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LSP and Multilingualism (VAKKI) held its 31th annual VAKKI Symposium in Vaasa on February 11-12, 2011. The theme of the Symposium was Language and Ethics. The invited keynote speakers were Professor J\u00f6rg R. Bergmann (Bielefeld University) and Eva Biaudet, the Finnish Ombudsman for Minorities.<\/p>\n
In his plenary speech, Bergmann discussed the position of morality and ethics in modern society. Although contemporary society is in the process of dividing into several parts (such as law, politics, medicine, and art), each of which observes its own moral values and collective beliefs, Bergmann argued that morality and ethics are not disappearing, especially as general concepts. Bergmann deliberated upon the various forms and functions of moral and moralizing communication, for example from the point of view of conversation analysis. According to him, moral communication is today characterized by indirectness and contradiction, and also involves various kinds of risks. Bergmann gave gossip, which often takes the form of shared moral disapproval, as an example of a typical type of moralization. It may be risky not only for the objects of the gossiping but also for the gossipers themselves.<\/p>\n
Biaudet drew attention to the way in which various ethnic groups are talked about in the media and in society in general. She took a critical point of view especially towards the effect of language use on attitudes: as a seminal means of social interaction, language plays a very important role in the formation and social mediation of attitudes towards immigrants, for example. Biaudet also criticized the media, its way of using language and its way of representing states of affairs through language, such as by portraying immigrants either as victims or as a threat and by using only certain kinds of metaphor.<\/p>\n
The theme of the Symposium created dynamic conditions for the meeting of researchers, teachers and other experts from various walks of language-related studies. Ethics and ethical questions form an essential part of language use and its study, no matter whether the question is an aspect of literary studies, translation studies, the study of nonfiction or LSP texts, conversation studies, or the study of multilingualism or lexicography. The papers dealing with the theme of the Symposium confirmed that language is not only used to communicate, but also to convey values and ideas; as different kinds of groups, individual communicators, cultures and eras confront each other within language, these values and ideas are called into question and subjected to negotiation. In addition to the papers discussing the theme of Language and Ethics, the section papers of the Symposium also featured\u2014in traditional VAKKI fashion\u2014other subjects of study from the fields of translation, LSP and multilingualism. This multilingual publication contains 33 articles that are based on the papers given in the Symposium. The articles have been refereed by the double blind<\/em> procedure.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication details<\/a> <\/p>\n Translator, Transtraitor, Bare Life – Conflicting Ethics in War Situations in George Packer’s\u00a0Betrayed<\/em><\/a> Begreppskarta som hj\u00e4lpmedel i bed\u00f6mningen av muntliga kunskaper i svenska<\/a> Miten erikoisalojen tekstien k\u00e4\u00e4nt\u00e4mist\u00e4 opetetaan ja toimiiko opetus?<\/a> Dynamiska tv\u00e5spr\u00e5kiga leksituationer<\/a> Von\u00a0Apotheker Prof. Dr. Martin Schulzbis\u00a0Teddy Petz<\/em>i: Personenbezeichnungen in Kundenzeitschriften der Apothekenbranche<\/a> Language and Ethics in Joseph Conrad’s Sea Prose<\/a> Discursive Repertoires Constructing a Positive Identity of the British National Front<\/a> ”This is how YLE commentates on the World Championships: The Russians were f…..g 10 times better!” – Notes on Moral Panic in Finnish Tabloids<\/a> Yhteisty\u00f6n henki ja arvot Vaasanseudun kuntaliitosdokumenteissa<\/a> Mellan standard och dialekt: utformning av ett spr\u00e5kligt begreppssystem<\/a> Der Freisch\u00fctz<\/em> als Hollywood-Spektakel – \u00dcbersetzungstheoretischer Blickwinkel auf die finnischen Neuinszenierungen in den Jahren 2006 und 2008<\/a> Oikeustulkin ty\u00f6 – yhteisty\u00f6n etiikkaa<\/a> Suomen ja ruotsin vuorottelu kaksikielisess\u00e4 kokouksessa – Kielenvalinnan n\u00e4k\u00f6kulma<\/a> Korrekturlesen – mehr als nur ein notwendiges \u00dcbel!<\/a> Domain Classification for Terminology Management: Principles of Compilation<\/a> Genre moraalisen diskurssin v\u00e4lineen\u00e4 kokousvuorovaikutuksessa<\/a> Ethical Problems Related to Language and Linguistic Practices<\/a> Eettiset kysymykset sanakirjaty\u00f6ss\u00e4<\/a> To Dress and Undress The Naked Chef – a Multimodal Translation Analysis<\/a> F\u00fcr und gegen Organspenden. Zum Gebrauch von W\u00f6rtern und Wendungen in einem ethisch heiklen Bereich<\/a> Puhetta ulkomaalaisista satakuntalaisissa pk-yrityksiss\u00e4<\/a> ”The killer’s language was the same, even if the choice of words was different.” The Language of Murdering as Gendered Expression of Social Critique in Henning Mankell’s The Fifth Woman<\/em><\/a> ”Einst\u00fcrzende Neubauten (betyder ungef\u00e4r Kollapsande nybyggen)” – om exakthet och gardering vid icke-professionell \u00f6vers\u00e4ttning av enstaka ord och uttryck<\/a> Imetyst\u00e4, rintaruokintaa vai t\u00e4ysimetyst\u00e4? K\u00e4sitteet ja termit sekaisin imetysuutisoinnissa<\/a> ”Hy\u00f6dyllist\u00e4 ajanhukkaa” Kaksikieliseen yliopisto-opiskeluun liitettyjen v\u00e4itt\u00e4mien dynamiikkaa<\/a> Punishing the Victim. A Comparative Study of the Dialectics of Guilt<\/a> Ver\u00e4nderungskommunikation in Hochschulen\u00a0<\/a>–<\/a> Die sprachliche Inszenierung universit\u00e4ren Organisationswandels<\/a> Das M\u00e4dchenbild in finnischen und deutschen Jugendzeitschriften<\/a> Lexikografische Darstellung pragmatischer Phraseologismen – eine Herausforderung<\/a> ”O madness of discourse” – Contemporary Finnish Shakespeare Translation, Translator’s Autonomy, and Ethics<\/a> Sanomalehtiotsikoiden aspektin monitulkintaisuus k\u00e4\u00e4nn\u00f6songelmana<\/a>Opening<\/h4>\n
\nEditorial board<\/a><\/p>\nSection articles<\/h4>\n
\nAaltonen, Sirkku<\/p>\n
\nAlanen, Kaisa & M\u00e4nnikk\u00f6, Tiina<\/p>\n
\nAlho, Marjut<\/p>\n
\nBergroth, Mari & Kvist, Maria<\/p>\n
\nBreckle, Margit<\/p>\n
\nDubova, Galina<\/p>\n
\nEnberg, Caroline<\/p>\n
\nHjort, Minna<\/p>\n
\nIkola-Norrbacka, Rinna, L\u00e4hdesm\u00e4ki, Kirsi, M\u00e5rd-Miettinen, Karita, M\u00e4ntym\u00e4ki, Tiina & Nissil\u00e4, Niina<\/p>\n
\nJohansson, Lars-Erik<\/p>\n
\nKervinen, Mikko<\/p>\n
\nKinnunen, Tuija & Vik-Tuovinen, Gun-Viol<\/p>\n
\nKoskela, Merja & Dahl, Emma<\/p>\n
\nKrenzler-Behm, Dinah<\/p>\n
\nKudashev, Igor<\/p>\n
\nLehtinen, Esa<\/p>\n
\nLehtonen, Tommi<\/p>\n
\nLehtosalo, Kaisa & Tyysteri, Laura<\/p>\n
\nLindqvist, Yvonne<\/p>\n
\nMalmqvist, Anita & Skog-S\u00f6dersved, Mariann<\/p>\n
\nMinkkinen, Eila<\/p>\n
\nM\u00e4ntym\u00e4ki, Tiina<\/p>\n
\nNorberg, Ulf<\/p>\n
\nPeltoniemi, P\u00e4ivi<\/p>\n
\nPilke, Nina<\/p>\n
\nPorter, Gerald<\/p>\n
\nReuter, Ewald<\/p>\n
\nRose, Silke<\/p>\n
\nRuusila, Anna<\/p>\n
\nSiponkoski, Nestori<\/p>\n
\nVahtera, Ralf<\/p>\n