Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Education information
PhD, University of Helsinki
Curriculum vitae
Docent/Adjunct Professor Lotta Aunio in the University Lecturer of Bantu Languages at the University of Helsinki. Her PhD from 2004 is a description of the Ha language, a Bantu language from Western Tanzania. In her research, Aunio has focused on description of Bantu languages, specifically phonology and tonology. Aunio has also worked on South African languages.
At the University of Helsinki, Aunio teaches African Studies, Swahili languages and Linguistics.
Fields of Science
- 6121 Languages
- linguistics
- Bantu language
- Contact linguistics
- African Languages
- African Studies
- 6160 Other humanities
- African Studies
- African cultures
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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-maɾa in Mara: On the ongoing grammaticalization(s) of a Bantu ‘finish’ verb
Bernander, R., Laine, A., Roth, T. M. & Aunio, L., 2023, Different slants on grammaticalization. Hancil, S. & Tantucci, V. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, p. 74-102 29 p. (Studies in Language Companion Series; vol. 232).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Penultimate lengthening in isiNdebele: A system and its variations
Aunio, L., Crane, T. M. & Kerbs, R. H. R., 4 Jul 2023, In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus. 66, 50 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Relative constructions and the Bantu Relative Agreement Cycle in Western Serengeti
Bernander, R., Laine, A. & Aunio, L., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Studies in African Linguistics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Miten minusta tuli tohtori, 2. Itämaiden tutkijat kertovat
Aunio, L. (ed.) & Länsisalmi, R. (ed.), 1 Sep 2022, Helsinki: Suomen itämainen seura. 140 p. (Suomen Itämaisen Seuran suomenkielisiä julkaisuja; no. 48)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Professional
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The noncausal/causal alternation in the Western Serengeti languages
Laine, A., Bernander, R. & Aunio, L., 2022, In: Linguistique et Langues Africaines. 8, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Projects
- 4 Finished
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Linguistic Variation as an Indicator of Historical Relations and Language Contact: A Comparative grammar of four Mara Bantu languages (Tanzania)
Aunio, L., Roth, T., Laine, A., Bernander, R. & Gibson, H.
01/01/2016 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
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Development of Digital Teaching project of the BA Programme in Languages
Lennes, M., Flanagan, J., Hiltunen, T., Creutz, M., Aunio, L., Buchart, M., Gruzdeva, E., Jakubek, I., Keinänen, N., Kim, J., Kittilä, S., Kopotev, M., Kraenker, S., Länsisalmi, R., Nieuweboer, R., Peterson, E., Tiedemann, J., Tuori, R., Autere, M. J. & Lindstedt, J.
01/05/2017 → 31/12/2018
Project: Other project
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Linguistic Variation as an Indicator of Historical Relations and Language Contact: A comparative grammar of four Mara Bantu languages (Tanzania)
Aunio, L., Bernander, R., Roth, T. M. & Laine, A.
01/01/2016 → 31/01/2021
Project: Research project
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Stability and Change in Language Contact: The Case of Southern Ndebele (South Africa)
Fleisch, A., Aunio, L., Schulz, S. & Crane, T. M.
01/09/2014 → 31/03/2020
Project: Research project
Prizes
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Member of the Teachers' Academy, University of Helsinki
Aunio, Lotta (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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The 6th International Conference of Bantu Languages (Bantu6)
Lotta Aunio (Chair of organizing committee)
20 Jun 2016 → 23 Jun 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Decoloniality in teaching
Friederike Käte Evelyn Marie-Luise Lüpke (Member of organizing committee) & Lotta Aunio (Member of organizing committee)
2 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Causal-noncausal alternation in the Western Serengeti languages
Antti Laine (Speaker), Rasmus Bernander (Speaker) & Lotta Aunio (Speaker)
9 Jun 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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-mara in Mara – the (ongoing) grammaticalization of a phasal polarity marker
Rasmus Bernander (Speaker), Timothy Roth (Speaker), Antti Laine (Speaker) & Lotta Aunio (Speaker)
2 Jun 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Conference "Typology of small-scale multilingualism 2"
Friederike Käte Evelyn Marie-Luise Lüpke (Member of organizing committee), Kaius Sinnemäki (Member of organizing committee), Lotta Aunio (Member of organizing committee), Eri Kashima (Member of organizing committee), Silva Nurmio (Member of organizing committee), Satu Keinänen (Member of organizing committee), Rahel T. Dires (Member of organizing committee), Miriam Maria Weidl (Member of organizing committee), Krista Olutkangas (Member of organizing committee), Anna Puupponen (Member of organizing committee) & Dany de Weerdt (Member of organizing committee)
16 Aug 2021 → 18 Aug 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Press/Media
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Kurkistus Afrikan kieliin: Ndebelen erityispiirteenä ovat naksausäänteet
23/07/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Kurkistus Afrikan kieliiin: Swahili on suurin bantukieli
09/07/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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