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Leisio, Larisa – International Journal of Bilingualism, 2000
Analyzes the word order in noun phrases with a genitive modifier in the colloquial speech of the Russian diaspora in Finland. Informants are considered as either dialect speakers or non-dialect speakers. The study demonstrates how intralinguistic, interlinguistic, and extralinguistic factors operate cojointly, inducing language change. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dialects, Foreign Countries, Interference (Language)
Hiirikoski, Juhani – 1991
The purpose of this article is to investigate ways that the grammatical and semantic structures of the Finnish clause limit its possibilities for expressing information structure. The study aims to discover whether there is a correlation between the semantic structure of the sentence and the possibility of using the inverted word order for…
Descriptors: Athletics, Discourse Analysis, Finnish, Foreign Countries

Kansanen, Pertti, Ed. – 1987
This international research report consists of five papers discussing five different topics in education. "Views on the Implementation of the Curriculum--Experiences of the Finnish Practice" (P. Kansanen) analyzes research results regarding the national curriculum for the Finnish comprehensive school system and compares them with a…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Course Descriptions, Creative Thinking, Curriculum Development
Luukka, Minna-Riitta, Ed.; Salla, Sigrid, Ed.; Dufva, Hannele, Ed. – 1998
The papers included in this yearbook of the Finnish Society of Applied Linguistics (AFinLA) were presented at the 1998 AFinLA conference "Linguistics and Finland: Crossing the Gulf." Papers are in Finnish, Estonian, or English, but all have accompanying English abstracts. The topics discussed in the papers include the following: speed…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Electronic Mail, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language)