Heidi Niva

Dr. Heidi Niva is a Finnish linguist specializing in Construction Grammar, temporal expressions, and language change. She recently completed her doctoral thesis at the University of Helsinki, focusing on progressive structures in Finnish expressions of intention and anticipation. Currently serving as a substitute lecturer in the Department of Finnish Language and Culture, her research spans Vepsian adpositions, avertive constructions, and corpus linguistics.

• Key Research Areas: Construction Grammar, Finnish verb morphology, Vepsian language documentation, temporal semantics
• Awards: Artikkelipalkinto (2022), HYMY Prize (2019)
• Projects: VEPSÄLÄIS-FINNISH DICTIONARY, temporal motion studies (2015-2019)

Her recent publications demonstrate engagement with collostructional analysis, digital discourse studies using the Suomi24 corpus, and cross-linguistic comparisons across Uralic and Baltic languages. She actively participates in linguistic research communities including the University of Helsinki's Construction Grammar Reading Group and the LOST DOC collective.

Scientific awards include:

• Artikkelipalkinto (2022)
• HYMY Prize (2019)