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Kristiina Ross
On the birth of the thematic issue
First preface
Epp Annus
Affect, colonialism, nationalism and cultural studies
Second preface
Mari Sarv
Human science as national self-reflection
Third preface
Marek Tamm
Making the nations: A humanities point of view
Eneken Laanes
To be and to work as an Estonian
Anti Selart
Estonians’ own historical research
Helle Metslang
Is there a place for a nation in a linguist’s brain?
Karl Pajusalu
The contribution of the student members of the Mother Tongue Society to the Estonian national discourse in the early 1920s
Kadri Koreinik, Maarja Siiner, Kara Brown
Should the state be the only focus of language-policy research?
Märt Väljataga
Literary studies and the nation – sense and sensibility
Tiit Hennoste
Literature, science and nationality
Madis Arukask
Finno-Ugric kinship in the Estonian national image: A shared emotion or a fuzzy question?
Indrek Jääts, Marleen Metslaid
Estonian ethnography and Estonian nationalism
Liina Saarlo
Sovietisation as a preservative for Estonian national folkloristics
Elo-Hanna Seljamaa
Nationalism in the eyes of others
Leo Luks
Uncanny homecoming in Estonian literature
The pleasure(?) of thinking
Some insights into the essays by Hando Runnel
Kairit Tomson
The verb panema ‘put’ and its grammatical functions
Andres Andresen
A rivalry of two Estonian terms for Unitas Fratrum: vennastekogudus or vennastekogu(d)?
Reet Bender
On books and reading as reflected in Baltic German memoir literature
Aija Sakova
Ahasuerus’s testimony
A literary pilgrimage as a moral obligation in the novel Ahasveeruse uni /The Sleep of Ahasuerus/ (2001) by Ene Mihkelson
Andra Rumm
Responses to wh-questions in Estonian spoken interaction
Külli Prillop
What is the role of mora in Estonian?
Hidden changes in the prosodic structure of Estonian
Kairit Kaur
About the Baltic German reception of English poetry and drama, based on the Library of the Estonian Literary Society
Anu Pallas
Ado Grenzstein’s pursuit to launch a daily of his own
Katre Kaju
Marriage of a cleric and some anti-Catholic motifs in 17th-century poems for pastors’ weddings
Sirje Kupp-Sazonov
Do women and men really translate differently?
Four Estonian translations of A. Tolstoy’s story “The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino”
Maria-Maren Linkgreim
Everything deserves to be observed and admired: an interview with Anna Verschik
Merili Metsvahi
The prologue of the ius primae noctis stereotype in Estonia
The relations between landlords and peasant girls as reflected in runo songs and in the works of German authors of the Enlightenment
Indrek Ojam
The changing meaning of the term ‘modernism’ in the Estonian literary space
A reconstruction
Liina Pärismaa
The forms chosen for the expression of negation in the 17th- and 18th-century North Estonian texts
Ann Veismann, Jane Klavan, Haldur Õim
Theoretical linguistics and quantitative methods
Virve-Anneli Vihman
A look at first language acquisition
Theoretical foundations and quantitative approaches
Liina Lindström, Maarja-Liisa Pilvik
Corpus-based quantitative dialectology
Mare Kitsnik
Estonian learner language development – how and why: addressing an interlanguage corpus
Mari Uusküla
List task and naming task as psycholinguistic methods
Advantages and pitfalls
Jane Klavan
Doing numbers and Cognitive Linguistics
Heiki-Jaan Kaalep
Place of statistics in a language model
Marge Käsper, Raili Marling
The shifting relationship between discourse analysis and quantification in the English- and French-language tradition
Mari Aigro
Quantitative shift in linguistics – an old discussion revived
Tiina Laansalu
Name transfer and its interpretation in Estonian toponymy
Peeter Olesk
Two colleagues sharing a common interest
Ülo Tedre (12. II 1928 – 9. III 2015). Heldur Niit (9. IX 1928 – 21. X 2010)
Vivian Siirman
Behind the tweets and beeps there is a person of flesh and blood
An interview with Eda Kalmre
Carl Eric Simmul
The functions of des- and mata-converb constructions
Aare Pilv
An interview with the Undusk brothers (Jaan and Rein, scholars of literature)
Daniele Monticelli, Piret Peiker, Krista Mits
From Jamaica to Paris and back to Tartu again
On Lydia Koidula’s worldview and adaptation strategies in the light of her German examples
Margit Langemets, Mai Tiits, Udo Uibo, Tiia Valdre, Piret Voll
Estonian lexis revisited
The Dictionary of Estonian 2018
Maarja Hollo
From trauma to novel
The genre, poetics and historical background of Salme Ekbaum’s novel Ristitants (Dancing around the Cross)
Words
Enn Ernits
On the etymology of the stronghold names Agelinde and Kedipiv
Lembit Vaba
roobas – a word describing the condition of ancient roads
Tõnu Tender
Some words of a criminal background (slang) in the Estonian standard language: ment and parask
Focus
Aksel Tamm, Mart Meri, Joel Sang
On the 60th anniversary of Keel ja Kirjandus: addresses by three former editors-in-chief – Aksel Tamm, Mart Meri and Joel Sang
Johanna Ross
Philology is gone, national focus is gone. What remains? Keel ja Kirjandus 60
Joel Sang
What is poetry?
Publications
Kristi Metste
“...until Death put a period to his life”
Pastor Hollmann’s speech at Friedrich Robert Faehlmann’s grave
Sirje Olesk
Koidula’s letters
An unborn publication
Books
Tiina Kirss
Culture or the Universe? Review of a collection of essays on the methodology of cultural studies
Kuidas uurida kultuuri? Kultuuriteaduste metodoloogia. Koostanud Marek Tamm. Gigantum humeris. Tallinn: Tallinna Ülikooli Kirjastus, 2016
Mart Velsker
Bits and pieces: a review of Kalju Kruusa’s poetry collection
Kruusa Kalju. Ühe inimese elu (pooleli). Valitud luuletusi. Tallinn: Kirimiri, 2017
A “silent avant-garde”
Priit Kruus. Vaikne avangard. Eesti noorkirjanike rühmituste laine ja uue meedia kooslused: Erakonnast ZA/UM-ini. (Tallinna Ülikool. Humanitaarteaduste dissertatsioonid 44.) Tallinn: Tal-linna Ülikool, 2018
Pille-Riin Larm
The meaning of Koidula: a review of M. Salupere’s comprehensive biography of the first great Estonian poetess
Malle Salupere. Koidula. Ajastu taustal, kaasteeliste keskel. Tänapäev, 2017
Erkki Luuk
In general: a review of the Estonian translation of Ferdinand de Saussure’s “Course in general linguistics”
Ferdinand de Saussure. Üldkeeleteaduse kursus. Tlk Tiit Kuuskmäe. (Avatud Eesti Raamat.) Tallinn: Varrak, 2017
Jaan Ross
A doctoral thesis on emotions in Estonian speech
Kairi Tamuri. Basic emotions in read Estonian speech: acoustic analysis and modelling. (Dissertationes philologiae Estonicae Universitatis Tartuensis 39.) Tartu: University of Tartu Press, 2017
A convincing dissertation
Marju Lepajõe. Pastorid ja kirjakultuur: kristliku humanismi variatsioonidest Eesti- ja Liivimaal XVII sajandi esimesel poolel. (Dissertationes theologiae Universitatis Tartuensis 34.) Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus, 2018
Annotations
Brita Melts, Mall Jõgi, Vivian Siirman
Annotations
Joosep Susi
Simple yet complex poetry
Hasso Krull. Kandsime redelit kaasas. 40 luuletust. Tartu: Kaksikhammas, 2017
Maarja Vaino
Nothing less than the fate of the world
Mihkel Mutt. Õhtumaa Eesti II. Sotsiaalpoliitilist esseistikat. Tallinn: Fabian, 2017
Arne Merilai
Literature and intermediality
Kirjanduse intermeedialisus / Intermediality of literature. (Philologia Estonica Tallinnensis 2 (2017). Tallinn: Tallinna Ülikooli Kirjastus, 2017
Meeli Sedrik
Vernacular stories from Risti and Harju-Madise
Evi Juhkam. Loode-Eesti murdelood. Risti ja Harju-Madise. (Valimik murdetekste IX.) Tallinn: EKSA, 2017
Peeter Sauter
Everything can be handled with equal ease, sympathy and attention
Pille Õnnepalu. rääkimine vaikimine nutmine: vabaduse seletamatu ilu. Tartu: Henrik
Jaak Tomberg
The ponderous work of describing, establishing, and easing burdens
Andrus Org. Eesti ulmekirjanduse žanrid ja nende poeetika. (Dissertationes litterarum et contemplationis comparativae Universitatis Tartuensis 16.) Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus
Mati Laur
Another addendum to the research on cultural relations between Germany and the Baltics
Baltisch-deutsche Kulturbeziehungen vom 16. bis 19. Jahrhundert. Medien – Institutionen – Akteure. 1. kd: Zwischen Reformation und Aufklärung (Akademiekonferenzen 28.) Koost R. Bičevskis, J. Eickmeyer, A. Levans, A. Schaper, B. Spiekermann, I. Walter
Lembit Vaba
A dictionary of interest for students of linguistic enclaves
Sarmīte Balode, Ilga Jansone. Kalnienas izloksnes vārdnīca 1–2. Rīga: LU Latviešu valodas institūts, 2017. 1. kd 648 lk, 2. kd 720 lk
Estonian names among the family names of Latgale
Ilmārs Mežs. Latviešu uzvārdi arhīvu materiālos. Latgale. Rīga: Latviešu valodas aģentūra, 2017
Leo Luks
Lack of personal freshness: on a collection of Estonian young literature
Kivipilvede all. Tekste Värskest Rõhust 2005–2017. Koostanud Carolina Pihelgas. SA Kultuurileht, 2017
Martin Ehala
A view of Western Soviet studies from the West of the USSR
Epp Annus. Soviet Postcolonial Studies. A View from the Western Borderlands. London–New York: Routledge, 2018
Tanel Pern
Culture is about meaning
Rein Raud. Tähenduste keeris. Tervikliku kultuuriteooria visand. Tallinn: Tallinna Ülikooli Kirjastus, 2017
Maimu Berg
The 19th-century bridge-builders between Finland and Estonia
Seppo Zetterberg. Rändajad Soome sillal. Kontaktid üle Soome lahe 19. sajandil. Soome keelest tõlkinud Sirje Olesk. Tallinn: Varrak, 2017
Kaisa Häkkinen
Estonian lexical developments on the border of East and West
Sven-Erik Soosaar. Eesti keele kultuursõnavara arengujooni − eesti keel kui piirikeel. (Dissertationes philologiae Estonicae Universitatis Tartuensis 40.) Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus, 2017
Mall Jõgi, Vivian Siirman, Brita Melts, Maria-Maren Linkgreim, Johanna Ross
Annotations
Found and lost in translation
Стратегии nеревода и государственный контроль. Translation Strategies and State Control. (Acta Slavica Esto-nica IX.) Труды по русской и славянской филологии. Литературоведение. Tartu: University of Tartu Press, 2017
Elle-Mari Talivee
Serafima and Hariton
Vahur Afanasjev. Serafima ja Bogdan. Tartu: Vemsa, 2017
Marja Unt
A reader’s pilgrimage and a critic’s toil
Mudlum. Ümberjutustaja. Tartu: Elusamus, 2017
Rein Veidemann
Ljubov Kisseljova’s magnum opus
Ljubov Kisseljova. Eesti-vene kultuuriruum. Vene keelest tõlkinud Malle Salupere, Mall Jõgi, Silvi Salupere. Tõlke redigeerija Silvi Salupere. Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus, 2017
Reili Argus
A new, more thorough and modern view of Estonian syntax
Eesti keele süntaks. Toimetanud Mati Erelt, Helle Metslang. (Eesti keele varamu III.) Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus, 2017
Sven-Erik Soosaar
What is the language of bones and sherds?
Valter Lang. Läänemeresoome tulemised. (Muinasaja teadus 28.) Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus, 2018
Andrei Hvostov
Loving the Republic – and oneself
Minu elu ja armastus. Eesti rahva elulood. Kahes köites. Koostajad Rutt Hinrikus ja Tiina Ann Kirss. Tallinn–Tartu: Tänapäev, Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum, 2018
Daniele Monticelli
Collective identity between theory and practice
Martin Ehala. Identiteedimärgid. Ühtekuuluvuse anatoomia. Tallinn: Künnimees, 2018
Tõnis Parksepp
An innocent book
Rein Raud. Kell ja haamer. Tallinn: Mustvalge Kirjastus, 2017
Janika Kronberg
A rare ”pekka” – the Lilja
Pekka Lilja. Koos lahus. Uurimusi ja kriitikat eesti ja soome kirjandusest. Koostanud P. Lilja, Mart Velsker. (Studia litteraria Estonica 19.) Tõlkinud Ene Kaaber, Andres Langemets, Margit Langemets, Heldur Niit, Ele Süvalep, Linda Uustalu, Eva Velsker jt
Küllo Arjakas
Jaan Tõnisson’s letters to Oskar Kallas as a friend and equal
Jaan Tõnissoni kirjad Oskar Kallasele 1891–1936. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2018
Enn Ernits
Chudes and the Sami
Hans-Hermann Bartens. Tschuden und andere Feinde in der saamischen Erzähltradition. (Folklore Fellow’s Communications 312.) Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 2017
Margit Tintso
There are (more) things in the night
Carolina Pihelgas. Pimeduse pisiasjad. Kaksikhammas, 2017
Berk Vaher
A hunch of daring
Aija Sakova. Valu, mälu, kirjandus. Kirjanduskriitikat ja vestlusi aastatest 2004–2017. Tallinn: EKSA, 2017
Elo-Hanna Seljamaa
A different collection of folk calendar tradition, with the focus on Virumaa
Mall Hiiemäe. Virumaa kalendripärimus. Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum, Eesti Rahvaluule Arhiiv. Tartu–Rakvere: EKM Teaduskirjastus, 2018
Paul Kokla
Back home from a violent exile
Raimo Pullat. Tallinna arhiivi tagasitoomisest Saksamaalt. Tallinn: Estopol, 2018
Renate Pajusalu
A doctoral dissertation by an experienced language teacher on the acquisition of Estonian and its grammatical constructions
Mare Kitsnik. Iga asi omal ajal: eesti keele B1- ja B2-taseme verbikonstruktsioonid keeleoskuse arengu näitajana. (Humanitaarteaduste dissertatsioonid 43.) Tallinn: Tallinna Ülikool, 2018
Rebekka Lotman
A stranger to oneself: the ravines in Marie Heiberg’s soulscape
Marie Heiberg. Õnnetäht. Uudis- ja mõistujutud. Tartu: Ilmamaa; Marie Heiberg. Rändaja tütarlaps. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2017
Andreas Kalkun
The Seto tradition and traces of ancient Slavs in the Museum of Man in Paris
Inimese Muuseumi ekspeditsioonid Eestisse: Boris Vilde ja Leonid Zurov Setomaal (1937–1938). (Seto Instituudi toimetised 2.) Koostanud ja toimetanud Tatiana Benfoughal, Olga Fišman, Heiki Valk. Tartu: Tartu Ülikool; Seto Instituut, 2017
Reviews
Tiina Laansalu, Sven-Erik Soosaar
The first decade of Finno-Ugric seminars held at the Institute of the Estonian language: a retrospective
Peeter Olesk
A large chapter of Indo-European studies
In memoriam Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov (21 August 1929 – 7 October 2017)
KK 4/2018
Review
KK 5/2018
Review
KK 6/2018
Review
Toomas Haug
Casus Mustelae nivalis
Endel Nirki mäletades (15. XII 1925 – 15. IV 2018)
Raimo Raag
The Institute of Estonian Language and Literature by Sweden
Paul Laan 90
Jaan Kaplinski
In Memoriam Hellar Grabbi (22.09.1929 – 28.07.2018)
Pille Kippar
In memoriam Isidor Levin (20. IX 1919 – 24. VII 2018)
Arvo Valton
Rahvusest – Mai Bereczkit mälestades (27. II 1929 – 31. VII 2018)
KK 11/2018
Review
Jaan Ross
Viennese and Berlin recordings
Sound recordings from prisoner-of-war camps of World War I
KK 12/2018
Review