Discourse functions in written Finnish: Corpus-based study in register variation

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.23982/vir.142646" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.23982/vir.142646</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.23982/vir.142646" target="_blank" >10.23982/vir.142646</a>

Jazyk výsledku

finština

Název v původním jazyce

Discourse functions in written Finnish: Corpus-based study in register variation

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This study examines the variation of standard Finnish across four genres: research articles, fiction, political programs, and news items. The linguistic features typical of each genre are defined through computational methods in relation to other genres. Comparable research is abundant – for example, in English – but there is a lack of comparative quantitative research on the standard language genres in Finnish. The research data stems from four different corpora, comprising research articles, fictional texts, political speeches, and news texts. Key structure analysis was employed to identify linguistically significant features within the material, features typical to these texts. These features were then grouped into sets according to their patterns of co-occurrence within the data, using multi-dimensional analysis. The results indicate that there is considerable variation in standard Finnish, and each studied genre employs a different linguistic register. Research articles are characterised by the accumulation of modifiers at the beginning and end of sentences. Fiction is characterised by the use of pronouns and compact sentence structures with core members surrounding the sentence nucleus. Political programs are characterised by the use of noun modifiers and the abundance of both coordinating and subordinating clauses, while news texts are characterised by the extensive use of numerical modifiers and proper nouns. Based on linguistic variation, various discourse functions are identified, reflecting the communicative goals of each genre. © 2025 Kotikielen Seura. All rights reserved.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Discourse functions in written Finnish: Corpus-based study in register variation

Popis výsledku anglicky

This study examines the variation of standard Finnish across four genres: research articles, fiction, political programs, and news items. The linguistic features typical of each genre are defined through computational methods in relation to other genres. Comparable research is abundant – for example, in English – but there is a lack of comparative quantitative research on the standard language genres in Finnish. The research data stems from four different corpora, comprising research articles, fictional texts, political speeches, and news texts. Key structure analysis was employed to identify linguistically significant features within the material, features typical to these texts. These features were then grouped into sets according to their patterns of co-occurrence within the data, using multi-dimensional analysis. The results indicate that there is considerable variation in standard Finnish, and each studied genre employs a different linguistic register. Research articles are characterised by the accumulation of modifiers at the beginning and end of sentences. Fiction is characterised by the use of pronouns and compact sentence structures with core members surrounding the sentence nucleus. Political programs are characterised by the use of noun modifiers and the abundance of both coordinating and subordinating clauses, while news texts are characterised by the extensive use of numerical modifiers and proper nouns. Based on linguistic variation, various discourse functions are identified, reflecting the communicative goals of each genre. © 2025 Kotikielen Seura. All rights reserved.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

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Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Virittaja

ISSN

0042-6806

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

129

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

FI - Finská republika

Počet stran výsledku

30

Strana od-do

214-243

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105008784769