Hilla Halla-aho

PhD, Latin language
(University of Helsinki, March 2008)

hilla.halla-aho at helsinki.fi

Institution:
Department of Classical Philology, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Current position:
Researcher in the project Ancient Greek Written Sources, funded by the Academy of Finland.

Research interests:
* the Latin language, esp. syntax and pragmatics
* variation and change in Latin
* non-literary sources (papyri, writing tablets, inscriptions)

Publications:

Leiwo, Martti / Halla-aho, Hilla (2002): "A marriage contract. Aspects of Latin-Greek language contact", Mnemosyne 55, 560-580.

Halla-aho, Hilla (2003): "Scribes and the letters of Claudius Terentianus", in H. Solin / M. Leiwo / H. Halla-aho (eds.) (2003) Latin vulgaire - latin tardif VI, 245-252.

Solin, Heikki / Leiwo, Martti / Halla-aho, Hilla (eds.) Latin vulgaire - latin tardif VI. Actes du VIe colloque international sur le latin vulgaire et tardif, Helsinki 29 août - 2 septembre 2000. Hildesheim 2003.

Kruschwitz, Peter / Halla-aho, Hilla (2007): "The Pompeian wall-inscriptions and the Latin language: A critical reappraisal", Arctos 41.

Halla-aho, Hilla (forthcoming): "Linguistic varieties and language level in Latin non-literary letters", in Trevor Evans / Dirk Obbink (eds.) The language of the papyri. Oxford.

Halla-aho, Hilla (forthcoming): The non-literary Latin letters. A study of their syntax and pragmatics. Helsinki. [doctoral dissertation, preliminary electronic version available here]