Research at the Department of Chinese
The Department of Chinese conducts research on contemporary Chinese linguistics, focusing on digital communications, corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics, sociolinguistics, and second language acquisition. Our research explores language use in modern Sinophone societies, the intersection of language and technology, the interaction between language and cognition, and the role of language in social change.
The research activities of the department have been focusing on the following areas:
- Chinese construction grammar
- Digital platform-mediated communication
- Chinese language and gender
- East Asian languages and human bodily experience
- Discourses regarding emerging social phenomena
- Chinese language learning and teaching
Recent Publications
Fluency across modes: an exploratory study of L1 and L2 spoken and written fluency (2025)
International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Redesigning online learning material for an overlooked learner population. (2025)
Kieli, Koulutus Ja Yhteiskunta
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
Gender, fear, and right-wing populism: A study of Facebook representations of female leaders in the context of femonationalism (2025)
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)A Cultural History of Translation: Volume 6: In the Modern and Contemporary World (2025)
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific journal’s special issue)Commenting behavior as a mirror of parasocial relationships and emotional attachment on YouTube. A qualitative study of comments on product-promoting videos in Spanish (2025)
Pragmatics and Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)