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Arnold Kask
Arnold Kask (10 August 1902, Pärnu – 30 July 1994, Tartu) was an Estonian linguist. In 1928 he graduated from the University of Tartu. Since 1944 he taught at the University of Tartu. In 1944 and from 1968 to 1982, he was the chairman of . Since 1961 he was a member of Estonian Academy of Sciences Founded in 1938, the Estonian Academy of Sciences ( et, Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia) is Estonia's national academy of science in Tallinn. As with other national academies, it is an independent group of well-known scientists whose stated aim is to .... His main fields of research were Estonian dialects, Estonian literary language and its history. Awards *Soviet Estonian Prize (1959) *Meritorious Scientist of the Estonian SSR (1985) *Estonian SSR State Prize (1985) Works * J. V. Veski ja eesti oskussõnastikud 3–5 (1938) * Eesti keel ja selle arenemine (1946) * Lühike ülevaade eesti keelest ja selle arenemisest (1949) * Eesti murrete kujunemisest ja rühmitusest // Eesti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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PF may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Pianoforte, full original name of the piano instrument * Project Fanboy, a comic book news website Businesses * PF Flyers, a brand of shoes * Palestinian Airlines (IATA airline designator), a defunct airline * Pell Frischmann, a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Economics and finance * Point and figure chart in the technical analysis of securities * Pfennig, a unit of currency formerly used in Germany, symbol ₰ * Provident Fund (other), name of various pension funds Language * Phonetic form, a level of syntactic representation in linguistics * Voiceless labiodental affricate (⟨p̪͡f⟩, ⟨p̪͜f⟩, or ⟨p̪f⟩), a type of consonant sound * Pf (digraph), a German digraph People * Phineas Flynn Organizations * Pheasants Forever, a non-profit habitat conservation organization * Federal Police (''Polícia Federal''), in Brazil * Patients' Front, a late 1960s to early 1970s West German pro-illness movement * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pärnu
Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Riga, which is a part of the Baltic Sea. In the city, the Pärnu River drains into the Gulf of Riga. Pärnu is a popular summer holiday resort town among Estonians with many hotels, restaurants and large beaches. The city is served by Pärnu Airport. History Perona (german: Alt-Pernau, links=no, et, Vana-Pärnu, links=no), which was founded by the bishop of Ösel–Wiek , suffered heavily under pressure of the concurrent town, and was finally destroyed . Another town, Embeke (later german: Neu-Pernau, links=no, et, Uus-Pärnu, links=no) was founded by the Livonian Order, who began building an Ordensburg nearby in 1265. The latter town, then known by the German name of , was a member of the Hanseatic League and an impor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the two largest lakes in Estonia, Lake Võrtsjärv and Lake Peipus. From the 13th century until the end of the 19th century, Tartu was known in most of the world by variants of its historical name Dorpat. Tartu, the largest urban centre of southern Estonia, is often considered the "intellectual capital city" of the country, especially as it is home to the nation's oldest and most renowned university, the University of Tartu (founded in 1632). Tartu also houses the Supreme Court of Estonia, the Ministry of Education and Research, the Estonian National Museum, and the oldest Estonian-language theatre, Vanemuine. It is also the birthplace of the Estonian Song Festivals. Tar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
