A new approach to research ethics : Using guided dialogue to strengthen research communities

A New Approach to Research Ethics is a clear, practical and useful guide to the ethical issues faced by researchers today. Examining the theories of ethical decision-making and applying these theories to a range of situations within a research career and process, this text offers a broader perspective on how ethics can be a positive force in strengthening the research community.Peer reviewe

The issue of Theorizing : Object-of-Study and Methodology

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The Finnish-Russian relationships: The interplay of economics, history, psychology and language

SPECIAL ISSUE: Intercultural Communication: Theory and PracticePeer reviewe

Коммуникативные неудачи сквозь призму потребностей говорящего

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Kustannustoimittajia

Aikoinaan syntyi suuri kohu, kun paljastui, että Väinö Linnan Tuntematon sotilaan melkein pyhäksi koettu teksti ei ollutkaan tullut suoraan kirjailijan kynästä vaan sitä olivat vahvasti peukaloineet kustannustoimittajat. Vertailemalla kaikkien tuntemaa Tuntematonta sotilasta Linnan alkuperäiseen tekstiin, joka julkaistiin vuonna 2000 nimellä Sotaromaani, huomaa, kuinka valtava merkitys kustannustoimittajien ja muiden asiantuntijoiden työllä oli ollut. Kyse ei ole vain ronskista lyhentämisestä, vaan tekstistä poistettiin alatyylisiä vitsejä sekä uskonnollisesti ja poliittisesti provokatiivisia kohtia, lisäksi murrepiirteitä korjattiin vastaamaan perinteistä näkemystä niistä. Aiheellisesti kysyttiin, saako ja pitääkö näin tehdä.Non peer reviewe

Оценка эффективности коммуникации с помощью методики ретроспективного комментирования звукозаписи непостредственными участниками диалога

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Actual words of the year 2015

The article analyses the Russian project “Word of the Year 2015” as compared to similar Finnish and German projects. The main parameters of the most important words in literature are compared with the characteristics of the words included in the rating list of the year. The authors demonstrate that words of the year correlate with the parameters of the most popular words, but are not identical. The research defines the principles behind the formation of the Russian word list. The selection is based on expert evaluation of the frequent units of this year: this makes the resulting word list a diverse phenomenon. First, a number of lexical units of the year are united in open thematic groups which reflect those that were semantically dominant in the course of the year. Units naming the most significant events of the year also enter the list. Words of the year are a kind of trademark identity for the year, systematically reflected in vivid and recognizable units of nomination. Such markers are mainly neologisms and set expressions that have appeared as part of real situations. A special group is made up of common lexical units which get foregrounded and as a result acquire semantic increments owing to the frequency of their use and expansion of their lexical compatibility. There are two thematic groups on the 2015 list that describe the semantic dominants of the year: 1) “the foreboding of war” and 2) “the limits of the acceptable and the unacceptable”.Peer reviewe

On ethical questions in societal impact of research

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