Antti Saloranta
PhD
Department of Phonetics antti.saloranta@utu.fi Office: K101 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1302-3792 |
phonetics; second language acquisition; speech perception
I got my MA in Phonetics in 2013 at the University of Turku, and in 2014 I began working on my doctorate at the same department. My topic was the use of listen-and-repeat training in the learning of non-native phoneme contrasts, with a particular focus on segment duration. The work involved psychophysiological EEG measurements in addition to behavioral tests and acoustic analysis. I defended my PhD dissertation in November 2022.
In addition to my PhD work, I've taken part in presenting several workshops about phonetics and speech aimed at the general population, particularly children.
I am currently working as a postdoc in the "Tanssi uhanalaisten kielten ja foneettisen maailman tulkkina (T&T&F) project. The focus of the project is on collecting speech material from the various local languages spoken in Namibia and examining the phonetics of the English spoken there. The project is funded by Kone Foundation for the years 2022-2024.
Between 2014 and 2019 I've planned and taught nine different courses in Phonetics and General Linguistics at basic, intermediate and advanced levels. The courses included laboratory method workshops, basics of speech synthesis, workshops on training of second language speech acquisition and basics of experimental research, among others.
- Pääkirjoitus: Tutkimustiedon julkaiseminen suomen kielellä on tärkeää (2023)
- Puhe ja kieli
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1)) - Acquisition of non-native vowel duration contrasts through classroom education: Perception and production affected differently (2022)
- Journal of Second Language Pronunciation
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Fonetiikan tutkijat etsivät keinoja englannin ääntämisen tukemiseen ja kieliperinnön säilyttämiseen Namibiassa (2022)
- Kieli, Koulutus Ja Yhteiskunta
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Learning of second language sound contrasts: Effects of training on the perception and production of second language vowel and consonant duration (2022) Saloranta Antti
(Doctoral dissertation (article) (G5)) - Listen-and-repeat training in the learning of non-native consonant duration contrasts: influence of consonant type as reflected by MMN and behavioral methods (2022)
- Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Saisinko puhua suomea? (2022)
- Kielikello
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Listen-and-repeat training improves perception of second language vowel duration: Evidence from mismatch negativity (MMN) and N1 responses and behavioral discrimination (2020)
- International Journal of Psychophysiology
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Learning and generalization of vowel duration with production training: behavioral results (2017)
- Linguistica Lettica
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - The Articulatory description of Finnish vowels using ultrasound (2017)
- Linguistica Lettica
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Learning of a non-native vowel through instructed production training (2015) 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences Antti Saloranta, Henna Tamminen, Paavo Alku, Maija S. Peltola
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - Foneettiset ääntämisohjeet osana kuuntele ja toista –harjoitusta. (2014) XXVII Fonetiikan päivät, 25.-26. lokakuuta 2013, konferenssijulkaisu Antti Saloranta, Henna Tamminen, Paavo Alku, Maija S. Peltola
(Unrefereed conference proceedings (B3))