A resource base of publications using the Natural Semantic Metalanguage approach. 1,100+ detailed notices, and counting!
Vanhatalo, Ulla (2017). 65:lla alkusanalla kohti ymmärtämistä. In Sirpa Tarvainen, Soile Loukusa, Terhi Hautala, & Satu Saalasti (Eds.), Yhteinen ymmärrys – havainnoinnista tulkintaan: puheen ja kielen tutkimuksen päivät Helsingissä 30.-31.3.2017 (pp. …-…). Helsinki: Puheen ja kielen tutkimuksen yhdistys [Association of Speech and Language Research).
Written in Finnish.
Research carried out in consultation with or under the supervision of one or more experienced NSM practitioners
Vanhatalo, Ulla, & Torkki, Juhana (2018). Introducing the concept of the ‘65 words’ to the public in Finland. In Cliff Goddard (Ed.), Minimal English for a global world: Improved communication using fewer words (pp. 225-258). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-62512-6_10
The authors report and reflect on their experiences of popularizing the ‘65 words’ method in various domains of public life in Finland. The ‘65 words’ method is a simplified version of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage, modified and adapted to the Finnish language. Case studies are presented from media, business, politics, the church, and education.
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Vanhatalo, Ulla & Lindholm, Camilla. (2020). Prevalence of NSM primes in easy-to-read and standard Finnish: Findings from newspaper text corpora. In Lauren Sadow, Bert Peeters, & Kerry Mullan (Eds.), Studies in ethnopragmatics, cultural semantics, and intercultural communication: Vol. 3. Minimal English (and beyond) (pp. 191-212). Singapore: Springer.
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Leskelä, Leealaura, & Vanhatalo, Ulla (2021). The Hunt for the Simplest Possible Vocabulary: Minimal Finnish Meets Easy Finnish. In Goddard, Cliff (ed.). Minimal Languages in Action. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan pp 53-82
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-64077-4_3
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