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In the name of security : Governmentality apparatus in a multilingual mine in Arctic Finland
2021
This critical sociolinguistic study explores how mining work is governed in the name of security in a mine in Arctic Finland. Although the mining industry is dominated by multinational corporations, mines themselves tend to be concentrated in peripheries where a mobile and multilingual workforce is recruited. Mining is a high-risk business: industrial accidents and environmental damage can be severe. Discursive practices play a crucial role in risk management. In this study, the nexus of language, security, and production in mining work is analyzed by applying the Foucauldian concept of 'governmentality'. The data comprise ethnographic observations, work-related documents, and interviews co…
SMS-messages - context for traditional and modern proverbs
2014
The article focuses on SMS-messages as short letters in a Finnish daily newspaper, Salon Seudun Sanomat. A proverb is often included in the SMS-message. The analysis is based on Charles Briggs’s (1988) research on a proverb’s performances. Proverbs in a spoken language are in many ways similar to proverbs in the colloquial written form; presentational features are the same. The research is also based on Lev Vygotski’s (1967) claim that a language is linked to a thought, and on Gottlob Frege’s (2000) principle of context. Thirdly, an utterance should follow Paul Grice’s (1975) cooperative principles of quantity, quality, relation, and manner. In what follows the meaning of the proverbs will …
“At the Western Palace”: The Dehumanization of Whiteness, Americanness, and Chinese-Americanness in Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior
2021
The dehumanization of whiteness in Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior (1976) inheres in the overarching ghosthood metaphor. While first generation Chinese American immigrants in The Woman Warrior attribute the power of transforming people into ghosts to the United States of America as a country, the questioning of a person’s humanity by calling them a “ghost” is not reserved for white people alone. Chinese American immigrants also run the risk of losing their humanity and becoming ghosts if they renounce their relatives and their heritage. The husband of the first-person narrator’s Chinese aunt, Moon Orchid, is an example of a Chinese American man, who turns into a ghost on account of…
Language for International Communication: Linking Interdisciplinary Perspectives (3rd international symposium, University of Latvia, Latvia, on May 2…
2016
This collection contains papers delivered at the 3rd international symposium Language for International Communication: Linking Interdisciplinary Perspectives held at the University of Latvia, Latvia, on May 26–27, 2016.
Germination Pattern of Chamaerops humilis Seed after Short-Time Storage
2015
Dwarf fan palm (Chamaerops humilis) plays an important ecological role in the thermo Mediterranean vegetation stage, both in woodlands, xerophitic shrub communities and degraded ecosystems. Dwarf fan palm is typically propagated from seeds. Whereas other palm species show reduced germination after few months of seed storage, no information is available on the effects of storage time on seed germinability . We examined the germination pattern of dwarf palm seeds aged after a storage of four, six or eight months in comparison to fresh seed (control). A covariance analysis was performed to test the effect of time within seed-storage treatment. The germination patterns were significantly fitted…
Invasive Northern red oaks benefit temnothorax crassispinus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) ant colonies
2018
Non-native plant species can modify their environment, and their influence on food chains is well recognized. How ever, the phenomenon of non-nutrient dependent interaction between non-native plants and native animals has received little attention to date. The Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) is a non-native, invasive tree species in Europe, which strongly negatively influences co-occurring plants. However, a part of the native fauna is able to utilize the resources offered by this species in its non-native range. We studied a common species of wood ant, Temnothorax crassispinus, in forests under canopies of non-native Northern Red Oak and native oaks, Pedunculate Oak (Q. robur), and Sessil…
Developing and comparing methods for mapping habitat types and conservation values using remote sensing data and GIS methods
2014
Economic Double Censorship
2020
This chapter explores the censorship impact generated by economic logic on the selection and coverage of topics in factual formats and current affairs documentaries on French television. This prelimina- ry research studies more specifically the subcontracting relationships between TV channels and production companies from semi- structured interviews with various categories of professionals (managers of TV press agencies, journalists, directors, Commissioning Editor). The analysis distinguishes two types of censorship ef- fects. The competitive relationships and the business models of the broadcasters condition their positions in the media field and thus exercise a structural censorship on t…
Vulnérabilité des ménages et sentiment de déclassement social : l'adoption de comportements écologiques peut-elle contribuer à satisfaire les motivat…
2019
L’étude porte sur trois territoires de Gironde (France), situés le long d’un gradient d’urbanisation : la métropole de Bordeaux, le territoire périurbain du Créonnais et le territoire rural du Pays Foyen. Un diagnostic cartographique comparatif a été effectué à partir d’indicateurs socio-démographiques et économiques empruntés aux bases de données publiques (INSEE) pour caractériser les vulnérabilités territoriales et faire émerger des perturbateurs potentiels de la qualité de vie des personnes. Une enquête par questionnaire a aussi été réalisée (n=285 répondants) pour : i) identifier quels perturbateurs semblaient les plus problématiques en fonction des territoires, ii) mesurer le sentimen…
Self-assessment : a motivating tool for achieving better language skills
2011
Kielitaidon itsearviointi on tärkeä taito, sillä sen avulla kielten oppijat voivat tehostaa oppimistaan toisaalta arvioimalla kielitaitonsa tasoa ja toisaalta asettamalla mielekkäitä oppimistavoitteita. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää kielten opiskelijoiden kykyä arvioida kielitaitoaan ja käsityksiä itsestään kielenoppijoina. Tutkimukseen osallistui 59 Jyväskylän yliopiston kielten laitoksen pää- ja sivuaineopiskelijaa. Aineisto kerättiin lokakuussa 2009 osana ainelaitoksen kurssia Johdatusta kieleen ja sen tutkimukseen, ja se koostuu opiskelijoiden kurssin oppimistehtävää varten kirjoittamista noin sivun pituisista kirjoitelmista. Opiskelijoita pyydettiin tehtävässä arvioimaan…