Mari Pakkala-Weckström
List of John Benjamins publications for which Mari Pakkala-Weckström plays a role.
2023 When your neighbor becomes a threat: How COVID-19 divided a community in online discussions Hate Speech in Online Media, Granvik, Anton, Mélanie Buchart and Hartmut Lenk (eds.), pp. 219–238 | Article
This paper analyzes how a series of online COVID-19-related discussions in a public social media group divided a community consisting of part-time and permanent residents. The group is a general discussion forum aimed at the inhabitants of a relatively small Finnish municipality. The discussions… read more
2016 Assessing translation students’ acquisition of professional competences Culture and Society, pp. 314–331 | Article
This article describes assessment methods in undergraduate translation courses from English into the students’ native language at the University of Helsinki, Finland. We consider and attempt to develop assessment according to the principle of constructive alignment in the process of both teaching… read more
2008 "No botmeles bihestes": Various ways of making binding promises in Middle English Speech Acts in the History of English, Jucker, Andreas H. and Irma Taavitsainen (eds.), pp. 133–162 | Article
2003 Review of Martino & Lima (2000): English Diachronic Pragmatics Ritual Language Behaviour, Bax, Marcel (ed.), pp. 336–339 | Review
2002 The discourse of seduction and intrigue: Linguistic strategies in three fabliaux in the Canterbury Tales Journal of Historical Pragmatics 3:1, pp. 151–173 | Article
This paper focuses on the interaction between the characters in three of Chaucer’s fabliaux — the Miller’s Tale, the Merchant’s Tale and the Shipman’s Tale — from the perspective of historical dialogue analysis. All tales tell a different version of seduction, intrigue and adultery. The plot… read more