Kristiina Ross

Kristiina Ross (born 3 June 1955 in Tallinn) is an Estonian linguist and translator.[1][2]

In 1978 she graduated from Tartu State University in Estonian philology. Since 1978 she is working at Estonian Language Institute. She has also worked at Estonian Humanitarian Institute.[1]

Her main fields of research have been the grammar of Estonian language and other Finnic languages, Bible translations into Estonian.[1]

Her father was the writer Jaan Kross.[1]

Awards

Works [4]

  • Heebrea keel algajatele (1985)
  • lnstruktiiv läänemeresoome keeltes (1988)
  • Eesti keele käsiraamat (1997, 2007, with M. Erelt and T. Erelt)
  • Esimene Moosese raamat. Iiobi raamat (2003, compilator)
  • Common roots of the Latvian and Estonian literary languages (2008, one of the authors)
  • Linguistic Ideas of the Lutheran Reformation in the Genesis of Literary Estonian. In: Kauko, Mikko; Norro, Miika; Nummila, Kirsi-Maria; Toropainen, Tanja; Fonsén Tuomo (Ed.). Languages in the Lutheran Reformation. Textual Networks and the Spread of Ideas. Amsterdam University Press, p. 57-77. (Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies)
  • Ross, Kristiina; Lohk, Ahti (2017). Words, Forms and Phrases in Estonian Folksongs and Hymns. Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore, 67, 49−64.10.7592/FEJF.
  • Die Entstehung der estnischen Schriftsprache im Kontext der deutschen und estnischen Kulturgeschichte. Jahrbuch des Vereins für niederdeutsche Sprachforschung. Kiel/Hamburg: Wachholtz Verlag – Murmann Publishers, 2016, S. 57-68. (Niededeutsches Jahrbuch).
  • Spuren einer mittelalterlichen estnischen Gemeinschaftssprache in frühprotestantischen Schriftzeugnissen. Kadri-Rutt Hahn, Matthias Thumser, Eberhard Winkler. Estnisches Mittelalter. Sprache – Gesellschaft – Kirche. Münster: LIT Verlag, 2015, S. 41-53. (Schriften der Baltischen Historischen Kommission; 20).
  • Ross, Kristiina; Vanags, Pēteris (eds.). Common Roots of the Latvian and Estonian Literary Languages. Peter Lang Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2008 .

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ross, Kristiina - Eesti Entsüklopeedia". entsyklopeedia.ee. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ Teadusinfosüsteem, Eesti. "CV: Kristiina Ross". www.etis.ee. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  3. ^ "Teenetemärkide kavalerid: Kristiina Ross". www.president.ee. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Dr. Kristiina Ross - AcademiaNet". www.academia-net.org. Retrieved 2022-09-27.