Rudolf Karelson (6 August 1929 Uulu Parish – 25 September 2006) was an
Estonian linguist.
In 1954 he graduated from
Tartu University in Estonian philology. Since 1961 he worked at
Estonian Language Institute.
His main fields of research were vocabulary of Estonian
literary language, grammar of
Finnic languages. He was an editor of "Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat" ('Explanatory dictionary of Estonian language'; (
:et)).
Awards:
* 1993:
Wiedemann Language Award
Works
References
1929 births
2006 deaths
Linguists from Estonia
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