Terhi Ainiala

List of John Benjamins publications for which Terhi Ainiala plays a role.

Title

Socio-onomastics: The pragmatics of names

Edited by Terhi Ainiala and Jan-Ola Östman

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 275] 2017. vi, 231 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

Articles

Ainiala, Terhi 2022 Socio-onomasticsHandbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1264–1276 | Chapter
Ainiala, Terhi and Hanna Lappalainen 2017 Chapter 6. Orienting to norms: Variability in the use of names for HelsinkiSocio-onomastics: The pragmatics of names, Ainiala, Terhi and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 129–153 | Chapter
The study focuses on the uses of three names for the capital of Finland:Helsinki(the official and standard variant),HesaandStadi(two unofficial, non-standard variants). Primarily, the article discusses which name variants Helsinkians report that they use to refer to their home city and how they… read more
Ainiala, Terhi and Jan-Ola Östman 2017 Chapter 1. Introduction: Socio-onomastics and pragmaticsSocio-onomastics: The pragmatics of names, Ainiala, Terhi and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Chapter
Ainiala, Terhi and Mia Halonen 2017 Chapter 10. The perception of Somali place names among immigrant Somali youth in HelsinkiSocio-onomastics: The pragmatics of names, Ainiala, Terhi and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 203–226 | Chapter
Immigrant Somali youth living in Helsinki are the focus of this article. The study investigates what kind of Somali place names Somali teenagers use in their home surroundings and what kind of perceptions and beliefs they have about these names and their use. The study also discusses Finnish… read more
Ainiala, Terhi 2008 Socio-onomasticsHandbook of Pragmatics: 2008 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Article