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Lea Meriläinen

Lea Meriläinen

University Lecturer

I am a senior lecturer of English language at the School of Humanities at the University of Easte...

School of Humanities, Philosophical Faculty

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I obtained my PhD in English Language and Culture at the University of Eastern Finland in 2010. I have worked as a post-doctoral researcher in various research projects examining English language variation and change, and as a senior lecturer in English linguistics and foreign language pedagogy. My research interests cover second language acquisition, learner corpus research, foreign language teaching, English as a foreign/second language and English as a world language.

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corpus linguistics english as a foreign language english as a world language english language variation and change foreign language teaching learner corpus research second language acquisition world englishes

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Alternation of must, have to, and need to in English as a lingua franca
Nie, Chunyuan; Meriläinen, Lea; Laitinen, Mikko, 2025, World englishes, [First published: 29 April 2025], 1-22. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research
Constrained communication in EFL and ESL: The case of embedded inversion
Gilquin, Gaëtanelle; Meriläinen, Lea, 2024, English world-wide, 45, 2, 196-223. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research
Oppimisen moninaiset kontekstit: Yhdeksäsluokkalaisten kokemuksia englannin kielen oppimisesta koulun ulkopuolella
Meriläinen, Lea; Härmälä, Marita, 2024, Ruohotie-Lyhty, Maria; Huhta, Ari; Moate, Josephine; Mård-Miettinen, Karita; Pirhonen, Hillamaria; Salo, Olli-Pekka, Näkökulmia moninaisuuteen kielen oppimisessa ja opettamisessa, 43-71. A4 Conference proceedings
Englanti maailmankielenä : opetussuunnitelmasta oppilaiden kokemuksiin
Meriläinen, Lea; Paulasto, Heli, 2023, Härmälä, Marita; Meriläinen, Lea; Paulasto, Heli; Mäntylä, Katja; Pollari, Pirjo; Roiha, Anssi; Tabell, Tuure, ”English has a pretty big role in my life” – Näkökulmia englannin opetuksen ajankohtaisiin teemoihin perusopetuksessa, 11-24. D2 Article in a professional book (incl. an introduction by the editor)
”English has a pretty big role in my life” – Näkökulmia englannin opetuksen ajankohtaisiin teemoihin perusopetuksessa
Härmälä, Marita; Meriläinen, Lea; Paulasto, Heli; Mäntylä, Katja; Pollari, Pirjo; Roiha, Anssi; Tabell, Tuure, 2023, Kansallinen koulutuksen arviointikeskus. D6 Edited professional book
The processes of preposition omission across English variety types
Paulasto, Heli; Meriläinen, Lea, 2022, Rautionaho, Paula; Parviainen, Hanna; Kaunisto, Mark; Nurmi, Arja, Social and Regional Variation in World Englishes : Local and Global Perspectives, 91-122. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books
The Interplay between Universal Processes and Cross-Linguistic Influence in the Light of Learner Corpus Data: Examining Shared Features of Non-native Englishes
Meriläinen, Lea, 2021, Le Bruyn, Bert; Paquot, Magali, Learner Corpus Research Meets Second Language Acquisition, 67-95. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books
Samaan aikaan somessa - havaintoja englannin kielen käytöstä itäsuomalaisessa tviittivirrassa
Laitinen, Mikko; Paulasto, Heli; Meriläinen, Lea, 2020, Kolehmainen, Leena; Riionheimo, Helka; Uusitupa, Milla, Ääniä idästä - Näkökulmia Itä-Suomen monikielisyyteen, 229-269. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books
The progressive form and its functions in spoken learner English: Tracing the effects of an exposure-rich learning environment
Meriläinen, Lea, 2020, Fuchs, Robert; Werner, Valentin, Tense and Aspect in Second Language Acquisition and Learner Corpus Research, 24-52. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books
Revisiting the ENL-ESL-EFL continuum: A multifactorial approach to grammatical aspect in spoken Englishes
Rautionaho, Paula; Deshors, Sandra C; Meriläinen, Lea, 2018, Icame journal, 42, 1, 41-78. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research
The progressive form and its functions in spoken learner English: Tracing the effects of an exposure-rich learning environment
Meriläinen, Lea, 2018, International journal of learner corpus research, 4, 2, 164-194. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research
Extended uses of the progressive form in Inner, Outer and Expanding Circle Englishes
Meriläinen Lea, Paulasto Heli, Rautionaho Paula, 2017, Filppula Markku, Klemola Juhani, Mauranen Anna, Vetchinnikova Svetlana, Changing English : Global and Local Perspectives, 191-216. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books
The progressive form in learner Englishes: Examining variation across corpora
Meriläinen Lea, 2017, World englishes, 36, 4, 760-783. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research
Loan translations as a language contact phenomenon: Crossing the boundaries between contact linguistics, second language acquisition research and translation studies
Meriläinen Lea, Riionheimo Helka, Kuusi Päivi, Lantto Hanna, 2016, Philologia Estonica Tallinnensis, 1, 1, 104-124. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research
Embedded Inversion as an Angloversal: Evidence from Inner, Outer, and Expanging Circle Englishes
Meriläinen Lea, Paulasto Heli, 2014, Markku Filppula, Juhani Klemola, Devyani Sharma, The Oxford Handbook of World Englishes, 1-16. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books
Interferenssi - termi tutkimussuuntausten törmäyksessä
Paulasto Heli, Kolehmainen Leena, Kumpulainen Minna, Meriläinen Lea, Riionheimo Helka, 2014, Virittäjä, 2014 (3), 118, 408-434. A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review
Interlingual Reduction: Evidence from Language Contacts, Translation and Second Language Acquisition
Leena Kolehmainen, Lea Meriläinen & Helka Riionheimo, 2014, Heli Paulasto, Lea Meriläinen, Helka Riionheimo & Maria Kok, Language contacts at the crossroads of disciplines, 3-32. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books
Johdanto. Kontaktilingvistiikan, toisen kielen omaksumisen tutkimuksen ja käännöstieteen risteyksessä
Helka Riionheimo, Leena Kolehmainen, Minna Kumpulainen, Lea Meriläinen, Pirkko Muikku-Werner ja Esa Penttilä, 2014, Virittäjä, 3/2014, 118, 317-333. B1 Non-refereed journal articles
Kielikontaktit tutkimussuuntausten risteyksessä
Helka Riionheimo, Minna Kumpulainen, Lea Meriläinen ja Pirkko Muikku-Werner, 2014, Kotikielen Seura. C2 Edited book, conference proceedings or special issue of a journal
Language Contacts at the Crossroads of Disciplines
Paulasto Heli, Meriläinen Lea, Riionheimo Helka, Kok Maria, 2014, Cambridge Scholars Publishing. C2 Edited book, conference proceedings or special issue of a journal
Language contacts at the crossroads of disciplines: Introduction
Paulasto Heli, Meriläinen Lea, Riionheimo Helka, Kok Maria, 2014, Paulasto Heli, Meriläinen Lea, Riionheimo Helka & Kok Maria (eds), Language Contacts at the Crossroads of Disciplines, ix-xix. B2 Book section
Suomen passiivi kontaktissa. Kieltenvälisiä kytköksiä migraatiossa, toisen kielen omaksumisessa ja kääntämisessä
Riionheimo Helka, Kolehmainen Leena, Meriläinen Lea, 2014, Virittäjä, 3/2014, 118, 334-371. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research
AFinLA-e: Soveltavan kielitieteen tutkimuksia
Lea Meriläinen, Leena Kolehmainen ja Tommi Nieminen, 2012, Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys AFinLA. C2 Edited book, conference proceedings or special issue of a journal
Monikielinen arki. AFinLAn vuosikirja 2012.
Lea Meriläinen, Leena Kolehmainen ja Tommi Nieminen, 2012, Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys AFinLA. C2 Edited book, conference proceedings or special issue of a journal
"Syntactic transfer in the written English of Finnish students: Persistent grammar errors or acceptable lingua franca English?"
Meriläinen Lea, 2010, Apples: journal of applied language studies, 4, 1, 51-64. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research
"'My eyes were standing in my head': Lexical transfer errors in the written English of Finnish Upper Secondary school students"
Meriläinen, Lea, 2008, Nikolaev, A. & Niemi, J., Two or More Languages: Proceedings from the 9th Nordic Conference on Bilingualism".", 158-167. A4 Conference proceedings
"Lexical transfer in the written English of Finnish students in 1990, 2000 and 2005 - Elements of improvement in the mastery of English vocabulary"
Meriläinen, Lea, 2008, Garant, M., Helin, I. & Yli-Jokipii, H. (toim.), Kieli ja globalisaatio - Language and Globalization"", 255-274. A4 Conference proceedings

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Alternation of must, have to, and need to in English as a lingua franca

Constrained communication in EFL and ESL: The case of embedded inversion

Oppimisen moninaiset kontekstit: Yhdeksäsluokkalaisten kokemuksia englannin kielen oppimisesta koulun ulkopuolella

Englanti maailmankielenä : opetussuunnitelmasta oppilaiden kokemuksiin

”English has a pretty big role in my life” – Näkökulmia englannin opetuksen ajankohtaisiin teemoihin perusopetuksessa

The processes of preposition omission across English variety types

The Interplay between Universal Processes and Cross-Linguistic Influence in the Light of Learner Corpus Data: Examining Shared Features of Non-native Englishes

Samaan aikaan somessa - havaintoja englannin kielen käytöstä itäsuomalaisessa tviittivirrassa

The progressive form and its functions in spoken learner English: Tracing the effects of an exposure-rich learning environment

Revisiting the ENL-ESL-EFL continuum: A multifactorial approach to grammatical aspect in spoken Englishes

The progressive form and its functions in spoken learner English: Tracing the effects of an exposure-rich learning environment

Extended uses of the progressive form in Inner, Outer and Expanding Circle Englishes

The progressive form in learner Englishes: Examining variation across corpora

Loan translations as a language contact phenomenon: Crossing the boundaries between contact linguistics, second language acquisition research and translation studies

Embedded Inversion as an Angloversal: Evidence from Inner, Outer, and Expanging Circle Englishes

Interferenssi - termi tutkimussuuntausten törmäyksessä

Interlingual Reduction: Evidence from Language Contacts, Translation and Second Language Acquisition

Johdanto. Kontaktilingvistiikan, toisen kielen omaksumisen tutkimuksen ja käännöstieteen risteyksessä

Kielikontaktit tutkimussuuntausten risteyksessä

Language Contacts at the Crossroads of Disciplines

Language contacts at the crossroads of disciplines: Introduction

Suomen passiivi kontaktissa. Kieltenvälisiä kytköksiä migraatiossa, toisen kielen omaksumisessa ja kääntämisessä

AFinLA-e: Soveltavan kielitieteen tutkimuksia

Monikielinen arki. AFinLAn vuosikirja 2012.

"Syntactic transfer in the written English of Finnish students: Persistent grammar errors or acceptable lingua franca English?"

"'My eyes were standing in my head': Lexical transfer errors in the written English of Finnish Upper Secondary school students"

"Lexical transfer in the written English of Finnish students in 1990, 2000 and 2005 - Elements of improvement in the mastery of English vocabulary"