Andrus Saareste
Andrus Saareste | |
|---|---|
 Andrus Saareste (before 1933) | |
| Born | June 18, 1892 |
| Died | May 11, 1964 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Occupation | Linguist |
Andrus Kustas Saareste (until 1921 Saaberk, Saaberg; until 1935 Albert Helmut Gustav;[1] June 18, 1892 – May 11, 1964) was an Estonian linguist and dialectologist.[2]
Early life and education
Andrus Kustas Saareste was the son of the merchant[3] Kustas Saareste (né Saberg, 1860–1929) and his wife Alma Julie Saberg (née Schneider, 1872–?). He graduated from Tallinn Alexander High School in 1912, then studied at the University of Tartu from 1912 to 1913 and at the University of Helsinki from 1913 to 1917, and from 1919 back at the University of Tartu, graduating in 1921 with a master's degree in Estonian.[3][4] In 1924, he defended his doctoral dissertation on Estonian dialects (Leksikaalseist vahekordadest eesti murretes, I. Analüüs 'On Lexical Relations in Estonian Dialects, I. Analysis'), published in the same year in the series Acta et Commentationes Universitatis Dorpatensis (B VI.1).[5]
References
- ^ Raag, Johannes (1979). "Andrus Saareste Eesti keele mõistelise sõnaraamatu indeks". Eesti Keele Instituut. Uppsala: Finsk-ugriska institutionen. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
- ^ Fishman, Joshua A. (2011). In Praise of the Beloved Language: A Comparative View of Positive Ethnolinguistic Consciousness. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. p. 316.
- ^ a b Eesti teaduse biograafiline leksikon, vol. 3: N–Sap (PDF). Tallinn: Kirjastus. 2013. pp. 1378–1379. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
- ^ Kaevats, Ülo, ed. (2000). "Saareste, Andrus". Eesti Entsüklopeedia. Vol. 14. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus. p. 33. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
- ^ Tartu Ülikooli ajalugu III: 1918–1982. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat. 1982. p. 101.
External links
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