There are many research projects in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Joensuu which focus on sociohistorical, cultural and linguistic contacts in the Baltic region. They can broadly be divided into two groups: those which deal with the contacts between Finland, Russia and the Baltic area, and those which deal with the linguistic situation of Karelia and Ingria. Fieldwork has been carried out over a number of years and a substantial collection of data is already available.
The study of language contacts is mainly linguistic and its interest lies in the linguistic and cultural contacts in the area, both historically and currently. The research group aims to shed light on how the proximity of the Russians to the Fenno-Baltic peoples over many centuries is reflected in the different languages of the area.
The research into the linguistic situation in the Baltic area is mainly sosiolinguistic and thus focusses on the linguistic situation of Karelia and Ingria from a social and political perspective. It also deals with the speakers' attitudes and linguistic habits.
Some of the recent publications within the project include:
Anttikoski, Esa (1995) "Uuven vuuven lahja. Karjalan kirjakieli 1937-1940." In Antti Laine (ed.) Kansallisuus ja valtio: Karjala ja Komi nuoren Neuvostoliiton tasavaltoina 1920- ja 1930 -luvuilla. University of Joensuu, Karelian Institute. Working papers 5/1995, 151-173.
Pyöli, Raija (1995) "Russko-karel'skaja mena koda: nedostatok ili resurs?" Scando-Slavica 41: 251-257.
Pyöli, Raija (1996) Venäläistyvä aunuksenkarjala. Kielenulkoiset ja -sisäiset indikaattorit kielenvaihtotilanteessa. Publications of the University of Joensuu Faculty of Humanities, Vol. 18. Joensuu, Finland: Joensuu University Press.
Pyöli, Raija (1996) "Karjalaisetko kieltä vaihtamassa?" Karjalainen 10.7.1996.
Sarhimaa, Anneli (1995) "Karjalan kansat ja kielet kontakteissa. Asutushistoriallista taustaa ja lingvistisiä seurauksia". Virittäjä 2/1995: 251-262.
Sarhimaa, Anneli (1995) "Language Planning and Sociolinguistic Trends in (Soviet)Karelia 1917-1993". In Language, Education and Society in a Changing World. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters Ltd, 171-182.
Savijärvi, Ilkka (1995) "Inkeriläisten asialla". Karjalainen 2.1.1995, 'Näkökulma yliopistolta'.
Savijärvi, Ilkka (1995) "Tendencii razvitija padeñnoj sistemy v sovremennyh ingermanlandsko-finskih dialektah Estonii i Zapadnoj Ingermanlandii". In Summaria acroasium in sectionibus et symposiis factarum. Pars II. Congressus Octavus Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum, Jyväskylä. Jyväskylä, Finland: Gummerus, 149-150.
Savijärvi, Ilkka, Muusa Savijärvi and Janne Heikkinen (1996) Vot, ihminen tahtoo kotimaalle. Länsi-Inkerin kieltä ja kohtaloita. Studia Carelica Humanistica Vol. 8. Joensuu, Finland: Joensuu University Press. (With an English summary.)
Savijärvi, Muusa (1995) "Sympaattinen rakenne itäisissä itämerensuomalaisissa kielissä". In Murteiden matkassa. Studia Carelica Humanistica Vol. 6. Joensuu, Finland: Joensuu University Press, 232-238.
Savijärvi, Muusa (1995) "Russko-finskie jazykovye kontakty". In Studia Rossica Posnaniensia. Vol. XXVI. Poznan, 127-136.
Savijärvi, Muusa (1995) "Vlijanie russkogo jazyka na sovremennyj finskij jazyk ingermanlandcev Leningradskoj oblasti". In Summaria acroasium in sectionibus et symposiis factarum. Pars II. Congressus Octavus Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum, Jyväskylä. Jyväskylä, Finland: Gummerus, 150.
Updated February 22, 1997