Helle Metslang - Curriculum Vitae#

Education

Tartu State University, philologist, teacher of the Estonian language and literature (1974),
Tartu State University, Candidate of Philology in the Finno-Ugric languages (1978),
University of Oulu, Finland, Doctor of Philosophy in the Finnish language (1994).

Language competence: Estonian, Finnish, English, German, Russian.

Professional career

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

Selected research grants

TK215 "Estonian Roots: Centre of Excellence for transdisciplinary studies on ethnogenesis and cultural diversity" (2024–2030) (senior researcher)

PRG2184 "From East to West: Typological shift in Estonian and the Southern Finnic languages against the background of Uralic" (2024−2028) (senior researcher)

KUM-TA30 "Estonian runosong: A comprehensive compendium" (2024–2026) (senior researcher)
PRG341 "Pragmatics overwrites grammar: subjectivity and intersubjectivity in different registers and genres of Estonian" (01.01.2019−31.12.2023) (PI)

TK145 "Centre of Excellence in Estonian Studies (2016–2023)" (PI of a subproject)

EKKM14-340 "Estonian Grammar” (2014–2018) (PI)

PUT475 "Integrated model of morphosyntactic variation in written Estonian: a pilot study” (2014–2017) (PI)

EKKM14-341 "Comprehensive scholarly treatment of Estonian syntax” (2014–2016) (PI)

SF0180084s08 "Morphosyntactic structure and development of Estonian” (2008–2013) (PI)

European FP7 Research Project 244335 "ELDIA - European Language Diversity for All: Reconceptualising, promoting and re-evaluating individual and societal multilingualism” (2010–2013) (PI of a subproject)

ETF6147 "Dynamics of the gammar and vocabulary of Estonian in 1990-2000ies” (2005–2008) (PI)

Thesis supervision

Doctoral level: completed – 10: Reili Argus (2008), Margit Langemets (2009), Tiit Hennoste (2013), Tiina Rüütmaa (2014), Janika Kärk (2014), Miina Norvik (2015), David Ogren (2018), Eva Velsker (2018), Kirsi Laanesoo (2018), Szilárd Tóth (2019); on-going - 2. MA level: completed – 17.