
Helka Riionheimo
Professor
Professor, Finnish and Karelian
School of Humanities, Philosophical Faculty
[email protected] | +358 50 442 3418
I’m an expert in Finnish language and linguistics. Besides Finnish, my research field includes other Finnic languages, of which Karelian had recently been in special focus. I started my research with topics related to spoken language and language contacts and I have gradually moved towards studying endangered languages and revitalization. My key concept is ‘majority responsibility’: as a speaker of the majority language, Finnish, I feel I also have the obligation to look after the country’s minority languages. My aim is to develop sustainable multilingualism where linguistic diversity is seen as a resource.
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Increasing translation awareness: A course designed for PhD researchers
Riionheimo, Helka; Lång, Juha; Suokas, Juho; Vottonen, Erja; Penttilä, Esa, 2024, Mikael : Kääntämisen ja tulkkauksen tutkimuksen aikakauslehti, 17, 1, 122-137. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Reclaiming Karelian in Finland
Riionheimo, Helka; Tynnyrinen, Niko, 2024, Journal of Finnish studies, 27, 2, 264-291. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The (in)visibility of translation and translatorian agents in academic research
Penttilä, Esa; Lång, Juha; Suokas, Juho; Vottonen, Erja; Riionheimo, Helka, 2024, Freeth; Peter J; Treviño, Rafael, Beyond the translator’s invisibility: Critical reflections and new perspectives, 253-277. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Diversification in time and space and how it is perceived: Applying a folk linguistic listening task with Tver' Karelians
Palander, Marjatta; Riionheimo, Helka, 2023, Nordic journal of linguistics, 46, Special issue 2, 186-214. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Introduction: Migration and linguistic diversification
Palander, Marjatta; Kok, Maria; Riionheimo, Helka; Uusitupa, Milla, 2023, Nordic journal of linguistics, 46, 2, 133-140. B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
Armastu ruaduo ruadajes: suomalaisena karjalan kieltä tutkimassa
Riionheimo, Helka, 2022, Grünthal, Riho; Linna, Eeva-Kaisa; Nuolijärvi, Pirkko; Riionheimo, Helka, Šulkkuni sanaine: Kirjoituksia karjalasta ja vähemmistökielistä, 295-302. D2 Article in a professional book (incl. an introduction by the editor) -
Karjalankielinen yliopisto-opetus - vastavirtaan soutamista
Riionheimo, Helka; Giloeva, Natalia, 2022, Kieli, koulutus ja yhteiskunta, 13, 5. D1 Article in a trade journal -
Kun Twitterissä viserretään eri murteilla
Riionheimo, Helka, 10.10.2022, Hugi - humanistisen osaston blogi. E1 Popularised article, newspaper article -
Language diversification in the Nordic languages
Palander, Marjatta; Kok, Maria; Riionheimo, Helka; Uusitupa, Milla, 2022, Nordic journal of linguistics, 45, 1, 1-3. B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
Translating into an endangered language: filling in lexical gaps as Language Making
Kuusi, Päivi; Riionheimo, Helka; Kolehmainen, Leena, 2022, International journal of the sociology of language, 2022, 274, 133-160. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research