Kari Suomi

Kari Suomi was an Assistant Professor from 1985 to 2012 at the Department of Phonetics in the University of Oulu. He has researched English, Swedish and Finnish phonology.[1][2][3]

Kari Suomi
Nationality	Finnish
Alma mater	University of Turku
Known for	English, Swedish and Finnish phonology
Scientific career
Fields	Phonetics
Institutions	University of Oulu
Thesis	Voicing in English and Finnish Stops: A Typological Comparison with an Interlanguage Study of the Two Languages in Contact (1980)

His textbook Introduction to Speech Acoustics has been used for university teaching in Finnish phonetics, speech therapy and vocology since 1990.[4]

His other two textbooks with Toivanen and Ylitalo are Fundamentals of phonetics and Finnish sound theory, 2006 and Finnish sound structure – Phonetics, phonology, phonotactics and prosody, 2008.[5][6]

Academic theses

• Suomi, Kari (1980). Voicing in English and Finnish Stops: A Typological Comparison with an Interlanguage Study of the Two Languages in Contact. University of Turku, Finland. ISBN 951-641-798-1. (Doctoral Thesis)
• Suomi, Kari (1973). Tutkimus liittymän (Anschluss) havaitsemiseen vaikuttavista akustisista parametreistä. (A study of the acoustic parameters affecting the interface (Anschluss) detection), University of Turku, Finland. (Master's Thesis)

Textbooks

• Suomi, Kari (1988). Johdatusta fonologiaan. (Introduction to phonology), University of Oulu, Finland. ISBN 978-951-42-2557-4. OCLC 046136269.
• Suomi, Kari (1990). Johdatusta puheen akustiikkaan. (Introduction to Speech Acoustics), University of Oulu, Finland. ISBN 951-42-2922-3.
• Suomi, Kari (1996). Fonologian perusteita. (Fundamentals of phonology), University of Oulu, Finland. ISBN 978-951-42-4459-9. OCLC 236010605.
• Suomi, Kari & Toivanen, Juhani & Ylitalo, Riikka (2006). Fonetiikan ja suomen äänneopin perusteet. (Fundamentals of phonetics and Finnish sound theory), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, Finland. ISBN 978-952-49-5568-3.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Suomi, Kari & Toivanen, Juhani & Ylitalo, Riikka (2008). Finnish sound structure – Phonetics, phonology, phonotactics and prosody (PDF). Studia Humaniora Ouluensia 9. Oulu University Press, Finland. ISBN 978-951-42-8984-2.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

International Publications

• Suomi, Kari & Mcqueen, James M. & Cutler, Anne (1997). Vowel Harmony and Speech Segmentation in Finnish (PDF). Journal of Memory and Language, 1997;36:3:422–444.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Suomi, Kari & Toivanen, Juhani & Ylitalo, Riikka (2003). Durational and tonal correlates of accent in Finnish. Journal of Phonetics, 2003;31:1:113–138.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Papers from Finnish phoneticians

• Suomi, Kari (ed.) (1977). Papers from the 7th meeting of Finnish phoneticians Fonetiikan päivät. 90 pages, University of Turku, Finland. OCLC 248529475.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• Suomi, Kari (ed.) (1991). Papers from the 16th meeting of Finnish phoneticians. 187 pages, University of Oulu, Finland. ISBN 978-951-42-3138-4. OCLC 52598659.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• Seppänen, Tapio & Suomi, Kari & Toivanen, Juhani (eds.) (2004). The Phonetics Symposium 2004. 99 pages, University of Oulu, Finland. ISBN 978-951-42-7681-1. OCLC 076861730.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

References

1. "researchgate: Publications I". Retrieved August 16, 2019.
2. "skmiod: Publications II". Retrieved August 16, 2019.
3. "WorldCat: Publications III". Retrieved August 16, 2019.
4. "Introduction to Speech Acoustics". Retrieved August 16, 2019.
5. "Introduction to phonetics and Finnish sound theory". Retrieved August 16, 2019.
6. "Finnish sound structure" (PDF). Retrieved August 16, 2019.