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
- 6122 Literature studies
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications
Nominal tone contrasts
Aunio, L., 2020, (Accepted/In press) Oxford Guide to the Bantu Languages. Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
The numeral system(s) in Western Serengeti: Formal, functional and historical inferences
Bernander, R., Laine, A. & Aunio, L., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Studies in African Languages and Cultures.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Click variation and reacquisition in two South African Ndebele varieties
Schulz, S. W., Laine, A. O., Aunio, L. & Philippova, N., 2019, Linguistic Diversity Research among Speakers of isiNdebele and Sindebele in South Africa. Aunio, L. & Fleisch, A. (eds.). Helsinki: Finnish Oriental Society, p. 213-282 70 p. (Studia Orientalia; no. 120).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Introduction: Venturing into Ndebele Language Research
Fleisch, A. & Aunio, L., 2019, Linguistic Diversity Research among Speakers of isiNdebele and Sindebele in South Africa. Aunio, L. & Fleisch, A. (eds.). Helsinki: Finnish Oriental Society, p. 1-16 16 p. (Studia Orientalia; vol. 120).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
Kami 36
Petzell, M. & Aunio, L., 2019, The Bantu Languages: Second edition. Van de Velde, M., Bostoen, K., Nurse, D. & Philippson, G. (eds.). 2 ed. London–New York: Routledge, p. 563-590 28 p. (Language Families).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Projects
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
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
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., Viitamäki, M. & Lindstedt, J.
01/05/2017 → 31/12/2018
Project: Other project
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
Member of the Teachers' Academy, University of Helsinki
Lotta Aunio (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
The 6th International Conference of Bantu Languages (Bantu6)
Lotta Aunio (Chair of organizing committee)20 Jun 2016 → 23 Jun 2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Penultimate lengthening in isiNdebele (South Africa)
Lotta Aunio (Speaker), Thera Marie Crane (Speaker), Rudolph Henric Richard Kerbs (Speaker)21 Feb 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Aspectual Classes of Verbs in Nyamwezi
Lotta Aunio (Member of thesis committee / follow-up group)25 Oct 2019
Activity: Examination types › Member of doctoral thesis committee / follow-up group
Challenges constructing a multilectal grammar – the case of the Western Serengeti languages
Lotta Aunio (Speaker), Antti Laine (Speaker), Rasmus Bernander (Speaker), Timothy Roth (Speaker)Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Variation and change in locational and existential constructions in Western Serengeti
Rasmus Bernander (Speaker), Antti Laine (Speaker), Lotta Aunio (Speaker), Timothy M Roth (Speaker)2019 → …
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation