Urmas Sutrop (born 7 June 1956) is an

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, a ...

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. He graduated from high school in 1974 and in 1984 from

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

with a

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degree. The topic of his thesis was "Ardisia crispa A. DC. lehe baktersõlme siseste taimerakkude peenehitus." Near fifteen years after his first dissertation, he was awarded by

University of Konstanz The University of Konstanz (german: Universität Konstanz) is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its main campus was opened on the Gießberg in 1972 after being founded in 1966. The university is Germany's ...

with a

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."Eesti Teadusinfosüsteem"
''Urmas Sutrop'', Retrieved 24 October 2013 His name is probably best known for being the director of

Institute of the Estonian Language Institute of the Estonian Language ( et, Eesti Keele Instituut) is the language regulator of the Estonian language. It is located in Tallinn. Its current director is Arvi Tavast. It was founded in 1993 as the Institute of Language and Literature ...

, a position he held from 2000 until 2015. He is president of the

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and

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departments, and he is besides professor at

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department. Since 2006 he has been also professor at University of Tartu.

Bibliography

This is a partial list. Most of the texts appointed by this enumeration were written in Estonian, excepting those that are properly indicated: *"La langue estonienne", Eesti Instituut, 2002 *"Eesti viipekeel", Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2003 (co-author) *"Estonian language", Eesti Instituut, 2004 (

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) *"Die Estnische Sprache", Eesti Instituut, 2005 (

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) *"Estniska", Eesti Instituut, 2007 *"Viron kieli", Eesti Instituut, 2010 *"Värvinimede raamat" Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2011 (co-author)

Articles

"Bertrand Russell in Estonia"
(English)
"Uuenev keel"

"Trahvidega keelt paremaks ei muuda"

"Eesti keel pole kunagi oma ajaloos olnud nii tugev kui praegu"

"Erakorralistest valimistest"

"Holokaust, kurjus ja meie"

"Wittgenstein's ''Tractatus'' 3.333 and Russell's paradox"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sutrop, Urmas 1956 births Living people University of Tartu faculty 20th-century linguists Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class