

Arja Nurmi
Main positions of trust
Title of docent, University of Jyväskylä (English linguistics, particularly corpus linguistics)
Expert member of the Finnish Matriculation Examination Board, vice-chair of the English committee
Research topics
Multilingualism, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, linguistic variation and change, historical linguistics, translating legal and administrative texts
Research unit
Selected publications
See the research portal https://researchportal.tuni.fi/en/persons/arja-nurmi
Latest publications
Inspired by Kaisa Koskinen
Kastepohja, L., Nurmi, A., Nurminen, M. & Piekkari, R., 2026, Monikielistä viestintää Pyynikiltä Pinniin: 60 vuotta kääntämisen ja tulkkauksen koulutusta Tampereella. Kivilehto, M. & Viljanmaa, A. (eds.). Tampereen yliopisto, p. 51-59 (Tampere Studies in Language, Translation and Literature, B; vol. 11).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Professional
Laura Ekberg, Retelling the Caribbean: Heterolingualism and Cultural Representation in Finnish Translations of Anglophone Caribbean Novels. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2025. Pp x + 248pp. 9781836245391, £96 (hardcover); 9781836249290, £96 (ebook)
Nurmi, A., 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Literary Multilingualism. p. 1-5Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Scientific
Modern English
Nurmi, A., 2025, The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of World Englishes. Bolton, K. (ed.). John Wiley & Sons, p. 1-11 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Introduction
Nurmi, A., Nevala, M., Hiltunen, T., Suhr, C., Räikkönen, J. & Palander-Collin, M., 21 Oct 2024, Multilingualism and Language Variation in English across Genres and Registers: A Festschrift in Honour of Päivi Pahta. Räikkönen, J., Suhr, C., Palander-Collin, M., Nurmi, A., Nevala, M. & Hiltunen, T. (eds.). Société Néophilologique, p. 13-21 9 p. (Mémoires de la Société Néophilologique; vol. CXII).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
Kandi ja gradu: olemus, rakenne ja työn kulku
Nurmi, A., 2024, Tutkimusopas: käännöstiedettä opinnäytteisiin. Korhonen, A., Pitkäsalo, E. & Hokkanen, S. (eds.). Tampereen yliopisto, p. 17-26 (Tampere Studies in Language, Translation and Literature; no. B9).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Professional
Multilingualism and Language Variation in English across Genres and Registers: A Festschrift in Honour of Päivi Pahta
Räikkönen, J. (Editor), Suhr, C. (Editor), Palander-Collin, M. (Editor), Nurmi, A. (Editor), Nevala, M. (Editor) & Hiltunen, T. (Editor), 21 Oct 2024, Société Néophilologique. 277 p. (Mémoires de la Société Néophilologique; vol. CXII)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Scientific › peer-review
Sprache der Gegenwart – Sprache für die Zukunft: Akten des 57. Linguistischen Kolloquiums
Nurmi, A. (Editor), Hirvonen, M. (Editor), Kivilehto, M. (Editor), Krenzler-Behm, D. (Editor), Oksanen, H. (Editor), Schmitz, D. H. (Editor) & Viljanmaa, A. (Editor), 15 Oct 2024, Helsinki: Société Néophilologique. 257 p. (Mémoires de la société Néophiloligique; vol. CXI)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Scientific › peer-review
De gustibus non est disputandum: Translating a multilingual novel
Nurmi, A., 2023, In: Methis. 25, 31-32, p. 108-129Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Review of Gandón-Chapela, Evelyn. 2020. On Invisible Language in Modern English: A Corpus-based Approach to Ellipsis. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
Nurmi, A., 2023, In: Research in Corpus Linguistics. 11, 1, p. 156-160Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Scientific
English around the globe: Local and global perspectives on social and regional variation
Rautionaho, P., Parviainen, H., Kaunisto, M. & Nurmi, A., 2022, Social and Regional Variation in World Englishes: Local and Global Perspectives. Rautionaho, P., Parviainen, H., Kaunisto, M. & Nurmi, A. (eds.). Routledge, p. 1-7 (Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review