Haldur Õim

Haldur Õim

Haldur Õim (born 22 January 1942 in Helme Parish (now Tõrva Parish)) is an Estonian linguist.[1]

In 1965 he graduated from Tartu State University in Estonian philology. Since 1969 he has taught at the Tartu of Tartu (since 1992, a professor). From 1981 until 1984, he taught Estonian language at the University of Helsinki.[1]

His main fields of research have been theoretical linguistics, computational linguistics, semantics, pragmatics.[1]

Since 1994 he is a member of Estonian Academy of Sciences.[1]

Awards:

Works

  • Semantika (1974)
  • Towards a theory of linguistic pragmatics. – Journal of Pragmatics 1977, 1, 2
  • Inimene, keel ja arvuti ehk kompuuterlingvistika (1983)
  • Language understanding and problem solving: on the relationiship between computational linguistics and artificial intelligence. – Computational Linguistics. An International Handbook (1989)
  • Eesti keeleteadusliku mõtte areng XX sajandil. – Keel ja Kirjandus 2000, 7
  • Eesti keele tehnoloogilised ressursid ja vahendid: arvutikorpused, arvutisõnastikud, keeletehnoloogiline tarkvara (2003, one of the authors)
  • Estonian language technology – where do we stand? – Languages in development (2003, with E. Meister)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Õim, Haldur - Eesti Entsüklopeedia". entsyklopeedia.ee. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Teenetemärkide kavalerid: Haldur Õim". www.president.ee. Retrieved 9 July 2021.


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