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
Ranskan kieli avaa ovia neuvottelupöytiin viidellä mantereella (2026)
Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article)
Kielten oppimiseen tarvitaan aikaa (2026)
Turun Sanomat
(Other publication)
Graph Models: What Do the Coloured Forms Tell Us about the Writing Process? From Numbers to Visual and Coloured Forms (2026)
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)Kestävää kehitystä edistävät pedagogiset materiaalit kielten opetuksessa (2026)
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)En quoi un « organisme manipulé » diffère-t-il d’un « organisme modifié » ? (2026)
Mémoires de la Société Néophilologique
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )