!!Johanna Laakso - Curriculum Vitae
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__Language knowledge:__ Finnish (native), English, German, Hungarian, Estonian, Swedish (good), Russian (passive), French (basics), theoretical knowledge of various other Finno-Ugric languages
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__Education__
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*Primary and grammar school in Hämeenlinna, Finland, matriculation examination (6/6 laudatur marks) 1979.\\
*Studies of Finno-Ugric languages, Finnic languages and general linguistics at the University of Helsinki from 1979 to 1985.\\
*Study sojourns in Budapest (ELTE University) in 1984-85 and Tallinn (Pedagogical University) in 1986.\\
*M. A. (= cand. phil.) at the University of Helsinki 1985.\\
*Lic. phil. at the University of Helsinki 1988.\\
*PhD at the University of Helsinki 1990. (PhD thesis Translatiivinen verbinjohdin NE itämerensuomalaisissa kielissä [[= The translative verbal derivation suffix NE in the Finnic languages]] published in the series “Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne” 1990.)\\
*Docent (corresponds roughly to the “Habilitation”/venia legendi in the German-speaking world) of Finno-Ugric languages at the University of Helsinki since 1997.
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__Relevant work career__
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*Research assistant (tutkimusavustaja, apulaistutkija) at the Research Centre for the Languages of Finland 1986–1987.\\
*Assistant (assistentti) at the University of Helsinki from 1987 to 2000, excluding the following periods:\\
**maternity leaves 1992, 1993, 1997\\
*Acting professor of Finnic languages at the University of Helsinki 1989–1990\\
*Acting professor of Finno-Ugric languages at the University of Helsinki 1991\\
*project researcher 1999–2000.\\
*Professor of Finno-Ugric studies at the University of Vienna since October 2000.