- Paul Ariste
Paul Ariste (
February 3 1905 , Torma,Jõgevamaa –February 2 1990 ,Tartu ) was anEstonia n linguist renowned for his studies of theFinno-Ugric languages (especially Estonian and Votic),Yiddish [Verschik, Anna (1999). The Yiddish language in Estonia: Past and present. "Journal of Baltic Studies " 30.2, 117-128.] andBaltic Romani language . He was born as Paul Berg, but in 1927 Estonized his name to Ariste. He graduated from theUniversity of Tartu and subsequently worked with it. Ariste wrote his M.A. thesis ("Eesti-rootsi laensõnad eesti keeles") on Swedish – viz. Estonian Swedish dialect –loanword s in Estonian, his doctoral thesis ("Hiiu murrete häälikud") treated the Hiiumaa dialect of Estonian language. From 1945 to 1946, Ariste was imprisoned by the Soviet authorities (for having been member of "Veljesto", a student association in independent Estonia) [Lukas, Jaan (2005). [http://www.torma.ee/files/menu/Torma_Teataja/2005020409192222lk_2.pdf?PHPSESSID=65157bf86ca583 Paul Ariste — Torma vallast võrsunud legendaarne keelemees] . "Vooremaa : Torma Valla Teataja" #1(29),January 25 2005 .]He was the head of the Finno-Ugrian Department at the University of Tartu and one of the two most instrumental personalities in reviving Soviet Finno-Ugrian studies. [Domokos, Péter (1978). Uralic Studies and the Research of Literatures in Uralic Languages. "Neohelicon" 6.1, 9-60. P. 24] [
Taagepera, Rein (2001). Eastern Finno-Ugrian Cooperation and Foreign Relations. "Nationalities Papers " 29.1, 181-199.] Ariste founded the journal "Sovetskoye finnougrovedeniye" (Советское финноугроведение; Soviet Finno-Ugric Studies, later renamedLinguistica Uralica ).He was also a notable
Esperantist , and a member of theAcademy of Esperanto between 1963-67. [ [http://www.akademio-de-esperanto.org/aktoj/aktoj1/akademio.html "Actoj de la Akademio"] (Acts of the Academy) 1963-67.] He was also listed in a year 2000 issue of the Esperanto magazine "La Ondo" among the 100 most eminent Esperantists. [ [http://www.esperanto.org/Ondo/H-100.htm "100 eminentaj esperantistoj"] list from "La Ondo (2000: 3)". ]Notes
Further reading
* Ariste, Paul (1939). A quantitative language. "Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress of Phonetic Sciences". Ghent. P. 276-280.
* Ariste, Paul (1953). "Eesti keele foneetika" [Phonetics of Estonian] . Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus.
* Ariste, Paul (1960). "Vadjalaste laule". Tallinn.
* Ariste, Paul (1968). "A Grammar of the Votic Language". Bloomington: Indiana University. ISBN 9780877500247
* Ariste, Paul (1981). "Keelekontaktid: Eesti keele kontakte teiste keeltega" [Language contacts: Contacts of Estonian with other languages] . Tallinn: Valgus.
* Viitso, Tiit-Rein (2005). Paul Ariste 100. "Linguistica Uralica" No 1/2005, 1-3.
* Viitso, Tiit-Rein (2005). Some Comments about Paul Ariste's Doctoral Dissertation on Phonetics of Hiiumaa Estonian Dialects. "Linguistica Uralica" No 1/2005, 4-19.External links
* [http://www.ceeol.com/aspx/publicationdetails.aspx?publicationid=c4ee35a7-3331-11d9-a4c1-0040056dff65 Linguistica Uralica]
* [http://www.ut.ee/Ural/ariste/indexen.html Paul Ariste Centre for Indigenous Finno-Ugric Peoples]
* [http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol29/veps.pdf Paul Ariste and the Veps Folkore by Kristi Salve]
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