Helle Metslang#
| Membership Number: | 4244 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LINGUISTIC STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ESTONIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.etis.ee/CV/Helle_Metslang/eng/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-6397-6532 |
| Publication Link: | https://www.etis.ee/CV/Helle_Metslang/eng/#Publications |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - present University of Tartu, Professor Emerita
- 2007 - 2020 University of Tartu, Professor of Modern Estonian
- 1996 - present University of Oulu, adjunct professor
- 1995 - present University of Helsinki, adjunct professor (2008-), visiting professor (2004 - 2007), lecturer (1995 - 2000)
- 2006 - 2013 Tallinn University, Senior Researcher
- 2000 - 2006 Tallinn University, Professor of Estonian
- 1984 - 2003 Institute of the Estonian Language, senior researcher
Fields of Scholarship
- Syntax and morphosyntax
- Functional-grammatical categories
- Pragmatics
- Areal and intragenetic typology
- Dynamics and variation of language
- Historical sociolinguistics
Honours and Awards
- 2026 National research award of the Republic of Estonia in the field of humanities and arts (for the research cycle "The usage-based diversity of the Estonian language and its development")
- 2026 Honorary Member of the Estonian Association of Language Editors
- 2024 Honorable Mention in the 2023 Language Act of the Year competition (as a member of the team of "Estonian Grammar").
- 2022 The Order of the White Star, 4th class
- 2022 Friend of the Language Board of Estonia 2022
- 2020 Grand Medal of the University of Tartu
- 2020 Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann Language Prize
- 2020 Honorary Doctor of the Tallinn University
- 1996 National research award of the Republic of Estonia in the field of humanities (as member of the team of authors, for the “Grammar of the Estonian Language")
- 1995 Dissertation Prize from Finnish scientific associations Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura and Kotikielen Seura
- 1995 National research award of the Republic of Estonia in the field of humanities (for the research “Temporal relations in the predicate and the grammatical system of Estonian and Finnish”)
