Valijärvi, R; (2016) Ruotsinsuomalaisten opiskelijoiden kirjallisen tuotoksen morfosyntaksin ja sanaston virheanalyysia [Error analysis of the morphosyntax and vocabulary in Sweden Finnish students' written assignments]. Fenno-Ugrica Suecana - Nova Series , 15 pp. 175-200.

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Abstract

This study focuses on morphosyntax and vocabulary in the written production of heritage Finns living in Sweden after one term of Finnish language studies at university level. The data was collected between 2011 and 2014 on a course at Uppsala University aimed at improving language proficiency through reading and writing. The approach in the study is qualitative, and the method is error analysis. Texts from average heritage speakers of Finnish were chosen as the corpus, in which errors were identified and grouped. The errors can be explained with 1) influence from colloquial language, the main source of input for heritage speakers, 2) negative transfer from Swedish, 3) falling back on the use of a default form, and 4) analogical levelling. The results correlate with previous studies on heritage Finnish spoken in Sweden, although the effect of grammar revision and reading may be evident in the relatively low number of errors in main clause constituents and vocabulary. The results can be used to design specific exercises for the target group and improve L2 teaching of Finnish at university level.

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