Hiltunen is a corpus linguist specialising in the analysis of academic English, past and present. He is also involved in compilation of linguistic corpora.
PhD, Researcher
Room C624, Unioninkatu 40
PL 24, 00014 Helsingin yliopisto, Finland
Phone: +358 (0)50-3185024, 23519
E-mail: turo.hiltunen(at)helsinki.fi
My main research interest is variation in Present day academic English. My PhD thesis (2010) analysed grammatical variation in research writing, focusing on three core constructions in texts representing different areas of enquiry. I have also done work on related genres, such as student writing and, more recently, Wikipedia articles. I have also contributed to the compilation and annotation of linguistic corpora, such as Early Modern English Medical Texts, Late Modern English Medical Texts, and Hanken Corpus of Academic Writing. As a member of the Scientific Thought-styles project, I have also published papers on different aspects of early medical writing.