Auli Hakulinen
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Finland
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researcher and professor emerita
Emeritus
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. She worked as professor of Finnish at the University of Helsinki
University of Helsinki
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from 1991 to 2006. From 2001 to 2004, she was an Academy Professor.
Hakulinen was the head editor of Iso suomen kielioppi
Iso suomen kielioppi
Iso suomen kielioppi is a reference book of Finnish grammar. It was published in 2004 by the Finnish Literature Society and to this date is the most extensive of its kind...
. The main extent of her research has been in syntax
Syntax
In linguistics, syntax is the study of the principles and rules for constructing phrases and sentences in natural languages....
and text linguistics
Text linguistics
Text linguistics is a branch of linguistics that deals with texts as communication systems. Its original aims lay in uncovering and describing text grammars. The application of text linguistics has, however, evolved from this approach to a point in which text is viewed in much broader terms that go...
. She had also introduced conversation analysis
Conversation analysis
Conversation analysis is the study of talk in interaction . CA generally attempts to describe the orderliness, structure and sequential patterns of interaction, whether institutional or in casual conversation.Inspired by ethnomethodology Conversation analysis (commonly abbreviated as CA) is the...
to Finland and has also had an interest in women's studies
Women's studies
Women's studies, also known as feminist studies, is an interdisciplinary academic field which explores politics, society and history from an intersectional, multicultural women's perspective...
. As an organiser in linguistics and manager of various confidential posts, Hakulinen has been a notable contribution to the development of Finnish linguistics.
Auli Hakulinen's father was Lauri Hakulinen
Lauri Hakulinen
Lauri Pekka Hakulinen was a professor of Finnish at the University of Helsinki and the director of the Finnish Dictionary Fund .- Works :* "Ei suul vallan syärä, sil puhutaan kans"...
, a highty notable researcher of Finnish.