.bsky.social @gretchenmcc.bsky.social 🐦🐦

Don't forget: this Thursday, Sofia Rüdiger is giving a talk about food performances! When: March 20, 10:30-11:30 Where: Pinni B 1028-1029 What: "From Food To Feast: Exploring the Language of Carnivalesque Food Performances in the Digital Sphere"

Who doesn’t have some of these problems? Losing track of deadlines, feeling unproductive, collaborative delays in publications… Today we held a friendly discussion in the Plumimar about our shared productivity problems & even came up with some solutions! Many thanks to everyone who participated 📈

Suomen kielen professori Johanna Vaattovaara kertoi viime perjantaina Viiden jälkeen -ohjelmassa muun muassa, mistä murteisiin ja niiden puhujiin liittyvät mielikuvat kumpuavat. Ohjelman voi katsoa MTV Katsomosta: www.mtv.fi/video/c07e95... Murteita käsittelevä osuus alkaa n. 31 minuutin kohdalla.

Yliopistonlehtori Elina Vasu kertoo Helsingin Sanomien haastattelussa, miten englannin kieltä puhutaan vieraana kielenä ymmärrettävästi. Hänen mukaansa kielten opetuksen tulisi perustua tutkimukseen, ja hän myös haastaa perinteisiä näkemyksiä ääntämisen opettamisesta. (Juttu on vain tilaajille.)

We have a tasty guest lecture coming up! Get your chopsticks… I mean pencils ready to take notes! @sofiaruediger.bsky.social will talk about exploring the language of carnivalesque food performance online Where: Pinni B 1028-1029 When: March 20, 10:30-11:30 research.tuni.fi/plural/tapah...

A conference about trains… held on the train? Plural’s Johannes Riquet organizing Railway Aesthetics: Experiencing Locomotion across Media and Cultures (Vienna-Bucharest-Istanbul, 10-13 September 2025) CFP ends May 2, 2025, don’t miss your train!🚂 call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/02/...

On 12.2.25 the reading group for John Milton’s Paradise Lost will meet at 5-7pm at Pinni B0039 to read aloud Books 5 & 6 of the poem. Everyone welcome! Future meetings in the spring term: 5.3. Books 7&8; 19.3. Books 9&10; 2.4. Books 11&12 Poem text online: milton.host.dartmouth.edu/reading_room...

We are delighted to announce Dr Saara Ratilainen, University Lecturer in Russian and PI on the Academy of Finland funded project FEMCORUS (projects.tuni.fi/femcorus/), has joined our board this term! Our warm welcome to Saara!

Save the date! 2025 Symposium of the Linguistic Association of Finland to be held in Tampere on 2-3 October. Suomen kielitieteellisen yhdistyksen symposium järjestetään Tampereella 2.–3.10. 2025. CfP by 22.04.25. More details / Lisätietoa: events.tuni.fi/skysymposium...

Meaning in Language, Machines and Humans — a great-looking symposium in early October in Tampere, Finland, inviting a multidisciplinary conversation between language and technology researchers, about “meaning.” Abstracts due April 22 #AcademicSky #linguistics #appliedlinguistics

Come and meet the team of the new Horizon Europe project recently awarded to Plural’s Maija Hirvonen NewWorkTech project: Innovating for Inclusion – Shaping the Future of Work through Technology and Collaboration January 24, 10-11.30 and 12.30-14.30 (EET) 👥+💻 research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ev...

Great news from the Open Access front: Tampere University library now has a Read & Publish agreement with the John Benjamin Publishing House, meaning we can publish OA article without extra processing charges intra.tuni.fi/content/news...

Call for papers is out! 🥳 We welcome linguists from different fields and language technology scholars to Tampere, Finland in October 2-3 for the SKY Symposium 2025 with the theme… ✨ Meaning in language, machines and humans ✨ #linguistics #semantics #meaning More info here 👇

A new open access publication from Plural’s Peter Slomanson! You can download the volume directly from the publisher’s website: langsci-press.org/catalog/book...

Yesterday, we shot Plural’s new promotional video! It was a lot of fun, thank you to all the wonderful volunteer actors who participated! It will be a while before the video is ready, but in the meanwhile, you can check out other videos for our researchers: Olga Nenonen youtu.be/aCrrXZNfWkw?... 1/2

New Plural blog post has been published! Mark Kaunisto reminisces about his experiences as a user of linguistic corpora and talks about a new book that he has recently co-edited with Marco Schilk. blogs.tuni.fi/plural/julka...