Laura Kanto
Biographic Data
| ID | 4637041 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Kanto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Kanto |
| SIGNATURE | KANTO L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Jyväskylä |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5350-4577 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Language exposure and use among children acquiring Finnish Sign Language
Children acquiring sign language (SL) form a heterogeneous group in which the hearing statuses of the children, parents, and family members, as well as the children’s access to language and opportunities to use the languages acquired, vary across children. The context of language acquisition and features of the linguistic environment among these children are unique but rarely studied, especially in smaller SL communities. This research explores t…
Constructed action in the narrative tasks of children and adults using Finnish Sign Language
This article describes the use of a specific type of enactment — constructed action (CA) — by children acquiring Finnish Sign Language (FinSL) and adults who use FinSL as their first language. Constructed action was investigated from the recordings of two narrative tasks performed by the children and the adults. In the tasks, the signers were shown still-image and video materials and asked to retell the events happening in the materials. The chil…
The macrostructure of narratives produced by children acquiring Finnish Sign Language
This article investigates the narrative skills of children acquiring Finnish Sign Language (FinSL). Producing a narrative requires vocabulary, the ability to form sentences, and cognitive skills to construct actions in a logical order for the recipient to understand the story. Research has shown that narrative skills are an excellent way of observing a child’s language skills, for they reflect both grammatical language skills and the ability to u…
The use of constructed action and its relationship with age and sign language development among children acquiring Finnish Sign Language
Children’s use of constructed action (CA) has been linked to language as well as cognitive and social development, but the relationship among these aspects is not yet well understood. This research explores children’s use of CA in their produced narratives and how its use relates to children’s age and Finnish Sign Language (FinSL) skills. Twenty-one children aged 4 to 10 years who had acquired FinSL from early childhood onwards participated in th…
Use of pointing in parent-child interactions by hearing children of deaf and hearing parents: A follow-up from 1- to 3-years of age
Pointing plays a significant role in communication and language development. However, in spoken languages pointing has been viewed as a non-verbal gesture, whereas in sign languages, pointing is regarded to represent a linguistic unit of language. This study compared the use of pointing between seven bilingual hearing children of deaf parents (Kids of Deaf Adults [KODAs]) interacting with their deaf parents and five hearing children interacting w…
Sociolinguistic Studies of Finnish Sign Language
This article aims to review the sociolinguistic situation of Finnish Sign Language (FinSL) and signers in Finland in general and provide an overview of some sociolinguistic studies conducted so far on FinSL. In their daily lives, signers, both deaf and hearing, often navigate multiple discourse contexts involving diverse communication practices that are both multilingual and multimodal. Specific attention is paid in this article to the sociolingu…
Variation in the use of constructed action according to discourse type and age in Finnish Sign Language
Assessing Vocabulary in Deaf and Hearing Children using Finnish Sign Language
This study investigates children’s vocabulary knowledge in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL), specifically their understanding of different form-meaning mappings by using a multilayered assessment format originally developed for British Sign Language (BSL). The web-based BSL vocabulary test by Mann (2009) was adapted for FinSL following the steps outlined by Mann, Roy and Morgan (2016) and piloted with a small group of deaf and hearing native signers…
Relationship Between the Linguistic Environments and Early Bilingual Language Development of Hearing Children in Deaf-parented Families
We explored variation in the linguistic environments of hearing children of Deaf parents and how it was associated with their early bilingual language development. For that purpose we followed up the children's productive vocabulary (measured with the MCDI; MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory) and syntactic complexity (measured with the MLU10; mean length of the 10 longest utterances the child produced during videorecorded play sessions…
Requirements for innovation policy in emerging high-tech industries
Innovation policy can never be fully technology-neutral and policies often align to support incumbent technological regimes obstructing the development of new industries. In this paper, two fields are analyzed: the life sciences industry and the solar energy industry to evaluate the Finnish innovation policy’s capabilities to promote emerging industries. Qualitative research methods are used for this exploratory study. The data consists of 29 sem…
Variation in the use of constructed action according to discourse type and age in Finnish Sign Language
Requirements for innovation policy in emerging high-tech industries
Innovation policy can never be fully technology-neutral and policies often align to support incumbent technological regimes obstructing the development of new industries. In this paper, two fields are analyzed: the life sciences industry and the solar energy industry to evaluate the Finnish innovation policy’s capabilities to promote emerging industries. Qualitative research methods are used for this exploratory study. The data consists of 29 sem…
Relationship Between the Linguistic Environments and Early Bilingual Language Development of Hearing Children in Deaf-parented Families
We explored variation in the linguistic environments of hearing children of Deaf parents and how it was associated with their early bilingual language development. For that purpose we followed up the children's productive vocabulary (measured with the MCDI; MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory) and syntactic complexity (measured with the MLU10; mean length of the 10 longest utterances the child produced during videorecorded play sessions…
Requirements for innovation policy in emerging high-tech industries
Innovation policy can never be fully technology-neutral and policies often align to support incumbent technological regimes obstructing the development of new industries. In this paper, two fields are analyzed: the life sciences industry and the solar energy industry to evaluate the Finnish innovation policy’s capabilities to promote emerging industries. Qualitative research methods are used for this exploratory study. The data consists of 29 sem…
Assessing Vocabulary in Deaf and Hearing Children using Finnish Sign Language
This study investigates children’s vocabulary knowledge in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL), specifically their understanding of different form-meaning mappings by using a multilayered assessment format originally developed for British Sign Language (BSL). The web-based BSL vocabulary test by Mann (2009) was adapted for FinSL following the steps outlined by Mann, Roy and Morgan (2016) and piloted with a small group of deaf and hearing native signers…
Variation in the use of constructed action according to discourse type and age in Finnish Sign Language
Use of pointing in parent-child interactions by hearing children of deaf and hearing parents: A follow-up from 1- to 3-years of age
Pointing plays a significant role in communication and language development. However, in spoken languages pointing has been viewed as a non-verbal gesture, whereas in sign languages, pointing is regarded to represent a linguistic unit of language. This study compared the use of pointing between seven bilingual hearing children of deaf parents (Kids of Deaf Adults [KODAs]) interacting with their deaf parents and five hearing children interacting w…
Sociolinguistic Studies of Finnish Sign Language
This article aims to review the sociolinguistic situation of Finnish Sign Language (FinSL) and signers in Finland in general and provide an overview of some sociolinguistic studies conducted so far on FinSL. In their daily lives, signers, both deaf and hearing, often navigate multiple discourse contexts involving diverse communication practices that are both multilingual and multimodal. Specific attention is paid in this article to the sociolingu…
Constructed action in the narrative tasks of children and adults using Finnish Sign Language
This article describes the use of a specific type of enactment — constructed action (CA) — by children acquiring Finnish Sign Language (FinSL) and adults who use FinSL as their first language. Constructed action was investigated from the recordings of two narrative tasks performed by the children and the adults. In the tasks, the signers were shown still-image and video materials and asked to retell the events happening in the materials. The chil…
The macrostructure of narratives produced by children acquiring Finnish Sign Language
This article investigates the narrative skills of children acquiring Finnish Sign Language (FinSL). Producing a narrative requires vocabulary, the ability to form sentences, and cognitive skills to construct actions in a logical order for the recipient to understand the story. Research has shown that narrative skills are an excellent way of observing a child’s language skills, for they reflect both grammatical language skills and the ability to u…
The use of constructed action and its relationship with age and sign language development among children acquiring Finnish Sign Language
Children’s use of constructed action (CA) has been linked to language as well as cognitive and social development, but the relationship among these aspects is not yet well understood. This research explores children’s use of CA in their produced narratives and how its use relates to children’s age and Finnish Sign Language (FinSL) skills. Twenty-one children aged 4 to 10 years who had acquired FinSL from early childhood onwards participated in th…
Language exposure and use among children acquiring Finnish Sign Language
Children acquiring sign language (SL) form a heterogeneous group in which the hearing statuses of the children, parents, and family members, as well as the children’s access to language and opportunities to use the languages acquired, vary across children. The context of language acquisition and features of the linguistic environment among these children are unique but rarely studied, especially in smaller SL communities. This research explores t…
Hearing Impairment and Communication (9 works) · Sign language (9 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (7 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · American Sign Language (4 works) · Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (4 works) · Language development (4 works) · Narrative (4 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works)