Jaana
Vaahtera
University Lecturer, English, Classics and Multilingual Translation Studies
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Areas of expertise
classical philology
history of ancient linguistics
ancient rhetoric
Dante Alighieri
De vulgari eloquentia
grammatical gender in ancient linguistics
word-formation in ancient linguistics
Biography
I studied Classics at the University of Turku and I am currently a university lecturer of classical languages.
Teaching
I have taught Classics for over 20 years and, from the very beginning, considered the ancient texts, from Homer to Church Fathers, to be the core of the teaching.
Research
My research concentrates on how people in antiquity thought about language and its use, and how they formulated their thoughts. I have studied, for instance, the concept of grammatical gender in ancient linguistics. Recently, I have also studied the De vulgari eloquentia written by Dante Alighieri.
Publications
Grammatical gender in ancient linguistics: issues involving gender agreement (2014)
International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Word Formation (‘paragōgḗ/súnthesis’), Ancient Theories of (2013)
Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics. Online
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))