{"id":828,"date":"2024-08-17T13:48:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T10:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/cifu14\/?page_id=828"},"modified":"2025-08-12T15:52:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T12:52:38","slug":"plenary-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/cifu14\/plenary-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Plenary talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n\n\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Monday, 18.08 at 11:30-12:30, Vanemuise 46-225:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><div class=\"accordion mb-3\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-item accordion-item--white\">\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"accordion-69df20e4acbf3-heading\">\n            <button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#accordion-69df20e4acbf3-collapse\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"accordion-69df20e4acbf3-collapse\">Kristiina Ross (Institute of the Estonian Language, Tallinn)<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/button>\n        <\/h2>\n        <div id=\"accordion-69df20e4acbf3-collapse\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-69df20e4acbf3-heading\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/626\/Kristiina-Ross-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"329\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Challenges of Standardizing a small Baltic Finnic Language (until the end of the 18th century): The case of Estonian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Kristiina Ross is a Lead Research Fellow at the Institute of the Estonian Language. She has studied manuscript and printed Estonian Bible translations from the mid-17th century until the publication of the complete Bible in 1739, focusing on linguistic, translation-technical, and broader cultural-historical aspects. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Under her leadership, the Institute of the Estonian Language has compiled databases of early Estonian Bible translations and hymn translations and published annotated source editions. In collaboration with researchers from other countries, she has examined the formation of early Estonian literary language in comparison to developments in neighboring and influential languages. She has translated essays (from the 16th to 18th centuries) from French, compiled an anthology of translations of Hebrew poetry and published a textbook on Biblical Hebrew for beginners.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: auto; display: block;\"><a class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/626\/Abstract_Ross.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" download=\"\" aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-75adfcca-037d-4a68-a6f1-8c01d1dec2d5\">Abstract (PDF)<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Tuesday, 19.08 at 11:00-12:30, Jakobi 2-226:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\"><div class=\"accordion mb-3\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-item accordion-item--white\">\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"accordion-69df20e4acc0a-heading\">\n            <button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#accordion-69df20e4acc0a-collapse\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"accordion-69df20e4acc0a-collapse\">Jussi Ylikoski (University of Turku &amp; S\u00e1mi University of Applied Sciences, Guovdageaidnu)<\/button>\n        <\/h2>\n        <div id=\"accordion-69df20e4acc0a-collapse\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-69df20e4acc0a-heading\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/626\/Jussi-Ylikoski-5-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"276\"><strong>On contemporary research into Uralic grammar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jussi Ylikoski is Professor of Finno-Ugric languages at the University of Turku, Finland, and Adjunct Professor at the S\u00e1mi University of Applied Sciences in Guovdageaidnu, Norway. He has worked on several Saami, Finnic, and other Uralic languages, specializing in morphology, syntax, and historical linguistics. In addition to less-studied minority languages of the Uralic family, his research interests also include the major Finnic languages Finnish and Estonian and the history of Uralic linguistics. Ylikoski is also an experienced editor of scholarly publications such as the journals <em>Journal de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Finno-Ougrienne<\/em>, <em>S\u00e1mi die\u0111ala\u0161 \u00e1ige\u010d\u00e1la<\/em> and currently <em>Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Suvi Harvisalo, University of Turku.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: auto; display: block;\"><a class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/626\/Abstract_Ylikoski.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" download=\"\" aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-75adfcca-037d-4a68-a6f1-8c01d1dec2d5\">Abstract (PDF)<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Wednesday 20.08 at 11:00-12:15, Jakobi 2-226:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><div class=\"accordion mb-3\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-item accordion-item--white\">\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"accordion-69df20e4acc10-heading\">\n            <button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#accordion-69df20e4acc10-collapse\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"accordion-69df20e4acc10-collapse\">\u00c1gnes Luk\u00e1cs (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Cognitive Science)<\/button>\n        <\/h2>\n        <div id=\"accordion-69df20e4acc10-collapse\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-69df20e4acc10-heading\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The Construction of Hungarian Grammar: Insights from Language Acquisition Research<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/626\/LA_CIFU-e1747723511236.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"340\">\u00c1gnes Luk\u00e1cs is Professor of Cognitive Science at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, where she also leads the Doctoral School in Psychology. Her research explores how language and cognitive processes interact across typical and atypical development, drawing on linguistics and experimental psychology as well as developmental and clinical perspectives. She has contributed to understanding the language profiles and cognitive underpinnings of language difficulties in conditions such as Developmental Language Disorder and Williams syndrome, and has examined how mechanisms like statistical learning and executive functions support language acquisition. She has played a major role in the development of comprehensive Hungarian language screening tools for both developmental and acquired disorders of language, and has led a number of national and international research projects. Alongside her research, she teaches psycholinguistics to students of psychology and linguistics. She is widely published in journals across cognitive psychology, linguistics and cognitive neuroscience, and serves on editorial and scientific review boards in Hungary and internationally.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: auto; display: block;\"><a class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/626\/Abstract_Lukacs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" download=\"\" aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-75adfcca-037d-4a68-a6f1-8c01d1dec2d5\">Abstract (PDF)<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #333399;\"><strong><span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Thursday, 21.08 at 11:00-12:30, Jakobi 2-226:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><div class=\"accordion mb-3\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-item accordion-item--white\">\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"accordion-69df20e4acc16-heading\">\n            <button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#accordion-69df20e4acc16-collapse\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"accordion-69df20e4acc16-collapse\">Eszter Ruttkay-Mikli\u00e1n (Research Center for the Humanities\/Institute of Ethnology, Budapest)<\/button>\n        <\/h2>\n        <div id=\"accordion-69df20e4acc16-collapse\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-69df20e4acc16-heading\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/626\/Ruttkay_portre.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"293\">The legacy of \u00c9va Schmidt. A lifework on, to and for the Khanty<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eszter Ruttkay-Mikli\u00e1n is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnology, HUN-REN Research Center for the Humanities. Since 1991 she has been conducting ethnographic and linguistic fieldwork among the northern Khanty groups, especially along the Synya River. Her main research interests are kinship systems and purity concepts. From 2011 to 2021, as the director of the Antal Reguly Museum and House of Arts and Crafts in Zirc, she worked on the publication and presentation of the heritage of Antal Reguly. Since 2022, as a former student of \u00c9va Schmidt, she has been involved in the processing of \u00c9va Schmidt\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: auto; display: block;\"><a class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/626\/Abstract_Ruttkay-Miklian.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" download=\"\" aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-75adfcca-037d-4a68-a6f1-8c01d1dec2d5\">Abstract (PDF)<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Fri<span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">day, 22.08 at 11:00-12:30, Jakobi 2-226:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><div class=\"accordion mb-3\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-item accordion-item--white\">\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"accordion-69df20e4acc1d-heading\">\n            <button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#accordion-69df20e4acc1d-collapse\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"accordion-69df20e4acc1d-collapse\">Valts Ern\u0161treits (University of Latvia Livonian Institute, Riga &amp; University of Tartu)<\/button>\n        <\/h2>\n        <div id=\"accordion-69df20e4acc1d-collapse\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-69df20e4acc1d-heading\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/626\/Valts-Ernstreits.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Building a Future for Livonian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Valts Ern\u0161treits is the Director and researcher of the Livonian Institute at the University of Latvia and a Livonian-born linguist and language activist. His research encompasses a broad range of fields, including language planning and standardisation, lexicography, grammar, geographical names, sociolinguistics, computational linguistics, and digital humanities. In addition, he is actively engaged in the revitalisation, development, and digital empowerment of Latvia\u2019s indigenous Livonian language, serving as a researcher, educator, and mediator between the Livonian community, policymakers, industry, and society at large. His research and community work have been widely recognised both in Latvia and internationally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a Livonian and one of the few remaining speakers of the Livonian language, he has participated in numerous initiatives\u2014both physical and digital\u2014aimed at safeguarding and promoting the Livonian language and cultural heritage for more than 30 years. 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