News from the Department of Language and Communication Studies

MA Jarkko Keränen’s PhD dissertation argues that sign language is inherently multisensory and that it can depict meaning multisensorially.

Vilja Levonius’s doctoral dissertation examines how the use of social media as a professional tool in old age services transforms care and its practices, and how it builds empathy by communicative means.

MA Dukkeum Sun’s dissertation investigates the identity and agency of young migrant learners whose everyday lives are shaped by multilingualism.

I sin avhandling har Lundmark undersökt tre klassiska bilderböcker av Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), den främsta bilderboksskaparen i Sverige under första halvan av 1900-talet.

From the year 2008 to 2020, the number of U.S. journalists has decreased approximately by a quarter, and new cutbacks are still upcoming, writes professor Turo Uskali.

One of the project’s important findings has been that older signers use bodily enactment in their storytelling considerably more than the younger signers do, writes Tommi Jantunen.

In her dissertation, Dziomba investigated the attitudes of vocational school students, their teachers and employers towards the needs-oriented teaching of foreign languages in vocational education and training.

A learner of Finnish working in the academic community typically encounters situations where their Finnish proficiency is not sufficient for work situations.

Den första delen av den finlandssvenska teckenspråkskorpusen publicerades i Språkbanken (FIN-CLARIN) i oktober 2024.

The Rector of the University of Jyväskylä, Jari Ojala, has appointed Turo Uskali as Professor from 1 August 2024.

In social work practice, there is a need for experts coming from more diverse backgrounds, says Professor Marjo Kuronen.

JYU Language Campus's decalration on the plans of the City of Jyväskylä Board of Education to make budget cuts on the teaching of mother tongue and A2 languages