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Mother Tongue Society
Mother Tongue Society ( et, Emakeele Selts) is an Estonian organization that focuses on topics related to the Estonian language. The organization was established on 23 March 1920 at Tartu University. Nowadays, the organization is located in Tallinn. The organization is an associated organization of Estonian Academy of Sciences. Publications * Akadeemilise Emakeele Seltsi aastaraamat, 1921–1926 * Eesti Keel, 1922–1940 * Emakeele Seltsi Aastaraamat, 1955– * Kodumurre, 1960–2002 * Oma Keel, 2000– Directors Directors: * Lauri Kettunen: 1920–1924 * Andrus Saareste: 1925–1933, 1935, 1936–1941 * Julius Mägiste: 1934, 1936 * Arnold Kask: 1944, 1968–1982 * Johannes Voldemar Veski: 1946–1968 * Huno Rätsep: 1982–1989 * Tiit-Rein Viitso: 1989, 1993–1997 * Eeva Ahven: 1989–1990 * Henn Saari: 1990–1992 * Jüri Viikberg: 1992–1993 * Mati Erelt: 1997–2006 * Helle Metslang: seit 2006 Further reading * Mati Erelt: Emakeele selts 80, in: Keel ja Kirjand ... [...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] |
Huno Rätsep
Huno Rätsep (born 28 December 1927 in Tartu) is an Estonian linguist. In 1951 he graduated from Tartu State University. Since 1953 he has taught at the University of Tartu, since 1977, a professor. His main fields of research have been structural linguistics and generative grammar, grammar of Estonian language. Since 1981 he is a member of Estonian Academy of Sciences. 1982-1982 he was the chairperson of Mother Tongue Society. Awards * 1998: Wiedemann Language Award * 2001: Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic ..., IV class. Works * Eesti keele ajalooline morfoloogia I (1977, 21982) * Eesti keele lihtlausete tüübid (1978) * Eesti keele ajalooline morfoloogia II (1979) * Sõnaloo raamat (2002) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ratsep, Huno Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ãœlo Tedre
Ülo Tedre (12 February 1928 Tallinn – 9 March 2015) was an Estonian folklorist. In 1951, he graduated from Tartu State University in Estonian philology a diploma thesis in folklore. After graduating he worked at Estonian SSR Academy of Sciences' Language and Literature Institute. Awards * Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic ..., III class. Works * "Eesti rahvalaulud" (1969–1972) * Estonian Customs and Traditions (27 October 1995) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tedre, Ulo 1928 births 2015 deaths Estonian scholars Estonian folklorists Estonian folk-song collectors University of Tartu alumni Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class People from Tallinn Burials at Rahumäe Cemetery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helle Metslang
Helle Metslang (born 29 July 1950 in Paide) is an Estonian linguist. Biography Metslang studied Estonian philology at the University of Tartu, graduating in 1974. She subsequently worked at the Institute of the Estonian Language in Tallinn. In 1978 she defended her candidate thesis on syntactic aspects of Estonian folk poetry. She received her doctoral degree at the University of Oulu in 1994 for a comparative study of Estonian and Finnish. In 2000, Metslang became Professor of Estonian at Tallinn University, and she held the Chair of Contemporary Estonian at the University of Tartu from 2007 until her retirement in 2020. She has also worked as visiting professors at the University of Helsinki and the University of Oulu. Since 2006, she has been the chairperson of the Mother Tongue Society (''Emakeele Selts''). Metslang has been the recipient of numerous national and international awards, including the Wiedemann Language Award (2020), an honorary doctorate from the Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mati Erelt
Mati Erelt (born 12 March 1941) is an Estonian linguist. Mati Erelt was born in Tallinn. In 1965 he graduated from the University of Tartu with a degree in Estonian language and literature. He defended his doctoral dissertation there in 1981. From 1989 until 1991 he was a professor at Tallinn Pedagogical Institute (now, Tallinn University). From 1991 to 1995 he was a visiting professor at the Chair of Finno-Ugric Languages at the University of Helsinki, and from 1995 to 2006. he was a professor at the Chair of Estonian at the University of Tartu. He is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Tartu and continues to work as a Senior Research Fellow. From 1997 until 2006 he was the chairman of Mother Tongue Society. He is married to linguist Tiiu Erelt. Awards * 2005: Order of the White Star, IV class * 2006: Medal of Estonian Academy of Sciences Founded in 1938, the Estonian Academy of Sciences ( et, Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia) is Estonia's national academy of scie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jüri Viikberg
Jüri is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Harju County, northern Estonia. It is located southeast of the capital Tallinn, by the Tallinn–Tartu road (E263), directly after the intersection with Tallinn Ring Road (nr. 11). Jüri is the administrative centre of Rae Parish. Jüri has a population of 3,426 as of 1 January 2012. In 2011, Jüri was the center of population of Estonia. Jüri has grown out of two parts: the centre of Sommerling kolkhoz (former Rosenhagen Manor) in the west and construction industry base with a residential area (former Jüri church and village) in the east. In the middle there is a protected Lehmja oak grove. In the 1630s the Rosenhagen Manor ( Lehmja since 1917) was established; nowadays the site is located in western Jüri. Today, though the wooden main building has been destroyed, several side buildings such as the workers house have remained. The earlier Jürgens (Jüri) church was probably located in Karla in 1401. The current church in Jü ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henn Saari
Henn Saari (15 February 1924 Narva – 8 September 1999 Tallinn) was an Estonian linguist. In 1963 he graduated from Tartu University in Estonian philology. 1959-1975 he worked at the journal Keel ja Kirjandus. Since 1975 he was a senior research fellow at Estonian Language Institute. His main fields of research were the theory of literary language, grammar of Estonian language, Estonian names, language management. Since 1962 he was a member of Mother Tongue Society Mother Tongue Society ( et, Emakeele Selts) is an Estonian organization that focuses on topics related to the Estonian language. The organization was established on 23 March 1920 at Tartu University. Nowadays, the organization is located in Tall ...; 1990-1992 its chairperson. Awards * 1989: Wiedemann Language Award Works * Nimekirjutusraamat: vene, ukraina, valgevene, gruusia, armeenia, aserbaidžaani, kasahhi, kirgiisi, tadžiki, turkmeeni, usbeki (1993, one of the authors) * Ein Weg zur Wortgrammatik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eeva Ahven
EEVA, ''Eesti vanema kirjanduse digitaalne tekstikogu'' (Estonian for 'Digital Text Repository for Older Estonian Literature'), is a project of the University of Tartu Library, Department of Literature and Folklore of the University of Tartu and Estonian Literary Museum The Estonian Literary Museum (ELM; et, Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum), is a national research institute of the Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Estonia. Its mission is to improve the cultural heritage of Estonia, to collect, prese ... to digitise old texts that are important to Estonian literature history, thus allowing wide readership to access them while sparing the (almost invariably rare) originals. External links * 2002 establishments in Estonia Estonian literature University of Tartu {{Library-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiit-Rein Viitso
Tiit-Rein Viitso (4 March 1938 – 2 December 2022) was an Estonian linguist. In 1962, he graduated from Tartu State University in Estonian philology. From 1965 to 1973 he worked at Tartu State University's Computational Centre (). During 1973–1993 he worked at Estonian Language Institute, and from 1986 – at Tartu State University (now, the University of Tartu). Works In 1966, he successfully defended his candidate's thesis focusing on the Onega Vepsian dialect. His dissertation, delving into the comparative phonology of Finnic languages, was penned and defended in 1983. His professional journey spanned various prestigious institutions: he served at the University of Tartu Computing Centre from 1965 to 1973, then transitioned to the Institute of Language and Literature, where he held positions as a senior researcher until 1993, eventually ascending to the role of leading researcher. Simultaneously, he contributed significantly to academia as an extraordinary professor at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Voldemar Veski
Johannes Voldemar Veski (27 June 1873 Vaidavere, Tartu County – 28 March 1968 Tartu) was an Estonian linguist. From 1896 until 1899, he studied at the University of Tartu; at the beginning he studied religion and thereafter nature sciences. From 1920 until 1938, he taught at the University of Tartu. Since 1946 he was a member of Estonian Academy of Sciences. 1946-1968 he was the chairperson of Mother Tongue Society. His activity was primarily related to the developing Estonian language terminology, and Estonian language planning. In total, he was an editor or compiler of 30 specialised dictionaries (all of them consist of about 150,000 terms). Awards * 1938: Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic ..., III class. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Language
Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia. Classification Estonian belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. The Finnic languages also include Finnish and a few minority languages spoken around the Baltic Sea and in northwestern Russia. Estonian is subclassified as a Southern Finnic language and it is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages. Alongside Finnish, Hungarian and Maltese, Estonian is one of the four official languages of the European Union that are not of an Indo-European origin. From the typological point of view, Estonian is a predominantly agglutinative language. The loss of word-final sounds is extensive, and this has made its inflectional morphology markedly more fusional, especially with respect to no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
