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Liisa Tiittula

Liisa Maria Tiittula
Born October 28, 1950, Tampere

PhD 1990 (Linguistics) Academy of Sciences, Berlin
Master of Arts 1984, Licentiate 1985 (General Linguistics), University of Helsinki
Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration) 1975, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration

Professor of German Language 2010–, University of Helsinki
Professor of German Language (teaching area: the theory and practice of translation) 1995–2010, University of Tampere
German language assistant, lecturer and acting associate professor; assistant professor in Applied Linguistics and business communications, 1975–95, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration
Research fellow 1990–91, senior research fellow 1998–99 and 2005–06, Academy of Finland
Research fellow 2003–04, University of Tampere Centre for Advanced Studies
Visiting professor (Translation Studies) 2011–12, Karl Franzens University, Graz

Docent in Applied Linguistics 1992–, Helsinki School of Economics
Docent in German language and culture (area of expertise: intercultural communication) 1994–, University of Tampere

Research themes:
Literary translation, speech-to-text interpreting, subtitling for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, institutional interaction, multimodality, Finnish-German business communication

Publications, research projects and other academic activity

Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters 2009–

Photo: Mika Federley
Written by Liisa Tiittula
Translated by Matthew Billington

Publications by Liisa Tiittula

Monographs

  • Nuolijärvi, Pirkko & Tiittula, Liisa 2013. Puheen illuusio suomenkielisessä kaunokirjallisuudessa. (‘The illusion of speech in Finnish fiction’) Helsinki: SKS. 637 pages.
  • Schwitalla, Johannes & Tiittula, Liisa 2009. Mündlichkeit in literarischen Erzählungen. Sprach- und Dialoggestaltung in modernen deutschen und finnischen Romanen und deren Übersetzungen. Tübingen: Stauffenburg. 266 pages.
  • Nuolijärvi, Pirkko & Tiittula, Liisa 2000. Televisiokeskustelun näyttämöllä. Televisio­institutio­naa­lisuus suomalaisessa ja saksalaisessa keskustelukulttuurissa. (‘Television discussion on stage. The institution of television in Finnish and German discursive culture’). Helsinki: SKS. 383 pages.
  • Tiittula, Liisa 1993. Metadiskurs. Explizite Strukturierungsmittel im mündlichen Diskurs. Hamburg: Buske. 301 pages.
  • Tiittula, Liisa 1993. Kulttuurit kohtaavat. Suomalais-saksalaiset kulttuurierot talous­elämän näkö­kulmasta. (‘Cross-cultural differences in Finnish-German business communication’). Publications of the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration D-190. 160 pages.
  • Tiittula, Liisa 1992. Puhuva kieli. Suullisen viestinnän erityispiirteitä. (‘Spoken language. Characteristics of oral communication’). Helsinki: Finn Lectura. 156 pages.
  • Tiittula, Liisa 1987. Wie kommt man zu Wort? Zum Sprecherwechsel im Finnischen unter fremd­sprachen­didaktischer Fragestellung. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. 202 pages.
  • Tiittula, Liisa 1985. Vuoron vaihtuminen keskustelussa. (‘Turn-taking in Finnish conversations’). Publications of the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration B-79. 283 pages.

Works Edited by Tiittula

  • Kolehmainen, Leena & Lenk, Hartmut E.H. & Tiittula, Liisa (Hg.) 2014. Kommunikative Routinen. Formen, Formeln, Forschungsbereiche. Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr. Irma Hyvärinen. Lang: Frankfurt. 308 pages.
  • Tiittula, Liisa & Piitulainen, Marja-Leena & Reuter, Ewald (Hg.) 2007. Die gemeinsame Konstitution professioneller Interaktion. Forum für Fachsprachenforschung 77. Tübingen: Narr. 285 pages.
  • Ruusuvuori, Johanna & Tiittula, Liisa (edited by) 2005 (Second edition in 2009). Haastattelu: tutkimus, tilanteet ja vuorovaikutus. (‘Interview: research, contexts and interaction’). Tampere: Vastapaino. 310 pages.
  • Mauranen, Anna & Tiittula, Liisa (edited by) 2003. Kieli yhteiskunnassa – yhteiskunta kielessä. (‘Language in society – society in language’). AFinLAn vuosikirja 2002, no 60. Jyväskylä. 320 pages.
  • Moilanen, Markku & Tiittula, Liisa (Hg.) 1994. Überredung in der Presse. Texte, Strategien, Analysen. Sprache, Politik, Öffentlichkeit Bd. 3. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter. 249 pages.
  • Nuolijärvi, Pirkko & Tiittula, Liisa (edited by) 1992. Talous ja kieli 1. (‘Business and Language I’). Publications of the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration D-169. 259 pages.

Dictionaries

  • Steuer, Outi & Tiittula, Liisa 2013. MOT Talouskielen sanakirja 2.0 suomi–saksa–suomi. (‘MOT Finnish-German-Finnish Business Dictionary’). Helsinki: Kielikone.
  • Steuer, Outi & Tiittula, Liisa 1983. Liikekielen sanakirja, suomi-saksa. (‘Business Dictionary, Finnish-German’). Porvoo: WSOY.

More Publications

In the Database of the University of Tampere, 2000–2010
In the Tuhat Database of the University of Helsinki from 2010 onwards

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Liisa Tiittula

Liisa Maria Tiittula
Born October 28, 1950, Tampere

PhD 1990 (Linguistics) Academy of Sciences, Berlin
Master of Arts 1984, Licentiate 1985 (General Linguistics), University of Helsinki
Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration) 1975, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration

Professor of German Language 2010–, University of Helsinki
Professor of German Language (teaching area: the theory and practice of translation) 1995–2010, University of Tampere
German language assistant, lecturer and acting associate professor; assistant professor in Applied Linguistics and business communications, 1975–95, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration
Research fellow 1990–91, senior research fellow 1998–99 and 2005–06, Academy of Finland
Research fellow 2003–04, University of Tampere Centre for Advanced Studies
Visiting professor (Translation Studies) 2011–12, Karl Franzens University, Graz

Docent in Applied Linguistics 1992–, Helsinki School of Economics
Docent in German language and culture (area of expertise: intercultural communication) 1994–, University of Tampere

Research themes:
Literary translation, speech-to-text interpreting, subtitling for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, institutional interaction, multimodality, Finnish-German business communication

Publications, research projects and other academic activity

Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters 2009–

Photo: Mika Federley
Written by Liisa Tiittula
Translated by Matthew Billington

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